Michael B. Wong
Michael B. Wong is an assistant professor of management and strategy with a joint appointment in economics at the University of Hong Kong. He is also a fellow of the HKU Centre on Contemporary China and the World, an affiliate researcher of the HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute, a member of the HKU Real Estate Lab, and a board member of local policy research think tank Citizen Action Design Lab.
Michael B. Wong is an assistant professor of management and strategy with a joint appointment in economics at the University of Hong Kong. He is also a fellow of the HKU Centre on Contemporary China and the World, an affiliate researcher of the HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute, a member of the HKU Real Estate Lab, and a board member of local policy research think tank Citizen Action Design Lab.
Languages Spoken:
English
The city’s ticket market is dysfunctional, with fraud, bots, scalping and unclear information making ticket-buying deeply frustrating.
The city badly needs new revenue sources, and selling public housing units to tenants offers a better solution than painful cuts or new taxes.
Housing and town planning reforms will raise social mobility, promote Hong Kong as an international talent hub and bring back our dynamism.
Generous income limits and rent subsidies mean well-off households are occupying public housing, forcing the poor to rent from the cutthroat private market. This needs to change.
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