... past, but may be losing the future,” he said. Son said Japan should focus on two areas – autonomous driving and DNA-centered medicine – to help combat the pressures of its rapidly aging society, which ...More
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... oungsters may have a different view of their careers. Here in Hong Kong, more than 1.4 million people were living below the poverty line in 2018, a third straight year of increase and the highest numb ...More
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... ection in May only reaffirmed this political stability, with the Liberal National Coalition (considered more business-friendly) retaining control of the government. We are comfortable with our domesti ...More
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... ry itself may actually need them sooner or later. Vice-Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen stressed in a press conference late on Friday that the trade deal with the US is basically in line with China’s ...More
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... s poll in May, while only 15 percent had faith in the administration (compared to nearly 25 percent back in May). As far as Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is concerned, she only scored abo ...More
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... s experts may actually prove a blessing in disguise as it can present an opportunity for our local experts to carry on with a solid investigation and convince the public with facts and proofs. This ar ...More
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... ther that may not be realized. Additional negotiations are clearly needed to nail down what each party agrees to deliver. But the second phase goals are much trickier. China would still want the total ...More
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... services may be suspended during the period as a result, he said, but stressed that social welfare institutions had been given advance notice asking them to make necessary arrangements with regard to ...More
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... buts, no maybes,” a triumphant Johnson told supporters at a rally in London. “Leaving the European Union as one United Kingdom, taking back control of our laws, borders, money, our trade, immigration ...More
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... thorities may be resorting to wordplay, but the foremost issue here is not whether the IEP members are quitting or leaving, but rather the panel's conclusion that it would be difficult for the IPCC to ...More
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... creators may go undetected until they are used, and their built-in biases potentially amplified. Fortunately, algorithms can be reviewed and monitored to avoid unfair outcomes. For example, a bank em ...More
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... 00 people may have been killed. Suu Kyi, once championed in the West for her decades-long fight for democracy for Myanmar, told the court on Wednesday the military-led “clearance operation” in western ...More
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... pon” that may be used against Hong Kong. And the real impact of the new law on Hong Kong will, in my view, largely depend on how strictly the White House is going to enforce it in the coming days. The ...More
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... act, they may even fuel more resentment among the youth. In my view, what the government should focus on is “prevention”, i.e., keeping our young people away from crime by enhancing legislative initia ...More
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... al public may interpret the illegal Occupy movement in a wrong way, he said, insisting that Tanya Chan should pay for her mistakes. Meanwhile, lawmaker Wong Kwok-kin from the Hong Kong Federation of T ...More
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... vernments may need to shoulder some of the burden by increasing spending, reducing taxes or both. Unless they want to chase index performance in this up-and-down environment, investors will need to ad ...More
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... arket and may also do so in the beer market, Reuters reports. “The proposed acquisition would combine the two largest suppliers of cider in a highly concentrated market,” the regulator said, noting th ...More
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... ercent in May 1981, and the prime rate hit a record high of 21.5 percent. Inflation eventually receded to 3.8 percent at the end of 1982. But the US economy suffered from a recession with the unemploy ...More
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