Op-Ed

Stephen Ng says opposition to co-location plans for the high-speed rail link is short-sighted on several counts, and risks making the city a laughing stock of the world

萬眾期待、動工多時的高鐵香港段已接近完成，現正處理軟件配套方面的安排。可惜部分人士不但未能欣賞高鐵通車可以帶來的龐大經濟及社會效益與便利，反而危言聳聽，指「一地兩檢」建議違反《基本法》，使港人的權利與自由受到威脅。

Shirley Yuen welcomes tax measures announced in the budget and says the financial chief was right to resist the urge to dole out more treats

The Standard Working Hours Committee’s (SWHC) second-stage consultation on standard working hours has just concluded, and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce supports, in principle, the “big frame” approach. We believe this option would adequately address employers and employees’ concerns about working hours, overtime and compensation arrangements without resorting to legislation.

Stephen Ng says a growing sense of entitlement is creeping into Hong Kong’s political discourse, and if left unchecked, it will damage our entrepreneurial economy

Businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, need clear guidance on how the ordinance will affect them if it is to work to the benefit of all Hongkongers.
As the debate on how the Competition Ordinance should be applied and administered draws to a close, expect business angst to intensify after the roll-out of the ordinance on December 14, as the reality of achieving compliance begins to dawn on companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

(Chinese only) 強制性公積金（強積金）成立目的，是要設立良好的退休儲蓄制度，僱主僱員同樣有供款責任。不過，近期再有要求，取消強積金僱主供款對沖遣散費或長期服務金，無疑要僱主承受雙重負擔，對僱主不公平，亦令中小企百上加斤。

香港總商會支持成立強積金，過去只有約三分之一的工作人口享有退休保障，自強積金制度推行後，現時約有85%的總就業人口獲強積金計劃或公積金計劃等退休保障。

Shirley Yuen says the chief executive's worrying call for an 'appropriately proactive' intervention by the government to steer growth ignores Hong Kong's legacy as a free economy