Hong Kong

Thailand and Hong Kong to sign a MOU on startup development

InnoSpace Thailand is an organisation focused on the promotion of commercial Deep Technology (Deep Tech) in startup businesses and ecosystems development

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2 years ago

February 26, 2019

Boris Sullivan

InnoSpace Thailand is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on startup development with partners from Hong Kong on February 28th, 2019.

The Director-General of the Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP), Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, said the collaboration between InnoSpace Thailand, a public-private joint venture established to support Thai startup businesses, and Hong Kong partners, namely HKTDC, HPA, and HK Cybersport, will help startup companies in Thailand gain better support thanks to wider expertise.

The signing ceremony will be witnessed by Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, and the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam.

InnoSpace Thailand is an organisation focused on the promotion of commercial Deep Technology (Deep Tech) in startup businesses and ecosystems development. It has partnerships with domestic and international government agencies and private firms on business incubation, knowledge base, and investment.

The joint venture is the only organization in Thailand focusing on Deep Tech startup promotion, instead of Fintech and mobile application development promotion programs widely available. With the new partnership, InnoSpace Thailand now expects to serve no less than 50 startup companies this year. National News Bureau Of Thailand

Commerce Ministry, Hong Kong to discuss economic expansion

The Ministry of Commerce will welcome representatives in the public and private sectors from Hong Kong this week. on February 27th and 28th, 2019.

The Deputy Minister of Commerce, Chutima Bunyapraphasara, said the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, will lead a group of delegates from Hong Kong’s public and private sectors to Thailand on February 27th and 28th, 2019.

They are scheduled to meet with the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, who is in charge of economic affairs.

The group will also participate in an activity to establish “Thailand-Hong Kong Strategic Partnership”, organized by the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) in collaboration with related agencies.

The two sides have agreed on a number of joint initiatives. One of them is an initiative to give Thailand more access to Hong Kong as a route to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), which will take effect soon.

China

Hong Kong’s US-Bound Exports to be Labeled ‘Made in China’

Goods produced in Hong Kong and exported to the US must be “marked to indicate that their origin is China”, according to a notice put out by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on August 11, 2020.

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4 months ago

September 11, 2020

Headline Editor

This ‘Made in China’ labeling requirement on Hong Kong products was originally to take effect on September 25. To give Hong Kong exporters more breathing room to switch the labels, the US CBP has extended the enforcement date by 45 days, to November 9.

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China

Hong Kong : no journalist in the world is free from China’s violent retribution

The new national security legislation China is imposing on Hong Kong could be used not only against journalists operating in Asia’s main financial hub, but against every journalist in the world says RSF

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7 months ago

July 3, 2020

Boris Sullivan

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges democracies to do everything in their power to compel Beijing to withdraw the law that allows it to charge any journalist writing on Hong Kong of endangering national security, an accusation that could result in life imprisonment or even the death penalty if tried in China.

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Hong Kong

National security law for Hong Kong risks turning city into police state

China’s national security law for Hong Kong will put everybody in the city at risk of arbitrary detention and unfair trial unless underpinned by measures to guarantee protection of human rights, Amnesty International said today