Jul 26HONG KONG: Good Economics for Hard Times (3) — How Will Tai Po District Share 1 Million More Populations With 450,000 New Jobs Upon Industrial Estates And Neighbourhood Renewal?Continue Chapter (2) — 2021/22 is a turning point annual as Hong Kong SAR Government released the 10-years development planning “Hong Kong 2030+: Towards a Planning Vision and Strategy Transcending 2030” (“Hong Kong 2030+”) and initiated the sectoral and land planning document “Northern Metropolis Development Strategy” amid the global uncertainties…Tai Po7 min read
Jul 16HONG KONG: Good Economics for Hard Times (2) — It Takes Strong Political Will To Lead 4.0 Industrial Economic Choice Towards New Urban Sustainability And Growth FormulaContinue Chapter (1) — Prof. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo of the “Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems”, while attempted to explain what factors keep the poor trapped, they extended the socio-economic reasoning to the swing of political will as the elephant of economic…Hong Kong6 min read
Jul 1HONG KONG & BEIJING: For-Prosperity Strategic Partnership through Sustainable Development in Greater China and Asia established among Good City Foundation and Shimmer SDGs Hub1st JULY 2022 — with the Celebration of 25th Anniversary of Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Good City Foundation (好城市基金会) and Shimmer SDGs Hub (萤火可持续发展中心) established For-Prosperity Strategic Partnership to foster stronger partnership relations with China-based enterprises, civil societies, institutions and communities for sustainable project incubations.Beijing3 min read
Jun 26INDONESIA: Launch of Digital Portal of Bamboo Architecture Home-Stay and Climate-Friendly Investment Collaboration in Bali IslandJUNE 2022 — Sun Sang Eco Village and Good City Foundation have together marked the recent completion of collaboration at the first stage since January 2019. The collaboration was first established through the development program Public Private Partnership by Youth (PPP by Youth) in Bali Island. The collaboration, supported by…Circular Economy5 min read
Jun 16HONG KONG: Good Economics for Hard Times (1) — How to Communicate the Realistic Socio-Economic Outcomes and Reasoning in Industry 4.0?The phrase “Good Economics for Hard Times” comes from the title of the book: “Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems” by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both professors of economics at MIT in 2019, both the 2019 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, whom…Tai Po5 min read
May 16SWITZERLAND: In the Natural Collaborative Advantage — How Leaders of Tomorrow and Today Shall Strive to Reconstruct Intergenerational Social Contract Amid Challenging Facts?MAY 2022 — Collaborative Advantage — as the main theme of the St. Gallen Symposium, highlights the importance and strategic values of “Intergenerationality” in various social forms, including social contract, future employment, political participation (representation), public policies and business innovations. In the participation the 51st St. Gallen Symposium, Andre Kwok…St Gallen Symposium6 min read
May 16INDONESIA: Heritage Braga Bandung Menjadi Pusat Lab Data Perkotaan oleh Good City Foundation dan Pemerintah Kota BandungSiaran Pers Diskominfo Kota Bandung 12 MEI 2022 — Sebagai smart city, Kota Bandung memiliki banyak potensi teknologi yang bisa terus dioptimalkan. Untuk memaksimalkan potensi tersebut, pada pertengahan tahun 2022 nanti Heritage Braga Kota Bandung akan diresmikan sebagai Urban Data Lab.Urban Data Lab4 min read
Apr 25CHINA: World Economic Forum and CAICT on Earth Day Launched the Digital Twin City Framework and Practice Insight ReportEARTH DAY 2022 — In the collaboration with China Academy of Information and Communications Technology(中国信息通信研究院, CAICT), a research think tank directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MIIT) of China, the World Economic Forum launched the first Insight Report of…Good City Foundation4 min read
Apr 14NEPAL: Vice-Chancellor of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha to be Strategic Advisor to the Good City Foundation for Next-Generation Robotics Innovations for CitiesIN JANUARY 2022, Transporter-3 Mission by SpaceX was successfully launched in the Falcon 9 rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida. While the majority would be excited for the future of space technologies and experience of next generation internet brought by SpaceX and…Sunil Babu Shrestha5 min read
Apr 12BANGLADESH: Head of Social Innovation of PMO a2i Mr. Manik Mahmud to be Strategic Advisor to the Good City Foundation for Social Inclusion and ESG GovernanceAPRIL 2022 — Bangladesh has been one of the world’s fastest growing economies since the 2010s, being classified among the Next Eleven emerging market middle income economies and a frontier market by the Goldman Sachs. In the first quarter of 2019, Bangladesh hits the world’s seventh fastest-growing economy with a…Good City Foundation4 min read
