Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), also known as “New SARS” or “Wuhan pneumonia”, is a respiratory pandemic infected more than 300 million people and killed more than 5,000,000 people globally. The outbreak significantly impacts human life and economic activity.
In accordance with the fifth outbreak of COVID-19 Omicron variant in Hong Kong, the city has taken number of urgent social distance tightening measures including no dinner dine-in, shutdown of gyms and beauty houses etc. The HKSAR Government announced the launch of the 5th round of Anti-epidemic Fund on 14th Jan 2022 to offer one-off … Read more
Vietnam is one of the few Southeast Asian countries that can control COVID-19 epidemic well. In addition, the e-Commerce market keeps boosting in Vietnam and we expect that its scale will be about USD $52 billion in 2025. Many Hong Kong businesses are looking forward to enter Vietnam for more opportunities. The Hong Kong Trade … Read more
Previously the Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the government seeks injection approval to the Anti-epidemic Fund before Christmas. The fourth round of the Anti-epidemic Fund will assist those sectors impacted by the social distancing measures. For instance, restaurants, beauty salons, fitness centres etc. The application is simple and even raised by the government. Nevertheless, … Read more
As technology advancing, such as 5G, smartphone and big data evolution, the entire retail industry change rapidly. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates e-Commerce by around 5 to 10 years. Many who never trusted e-Commerce has to purchase online nowadays. The Retail Innovation Conference organized by the Hong Kong Retail Management Association (HKRMA) … Read more
Every business is under tremendous impact during COVID-19 pandemic, our working way and staff relation change significantly. In the past, we understood a brand in terms of marketing and promotion only. But now the company brand influences the business both externally and internally. It strengthens the sense of belonging and recognition among the staff. The … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously impacted global supply chain and demand while Sino-US relation has declined to the lowest in decades. Thus many manufacturers moved their factories from mainland China to ASEAN region. On the other hand, China is proactively developing domestic market (“Circular economy”). The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the ASEAN … Read more
Last week, the Statistics and Census Service of Government of Macao SAR announced that the GDP of Macau in 2020 Q2 reduced by 67.8% year-on-year. Though Macau has exercised effective precaution to stop COVID-19 spread, the extreme measures also halted casinos running which highly rely on Chinese tourists. As we know, the gambling industry is … Read more
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR Carrie Lam announced yesterday (31st Jul) that the coming Legco election will be postponed, from 6th Sep 2020 to 5th Sep 2021, by the Emergency Regulations Ordinance. The CE said the hard decision is purely based on the current COVID-19 pandemic to protect Hong Kong public health. Nevertheless, … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic reshapes the life of mankind, and in response to a new wave of infection, number of enterprises assign staff to work from home again. It is believed that distance operation will be the new normal even after the epidemic. SUCCESS and Hong Kong International Coaching Community co-organize the webinar and invite experts … Read more
HSBC Navigator surveyed more than 200 Hong Kong businesses from 28th April to 12th May pandemic time. Around 60% of the surveyed enterprises claimed that they were well-prepared but can do more. Business needs more diversity, information technology and transparency in the supply chains to face possible challenges in the future. Diversity & technology Terence … Read more
