MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Opportunity and danger in car chip drought

As vehicle makers resume production, the global industry faces a semiconductor shortage that could bring opportunity or competition for Taiwan.

16 March 2021

At the end of January, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs convened a meeting of the territory’s big four wafer original equipment manufacturers – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, United Microelectronics Corporation, World Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation and the Powerchip Technology Corporation.More

Topics: Engineering, Machinery, Taiwan, vehicle, semiconductor

Turbocharging digital business

Developing markets are taking to online sourcing as COVID-19 pandemic restricts travel.

09 March 2021

Fast-developing markets in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are renowned for leap-frog technological progress.More

Topics: Association & Government, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, trade

5G accelerates industry shift

The global transformation of mass production-based industries to information-driven ones is in top gear as mobile capacity jumps.

02 March 2021

Many industries – from vehicles to power utilities – are fast becoming components of information and communications technology (ICT), which is now undergoing a revolution, jumping from 4G to 5G.More

Topics: Information Technology, Technology, Mainland China, internet, ict

Pharmaceutical pioneer seeks HK talent

AstraZeneca links up with a Hong Kong technology park to develop new cancer diagnostics and treatments.

23 February 2021

Hong Kong is Asia’s biggest fund-raising hub for biotechnology, and the world’s second-largest, behind the United States’ Nasdaq. The city would become the world’s number one between 2025 and 2030, according to predictions made last September by the then Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), Charles Li.More

Topics: Medical Supplies & Medicine, Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Biotech, MedTech

COVID windfall for Taiwan’s PC sector

Lockdowns reverse the lengthy decline in laptop and desktop sales brought by a march of the mobiles.

17 February 2021

The wholescale migration of business and leisure interests to the online realm driven by the protracted global COVID-19 lockdowns has seen rejuvenated sales in the personal-computer sector, a development that has proven a huge boon to many of Taiwan’s high-tech manufacturers.More

Topics: Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Taiwan, consumer electronics

Vegan meat race is on

Purveyors of flesh substitutes are thriving in Hong Kong as demand rallies.

09 February 2021

Rapid adoption of plant-based meat alternatives in Hong Kong has led one of the United States’ fastest-growing brands to stock its flagship product in supermarkets.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Hong Kong, food, Biotech

Look east, look digital

Delegates at the Asian Financial Forum see Mainland China and technology playing a key role in worldwide recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

02 February 2021

Movers and shakers in the financial industry have strong consensus view – “look east, look digital” – seeing technology and the rise of Mainland China as sure bets for 2021 while the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, start-ups, Innovation & Tech

Art as information science

An online licensing show draws intense interest from an international audience eager for an edge amid COVID-19.

26 January 2021

Digital assets such as brands and intellectual property (IP) compositions are even more portable than seeds – but can be equally fickle about where they will and will not take root and grow.More

Topics: Licensing, Hong Kong, licensing show

Human element in virtual meetings

As COVID kept children at home, a Canadian online education provider turned to a Hong Kong start-up to keep young students engaged.

19 January 2021

Offices and classrooms both abruptly moved home early in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic brought in social-distancing measures and lockdowns across the world. More

Topics: Education & Training, Canada, Hong Kong, e-education, start-ups

Animal-free meat on menu

Lab-grown flesh offers fish-free fillets and steaks that were never in an ox.

12 January 2021

The plant-based food movement is gaining momentum in Hong Kong but a local start-up is working on an ethical alternative for consumers who still demand animal protein.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Hong Kong, start-ups, food

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