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South China Morning Post
04-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong has role to play in better global health
Healthcare is a major concern around the world, yet the prognosis for improving the sector has worsened amid rising geopolitical tensions and trade protectionism that erode trust and international collaboration. So, it was encouraging to see the city take a leading role in efforts to safeguard health worldwide by hosting last week's Asia Summit on Global Health. The two-day summit was held alongside a major industry trade fair and healthcare week. More than 2,800 delegates from around the world attended the summit organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Top officials from the city and the mainland outlined how the city could foster global exchange and cooperation, showcasing its potential in healthcare investment, trade and position as a medical technology hub. In his opening speech at the conference, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said responding to global healthcare challenges must not be like 'fighting a virus' with quarantines. Lee said collaboration rather than isolation was the best solution to tackling healthcare, trade and other societal issues.
CNA
30-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
Milken Institute Asia Summit will continue to be held in Singapore from 2026 to 2028
The annual Milken Institute Asia Summit, which addresses pressing issues in the Asia Pacific, will continue to be held in Singapore from 2026 to 2028. This follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Singapore Tourism Board and Milken Institute. The event provides business leaders and senior government officials with a platform to address challenges, such as geopolitics and climate change. STB said the commitment reaffirms Singapore's position as the world's best city for the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions sector.
South China Morning Post
26-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong can ‘safeguard global health' by resisting rising isolationism, leaders say
Hong Kong can safeguard global health through international collaboration at a time when geopolitics intensifies and protectionism sweeps the world like a contagion, top officials from the city and mainland China have said. At the two-day Asia Summit on Global Health that began on Monday, Hong Kong's health minister also vowed to turn the city's third medical school into a new powerhouse of innovation. Delivering an opening speech at the conference attended by over 2,800 local and international representatives, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said isolationism was not a solution to the world's healthcare problems and other social issues. 'In fighting a virus, isolation is vital – quarantining the infected to protect the healthy. But in tackling healthcare, trade, and other societal issues, isolation is not the answer,' he said. 'With unilateralism and protectionism sweeping the world like a contagion, we should remember a fundamental truth: trade thrives on openness … For in trade, as in health, resilience lies not in isolation, but in collaboration.' Lee added that Hong Kong would build meaningful partnerships and 'innovative co-operations' with attendees of the summit.
