Second session of OHKF's new ‘INSIGHT FORUM’ series that invites heavyweight experts to speak on a range of pressing societal issues, today the Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF) has invited Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to share his views on additional fiscal measures needed to jump-start the economy, turnaround business expectations, and promote the city’s long-term growth.   

Head of Public Policy Institute Stephen Wong and Head of Land and Housing Research Ryan Ip led a team to Kam Tin South on 13 May 2020 to visit sites reserved for housing development and examine the land’s current utilisation. Many of these sites were occupied with brownfield operations, small-scale farming activities, and squatters or left vacant.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage in many countries with now more than 3 million confirmed cases and over 200,000 deaths worldwide. The pandemic is at different stages in different countries and the conditions for elimination of the coronavirus are not apparent. In today’s live webinar, Professor Eng-kiong Yeoh warned that business will no longer be as usual and pointed out the urgent need for well thought-out risk-assessed and risk-mitigated strategies to meet all possible contingencies of the global public health crisis.

Head of Public Policy Institute Stephen Wong and Head of Land and Housing Research Ryan Ip led a team survey of New Territories industrial and brownfield sites in Tuen Mun Southwest, Lung Kwu Tan, Hung Shui Kiu, Lam Tei, Ping Shan, Yuen Long South, Shap Pat Heung and Sha Po on 8 April, 2020.