In the sort of formal ceremony beloved in this part of the world, VIPs posed on stage, holding shovels decorated with giant gold bows, to mark the launch of a University of Hong Kong (HKU) campus redevelopment project.
Covid restrictions meant that the guests wore face masks, and the event, held in January, could be viewed only online. However, the message was clear. Not even a pandemic was going to stop construction on a new home for the business school, sports facilities and residences. Over the next few years, HKU plans several other infrastructure projects and hundreds of new hires at the professorial level.
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Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have uncovered a novel signalling pathway triggered by a protein called FUT1 to promote cancer stemness, contributing to drug resistance and tumour recurrence of liver c
Counting the human cost of affordable electronics
Twelve-hour shifts, compulsory overtime and one day off a month are among the practices employed at some China-based factories of Taiwan’s tech giants
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter
Few companies have had their names dragged through the mud so comprehensively as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), a conglomerate known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) in Taiwan, which operates vast factories in China and other countries.
The first time many people outside of Taiwan heard of Foxconn the world’s largest manufacturer of consumer electronics was in 2010, when a string of employee suicides attracted global interest.
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