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Source: Republic of China Taiwan

The 45th Young Designers’ Exhibition 2026 will take place from May 22 to May 25 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2. Speaking at the opening ceremony today (May 22), Deputy Minister of MOEA Chin-Tsang Ho noted that the exhibition has long served as an important platform connecting Taiwan’s design education and industry. This year’s exhibition responds to emerging trends in innovation and industry, encouraging young designers to adopt issue-driven approaches that address contemporary social and industrial needs. It demonstrates that design today extends far beyond aesthetics, becoming an integral part of everyday life and a key driver of social transformation and industrial upgrading, while showcasing Taiwan’s continually accumulating innovative energy and design soft power.

Centering on the theme “Fluid Boundaries,” this year’s exhibition responds to the trend of cross-disciplinary development in today’s society to uncover diverse and innovative possibilities. The event brings together 55 domestic universities, 110 departments, and approximately 9,000 emerging design talents to showcase nearly 3,500 brilliant works. Furthermore, 22 schools from 10 countries – including the United States, Thailand, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, and Australia – are participating in the grand event. Through the “YODEX Industry-Academia Cooperation” project, 8 companies and organizations have partnered with 38 student teams for co-creation, demonstrating the successful integration of design education with industry practice.

This year’s “Design Matchmaking Stage” event, scheduled for May 25, introduces a new format. Participating companies’ recruitment needs and students’ project information were released in advance, while design-sharing sessions and guided exhibition tours facilitated meaningful exchanges between young talent and employers. The event has attracted approximately 100 domestic and international companies, helping students explore career opportunities while injecting fresh creativity and vitality into the industry.

With cross-disciplinary industry-academia collaboration and international academic exchange at its core, this year’s exhibition presents the diverse landscape of contemporary emerging design. The exhibited works address a wide range of topics spanning the environment, technology, and the humanities. Visitors are invited to discover how young designers observe and respond to contemporary challenges, and to explore the multiple possibilities of future living through creativity.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     ​The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, continued his visit programme in Dalian today (June 24), attending events of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026, also known as the Summer Davos, and taking part in a number of Liaoning-Hong Kong exchange activities.

     Mr Chan attended the opening ceremony of the Annual Meeting in the morning. Premier Li Qiang of the State Council attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

Police today (June 24) reclassified an industrial accident happened in Tuen Mun on June 17 as manslaughter.

At 3.25pm on June 17, Police received a report that a 65-year-old male worker was suspected to have been struck by an excavator while working inside a recycling site on Tsing Chuen Wai Road, Tuen Mun. Sustaining injury in abdomen, he was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital in conscious state and was certified dead at 6.30pm on the same day.  
 
Upon further investigation, a 51-year-old male excavator operator and a 29-year-old male foreman were arrested today in Sham Shui Po and Yuen Long respectively for manslaughter. The two arrestees are being detained for further enquiries.

Active investigation by the District Crime Squad of Tuen Mun District is underway.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Financial Secretary Paul Chan today attended events at the “Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026” and engaged in a number of Liaoning-Hong Kong exchanges.

 

He began his second day in Dalian by attending the annual meeting’s opening ceremony, at which State Council Premier Li Qiang delivered a speech.

 

Mr Chan then attended a World Economic Forum discussion session, where he discussed the financial landscape with financial, political and business leaders from the Mainland and overseas.

 

At the session, the Financial Secretary said he did not consider the world to be forming a fragmented financial system. However, he added that the trend of jurisdictions using their own currencies for trade and investment, to diversify foreign exchange risks and reduce costs, would continue.

 

Mr Chan highlighted that China accounts for an important share of global trade, resulting in increasingly frequent use of the renminbi in cross-boundary payments and settlements, and that the international monetary system is therefore steadily moving towards greater diversification.

 

He said that emerging payment systems and cross-boundary infrastructure should be seen as complementary options that increase choice, enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen financial security and resilience, rather than as zero-sum substitutes.

 

On Hong Kong’s role, Mr Chan said that, despite uncertainties brought by geopolitics, overseas capital still attaches great importance to the Mainland’s innovation capabilities and attractive valuations, and institutional investors from Europe and the US remain important participants in Hong Kong’s initial public offering and secondary markets.

 

Mr Chan iterated that, while consolidating its status as an international financial centre, Hong Kong will actively promote fintech innovation, including tokenised assets, on the grounds of prudent regulation and safeguarding financial stability. This includes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government taking the lead in issuing tokenised bonds to expand the investor base, as well as promoting the development of green finance, and of gold and commodities trading.

 

Mr Chan also called on CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee Secretary Xu Kunlin, and Governor of Liaoning Province Wang Xinwei.

 

At the meeting, Mr Chan said he looked forward to deepening and expanding exchanges and co-operation with Liaoning in economic and trade, finance, innovation and technology, shipping and logistics.

 

In the afternoon, Mr Chan attended a promotion conference, organised by the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, to promote support for Mainland enterprises in going global.

 

The conference focused on how to leverage Hong Kong’s financial, trade, and innovation and technology strengths, as well as its unique advantage of being highly internationalised, to help Liaoning enterprises go global and expand their presence worldwide.

 

Member of the Party Leadership Group of the People’s Government of Liaoning Province and Vice Governor Bai Ying attended the event. It drew more than 180 leaders and representatives from the local political, business, innovation and technology sectors, as well as various institutions.

 

Speaking at the event, Mr Chan said that in recent years, the Hong Kong SAR Government has been vigorously developing innovation and technology, strengthening research and development as well as infrastructure, and promoting the integrated development of education, technology, talent and industries.

 

Through the Hong Kong Investment Corporation, he added, it supports hard technology and future industries by investing in small, early-stage and long-term projects. In addition, innovation and technology parks such as the Science Park and Cyberport, together with the Go Global Task Force, are committed to providing incubation, professional support and risk management services for innovative enterprises.

 

Mr Chan urged enterprises in Liaoning and the northeastern region to make use of Hong Kong’s international financial and innovation and technology platforms, as well as its talent advantages and professional strengths, to explore overseas markets.

 

At the event, representatives of a number of Mainland and overseas enterprises that have already established a presence in Hong Kong also shared testimony about leveraging Hong Kong’s support in going global.

 

Representatives from Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited, the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation and other organisations spoke about the city’s overall advantages in terms of financing, innovation and technology ecosystem, and policy support.

 

Mr Chan also briefed business leaders on Hong Kong’s current situation and development strategies at a roundtable discussion.

 

In the afternoon, he attended a sharing session, organised by the Beijing Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government and its Liaoning Liaison Unit, for Hong Kong businesspeople and enterprises in Liaoning.

 

The day’s itinerary concluded with Mr Chan attending an exchange dinner organised by the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Liaoning.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Chief Executive John Lee today continued a visit to Fujian, where he met elderly Hongkongers who have retired there, toured a thematic exhibition on Fuzhou’s development, and called on new energy and technology enterprises.

In the morning, in Fuzhou, Mr Lee met elderly Hongkongers who have moved to Fujian to learn about their living conditions.

He highlighted that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government provides support for cross-boundary elderly care. Among various measures, the Fujian Scheme provides a monthly cash allowance to eligible Hong Kong residents who have moved to Fujian.

Mr Lee said the Hong Kong SAR Government will continue to enact cross-boundary elderly care measures, providing greater convenience for Hong Kong elderly persons who choose to retire on the Mainland.

Afterwards, he visited the “30th Anniversary Achievement Exhibition” for the “3820” Strategic Project, which showcases Fuzhou’s achievements in urban planning and socio-economic development.

The “3820” Strategic Project originates from Fuzhou’s 20-Year Economic and Social Development Strategic Vision, formulated in 1992 under the stewardship of President Xi Jinping when he was Secretary of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee. Taking three years, eight years, and 20 years as key milestones, the blueprint mapped out Fuzhou’s development.

Mr Lee remarked that the strategic vision mapped out Fuzhou’s socio-economic development goals, key steps and areas of focus, demonstrating a forward-looking and inspirational approach that has guided Fuzhou’s reform and opening up, and modernisation. 

He added that the Hong Kong SAR Government is pressing ahead at full speed with the preparation of Hong Kong’s own first Five-Year Plan, and that the city will seize on major opportunities brought by the National 15th Five-Year Plan.

Mr Lee later arrived in Ningde City and met CPC Ningde Municipal Committee Secretary Zhang Yongning to exchange views on issues of mutual concern.

In the afternoon, Mr Lee visited a new energy technology enterprise. The firm’s listing in Hong Kong last year was the world’s largest initial public offering at the time.

Mr Lee said that the company’s decision to list in Hong Kong and to establish its research and development institute in the city reflects Hong Kong’s dual advantages as an international financial hub and an innovation and technology hub.

He also visited a national-level “little giant” enterprise that focuses on automation in areas such as new energy and construction machinery.

Mr Lee commented that Hong Kong is home to five universities ranked among the world’s top 100, and eight universities ranked among Asia’s top 100, bringing together scientific research experts and teams from around the world. Leveraging the innovation strengths of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, he said, Hong Kong is striving to develop as an international innovation and technology centre and to accelerate the realisation of the Northern Metropolis (NM).

Mr Lee invited more Fujian enterprises to establish a presence in the NM, leverage Hong Kong’s advantages, and bring in frontier high-tech technologies and talent to the city.

In the evening, Mr Lee met and exchanged views with CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee Secretary Guo Ningning and Fuzhou Mayor Wu Xiande in Fuzhou. Mr Lee then returned to Hong Kong.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Government will introduce the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 into the Legislative Council on July 8 to propose miscellaneous updates and technical amendments to various enactments.

The bill seeks to update or amend terminology in existing legislation including references to “Crown”, “Governor”, “Her Majesty”, “Secretary of State”, “Government of the United Kingdom”, “Commonwealth” and UK Legislation, among others.

It will also amend specific references to terms such as “foreign” or “overseas” in various enactments, alongside updates to terminology in designated ordinances and subsidiary legislation.

Additionally, the bill will repeal several obsolete enactments, provisions and references while making minor technical adjustments to streamline current laws.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) stated that the proposed updates are largely minor, technical and non-controversial, aiming to improve existing legislation.

To handle the adaptation of laws efficiently, the DoJ previously introduced two collective omnibus bills in 2024 and 2025 on behalf of various policy bureaus.

The department expressed confidence that the target of completing the entire adaptation of laws exercise by the end of the current Government term will be met.

Last month, the DoJ submitted an information paper to the Legislative Council Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services to brief members on the main legislative proposals.

The relevant policy bureaus and independent organisations have consulted the relevant stakeholders and no objection to the proposed amendments was received.

The bill will be published in the Government Gazette on June 26.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     ​Following is a question by the Hon Christine Fong and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Ms Mable Chan, in the Legislative Council today (June 24):

Question: 
(4) whether a review has been made of the operational models of Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange and Aberdeen Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange to spread their operational experience to other interchanges with suitable spatial conditions, so as to enhance the public’s interchange options and travel efficiency; and 
(2) to (4) Currently, there are a total of 12 BBIs located at road tunnels and on highways across the territory. These BBIs provide pick-up/drop-off bays for cross-district franchised bus routes, facilitating passengers taking franchised buses from different starting points to travel between franchised bus routes for various destinations. Franchised bus operators generally offer interchange discounts to passengers, which optimises existing franchised bus and road resources, improves the efficiency of public transport operation, and helps alleviate road traffic congestion.

     Franchised bus is a high-capacity road-based mass transport mode, with greater carrying capacity and route coverage as compared with other public transport services. Therefore, the Transport Department (TD) accords priority to franchised buses in the planning of BBIs at road tunnels and on highways, with a view to enhancing the operational efficiency of these interchanges. Meanwhile, the TD also comprehensively reviews the overall transport demand at relevant interchanges, available road space, traffic flow and capacity of the trunk roads concerned, so as to avoid causing traffic congestion or bottlenecks. In the case of opening up existing BBIs at road tunnels and on highways for use by other vehicles, the TD will need to conduct comprehensive assessments for individual road sections to avoid interrupting the current operation of franchised bus routes and BBIs, as well as to reserve space and allow flexibility for introducing new franchised bus routes in the future.

     For the franchised bus and public light bus stops near Wong Chuk Hang Road and the Aberdeen Tunnel entrance, as well as another franchised bus stop near the Lion Rock Tunnel entrance, they currently serve as en-route stops for franchised buses and public light buses. For the stops near Wong Chuk Hang Road and the Aberdeen Tunnel entrance, the TD will continuously review the functionalities of relevant facilities for improvement, including the potential to introduce the function of bus interchange. As for Tuen Mun Road BBI, we will also continue to optimise it and increase its efficiency as one of the key BBIs.

(5) As regards future planning of transport infrastructure, in the Transport Strategy Blueprint announced in February of this year, we outline plans for the construction of a new generation of Transport Interchange Hubs. With the aim to facilitate efficient interchange between various public transport services, and enhance local and cross-boundary connectivity, the Transport Interchange Hubs will integrate various types of services (such as railways, franchised buses, public light buses, taxis, and cross-boundary coaches) along with park-and-ride facilities. The Transport Interchange Hubs will also improve first/last-mile connections by connecting to cycling networks and all-weather pedestrian corridors. Through providing barrier-free facilities and comfortable waiting areas, the Transport Interchange Hubs will enhance interchange efficiency and comfort, foster a passenger-centric travel environment, and contribute to the continuous effort to build a diversified and efficient public transport system in Hong Kong.