DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

07 December 2022

Social-distancing rules led to many nail salons closing during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting two university classmates to step out of their comfort zones and invest a significant sum in starting up a home-based nail art business. The duo design and produce relatively environmentally friendly and easy-to-use nail art stickers that allow even novices to easily decorate their own nails. More

Sustainability

Building a better tomorrow

03 December 2022

Food and fashion fulfil people’s fundamental needs – something that’s recognised by Hong Kong-based innovation platform The Mills Fabrica, which is focused on cultivating start-ups engaged in these two fields. More

Sustainability

Dining takes a sustainable direction

28 November 2022

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s commitment to bring forward the ban on in-house single-use plastic tableware and plastic foam food containers to the final quarter of next year is good news for the environment. It also presents plentiful opportunities for companies and start-ups offering sustainable alternatives. More

Entrepreneurship

Comics for TV offer IP opportunities

15 November 2022

Intellectual property (IP) trading helps comic books stay exposed in the market and maintain their popularity. Hong Kong comic company Culturecom has developed a licensing business by taking advantage of the popularity of online TV movies in Mainland China, generating more creative works across different media and extending the lifetime of their comic creations. More

Creativity & Lifestyle

GBA test bed for proptech

11 November 2022

Under the dual pressure of Mainland China’s tightening housing policy and higher operating costs, real estate enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) must break new ground for growth. A whitepaper co-produced by Ernst & Young Transactions Limited (EY) and Hong Kong’s Urban Land Institute (ULI) outlines the role of property technology (proptech) in this transformation. More

Tech & Innovation

Digital money for the digital age

11 November 2022

money, a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange. It is the medium in which prices and values are expressed; as currency, it circulates anonymously from person to person and country to country, thus facilitating trade, and it is the principal measure of wealth. More

Market Opportunities

Chip transformation excites investors

10 November 2022

As the world enters a new era of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and fifth-generation (5G) telecoms, the microelectronics and semiconductor industries are developing rapidly. Tiny integrated circuits, known as chiplets, are now expected to gradually replace chips to meet market demand. More

Creativity & Lifestyle

New fitness concept gains ground

04 November 2022

Two of the many issues created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting control measures were limited opportunities for exercise, especially indoors, and idle space in commercial buildings. Hong Kong entrepreneur Dinesh Nihalchand has come up with what he believes is a future-proof solution for the fitness business that offers contactless personal training while optimising under-utilised real-estate assets at the same time. More

Tech & Innovation

Supporting SMEs to transform

28 October 2022

As the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong need to rethink their operations to adapt to the new normal – and many are choosing to digitally transform their business. More

Creativity & Lifestyle

Rethinking the way we learn

26 October 2022

Many people regard modern universities, with their four-year degree courses followed by mortarboard-clad graduations, as almost as quaint and outdated as the mortarboard itself (it was derived from the headgear mediaeval cathedral builders used to carry mortar up to the towers they were creating). More

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