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Ryan Ip, CFA, MRICS, Vice President cum Co-Head of Public Policy Institute, 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), responds to the 2024 Policy Address released on 16 October. Ryan supports the Government's plan to expand yacht tourism and establish Hong Kong as the yacht capital of Asia. In addition to the development of yacht berths and piers, he suggests the Government seize this opportunity to connect the waterfronts of Tsim Sha Tsui East and Hung Hom. He believes that the above will not only improve pedestrian and traffic accessibility, but also further enhance the attractiveness of the Victoria Harbour waterfront. #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #YachtTourism

團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation will host the Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Forum on November 5th and 6th. More than 50 high-profile guests and speakers will delve into the development opportunities and challenges of the Greater Bay Area, as well as Hong Kong's role and positioning. Register now! Don't miss out! Our Hong Kong Foundation-Dah Sing Bank Greater Bay Area Industry Development Index 2024 Press Conference and Panel Discussion Date: 5th November 2024 (Tuesday) Time: 11:00am - 12:15pm Venue: Nathan Room, Grand Ballroom, Conrad Hong Kong Language: Cantonese (with simultaneous interpretation in English and Putonghua) The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Forum 2024: The Role of Hong Kong and Beyond - Pre-forum Dialogue, Pitching, and Mingling Session Date: 5 November 2024 (Tuesday) Time: 1:30 - 5:30pm Venue: Granville Room, Grand Ball Room, Conrad Hong Kong Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation in Putonghua) The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Forum 2024: The Role of Hong Kong and Beyond Date: 6 November 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 8:45am - 6:00pm Venue: Grand Ballroom, Conrad Hong Kong Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese and Putonghua) Read More and Register Now: https://bit.ly/3Yai79B

Dicky Chow, Head of Healthcare and Social Innovation of 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation, responds to the 2024 Policy Address released on October 16. He welcomes the Government's organisation of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Cultural Festival. He recommends the festival to incorporate concepts from Chinese medicine culture, such as "strengthening one's innate health and cultivating vitality（固本培元）", "health preserving in four seasons（四時養生)" , and "preventive care（治未病）". He suggests the Government diversify engagement with the community through Chinese medicine experiential activities, cultural tourism integration, and educational outreach. He looks forward to the Government's innovative approaches to promote Chinese medicine culture in collaboration with the Chinese medicine industry. #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #ChineseMedicine #ChineseMedicineCulture

As announced in the 2024 Policy Address on 16 October, the Government will continue to deepen Greater Bay Area(GBA) Collaboration, Encourage Hong Kong youths to work in the GBA, which will be enhance the GBA Youth Employment Scheme by relaxing eligibility requirements to allow young people aged 29 or below with sub-degree or higher qualifications to join the scheme, increasing the limit of monthly allowance granted to enterprises to $12,000. 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF) has been concerned about the opportunities and challenges faced by Hong Kong Youths in seeking employment and starting their entrepreneurship in the Mainland cities of the GBA. OHKF and Hong Kong Coalition released a report titled Opportunities and Challenges for Hong Kong Youths on their Entrepreneurial Journey in Guangzhou in June 2024. This report proposed some policy recommendations to the Government and the Guangzhou Municipal Government to assist Hong Kong youth entrepreneurs to develop further in Guangzhou. Opportunities and Challenges for Hong Kong Youths on their Entrepreneurial Journey in Guangzhou Full Report: https://bit.ly/406rjyb Press Release: https://bit.ly/4ha5gg8 #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #GBA #GreaterBayArea #Youth #Employment #Startup

團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation will hold a new event in the "Our Hong Kong Stories" series on 25 October. The keynote speaker Dr Gerhard Hinterhaeuser, Partner of Global 70 Multi-Family Office, Senior Advisor of Berlin Global Advisors, will share his wonderful life experiences in Hong Kong. Register now! Date: 25 October, 2024 (Friday) Time: 4:30 - 6:00pm Keynote Speaker: Dr Gerhard Hinterhaeuser Opening Speaker: Dr Y K PANG Host: Nury Vittachi Language: English Register: https://bit.ly/4gWZpL0

As announced in the 2024 Policy Address on 16 October, the Government has earmarked over 80 hectares of land in the Northern Metropolis for the Northern Metropolis University Town, and plan to publish the Northern Metropolis University Town Development Conceptual Framework in the first half of 2026. Moreover, the Government will launch a pilot scheme to encourage the market to convert hotels and other commercial buildings into student hostels on a self-financing and privately-funded basis, increasing the supply of student hostels. 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation launched Developing Hong Kong into an International Education Hub in Sept 2023, advocated leveraging the Northern Metropolis to boost school-industry partnership, and increase the supply of commercially-run student hostels, such as facilitating the conversion of hotels, apartments and unused schools into hostels. Developing Hong Kong into an International Education Hub Full Report: https://bit.ly/3Y2ip2e Press Release: https://bit.ly/3A4BZD1 #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #NorthernMetropolis #UniversityTown #InternationalHub #Edcation #Talents

As announced in the 2024 Policy Address on 16 October, the Government will increase investment and guide more market capital to invest in I&T industries, reflecting a revamped approach of Government in this. Including set up a $10 billion I&T Industry-Oriented Fund & optimising the Innovation and Technology Venture Fund. Apart from that, the Government will launch the I&T Accelerator Pilot Scheme to attract professional start-up service providers to set up accelerator bases in Hong Kong. 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation launched Building Hong Kong as a Cradle for Successful Entrepreneurship in Mar 2024, observed the less Government's early-stage investments in local start-ups, compared to other funding support. The report advocated establishing an angel fund of funds to provide seed and early-stage venture capital to Hong Kong start-ups. The report also suggested accelerating disbursement of government funding schemes, and supporting start-up expansion to GBA Mainland cities and ASEAN countries and other proposals. Building Hong Kong as a Cradle for Successful Entrepreneurship Full Report: https://bit.ly/4f6kwsJ Press Release: https://bit.ly/4eLvKTB #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #IT #InnovationandTechnology

As announced in the 2024 Policy Address on 16 October, the Government will build Hong Kong into a centre for mega international sports events through measures such as promoting sports in the community and developing a host city economy in the sports industry. Furthermore, the inter-departmental Task Force on Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) will ramp up efforts in overseeing the smooth completion and commissioning of the KTSP and its publicity work, fostering the synergistic development of major sports events, innovative entertainment, dining, conventions and exhibitions, as well as tourism activities, with the goal of developing KTSP into a sports and mega event landmark. The report, Breaking Boundaries to Develop Hong Kong into a Mega Sports Events Capital, launched by 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation in September 2024, suggested supporting the bidding and planning of sports events, enhancing sports infrastructure, and promoting sports entertainment to boost the development of mega sports events economy in Hong Kong. Breaking Boundaries to Develop Hong Kong into a Mega Sports Events Capital Full Report: https://bit.ly/3zEEICS Press Release: https://bit.ly/4ducLM1 #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #Sports #MegaSportsEvents

As announced in the 2024 Policy Address on 16 October, the Government will expedite the reform of the approval mechanism for drugs and medical devices. The measures include extending the "1+" mechanism to all new drugs and improving the approval mechanism to speed up registration, facilitating good drugs for use in Hong Kong; and devising the timetable for the Hong Kong Centre for Medical Products Regulation and the roadmap towards adoption of "primary evaluation", as well as formulating strategies and measures to facilitate research and development of drugs and medical devices. Furthermore, the Government will enhance Hong Kong's clinical trial capability on all fronts and facilitate the translation of innovative biomedical research results into clinical applications. The report, Developing Hong Kong into Asia’s Leading Clinical Innovation Hub, launched by 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation, advocated the establishment of Hong Kong’s drug primary review authority and expediting drug registration and clinical trial approval with the NMPA to position Hong Kong as the “Super-connector” of drug development. Developing Hong Kong into Asia’s Leading Clinical Innovation Hub Full report: https://bit.ly/4dU0DUK #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress # HealthandMedicalInnovation #TechnologicalInnovation

As announced in the 2024 Policy Address on 16 October, the Government has propounded detailed measures to promote the development of Chinese Medicine (CM). These measures include expanding integrated Chinese-Western medicine services to cover more diseases in which CM has an advantage, such as respiratory diseases, knee osteoarthritis, etc., and to progressively extend the cancer care programme to all hospital clusters, aiming to develop Hong Kong into a bridgehead for the internationalisation of CM. 團結香港基金 Our Hong Kong Foundation launched Transforming Chinese Medicine through System Development and Integration in October 2024, advocated to strengthen the Chinese Medicine Practitioners' (CMPs) involvement in primary healthcare development. As suggested in the report, the Government might consider advancing the participation of CMPs in the Chronic Disease Co-Care Pilot Scheme to promote collaboration between doctors and CMPs at the primary healthcare level. Transforming Chinese Medicine through System Development and Integration Full Report: https://bit.ly/3BxKsit Press Release: https://bit.ly/3zLUs7l #PolicyAddress #2024PolicyAddress #ChineseMedicine #Healthcare