At a meeting with representatives of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) today (September 10), the security industry reflected that it had problems of hiring staff. In response, Chairman Mr Andrew Leung proposed that more training and promotion opportunities should be offered to attract young people to the industry.
The Government’s introduction of the Buyer’s Stamp Duty (BSD) and the Double Stamp Duty (DSD) to address the issues with the property market since last year has impacted on Hong Kong people, the property market and the business community.
President, as the incident of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Limited (HKMEx) involves a Member of the Executive Council, we are all very concerned about it…
President, as Chairman of the House Committee, I move the following motion: “That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of debating the following issue: cyber security”…
Following is a question by the Hon Andrew Leung and a reply by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, in the Legislative Council meeting today (June 5): Question: Some members of the information technology (IT) industry have relayed to me that the application of information and communications technology is of particular … Read more
President, Hong Kong is the most popular city in the world and ever since the inception of Hong Kong as a port, it has relied on its open economic policy to attract overseas capital and talents. In the past two or three decades, Hong Kong has become the door for European and American businesses to … Read more
Following is a reply by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, to a question by the Hon Andrew Leung in the Legislative Council today (May 22): Question: The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress remarked in April this year that with the emergence of some deep-rooted conflicts … Read more
President, the first Budget of the current-term Government announced by the Financial Secretary in February was, as expected by the public, devoid of any pleasant surprises. The public finance principles of the Financial Secretary have always tended to be pragmatic and conservative. Besides, global economy is still under the impact of the financial crisis in … Read more
The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) made another milestone in its robust development with the formal opening of its secretariat office in Admiralty Centre today (April 11). Chairman of the Alliance, Andrew Leung, said the office could provide more effective support to BPA’s work in the legislature and enable comprehensive advancement of … Read more
I believe Honourable colleagues would not disagree that economic restructuring is essential and the problem is how it should be implemented. Today, I will discuss this issue from my perspective as a member of the industrial sector. Over the past few years, members of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong … Read more
