Ken Ip
Dr Ken Ip is an assistant professor specialising in business innovation and entrepreneurship at Saint Francis University, Hong Kong. He is a strategic adviser with expertise in Web3, AI, tech, branding and digital economy, and is the chairman of the Asia MarTech Society.
Dr Ken Ip is an assistant professor specialising in business innovation and entrepreneurship at Saint Francis University, Hong Kong. He is a strategic adviser with expertise in Web3, AI, tech, branding and digital economy, and is the chairman of the Asia MarTech Society.
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Gen Z employees in particular are turning down promotions, not for a lack of ambition but because they prioritise professional satisfaction.
After decades of lucrative land sales, can the city finally build a system in which the land itself creates economic value?
Tough job and housing markets have graduates questioning whether the old bargain of hard work bringing progress and stability still applies.
An informal safety net, these cafes offer gig workers and those between jobs crucial breathing space.
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China appears to offer something that many young people in the West struggle to find: a functioning middle-class lifestyle.
When the market the project was designed for has largely disappeared, the more useful question is whether it can adapt.
If the sector is to become a robust economic driver for the city, it must look beyond mainland student numbers for growth. Diversification is key.
AI agents are the next frontier in the tech race, which is rapidly accelerating as the distance between curiosity and adoption is compressed.
In global logistics, reliability is currency. When commitments become provisional, the cost is measured not only in legal fees but in confidence.
The development raises the question: what happens when Hong Kong’s most enduring financial symbols outlive their origins?
The fire must compel us to re-examine how we assign risk, structure contracts, insure homes and support communities after a catastrophe.
When even Link Reit, the city’s largest retail landlord, is cutting dividends, the downturn looks less like a dip than a shift.
Safety is non-negotiable, but for long-term adherence to the city’s new rules, people must feel supported rather than policed.
City’s land resources could be used far more efficiently if living spaces were aligned with residents’ needs and life stages.
The West Kowloon Cultural District must embrace commercial creativity with the same boldness it once poured into concrete.
Patients shouldn’t have to leave the city to get the care they need. Fortunately, Hong Kong can turn the situation around if it acts now.
Forget austerity, Trump has ‘big, beautiful’ spending plans and is exploring US bank-backed stablecoin to turn the spreadsheets around.
Their cause was lost the moment they treated a public transport permit as a tradeable asset. Government is right to focus on public interest.
Teaching may be a ‘calling’, but that should not blind us to the struggles of the city’s educators amid falling enrolment and dwindling career security.
After a decade of boosting productivity, China’s Politburo has sent its clearest signal yet that it is focusing on consumption.
The government sees the increases as an unavoidable course correction but, for many Hongkongers, it feels like yet another financial squeeze.
