Nov 1DETROIT: Good City Foundation Spoke in the WEF Urban Transformation Summit Hosted on Public Spending to Spur District InnovationOctober 2022 — Founder of the Good City Foundation, Andre Kwok, was invited to attend the Urban Transformation Summit on 11th — 13th October, hosted by the World Economic Forum, as Fire-starter Speaker in the panel “Spurring Innovation through Public Spending”. As Institutional Partner of the G20 Global Smart Cities…Good City Foundation6 min readGood City Foundation6 min read
Oct 21SRI LANKA: Road Towards COP27, Good City Foundation, Urban Development Authority and MG Group Co-Launched the Gampaha City Climate Sustainability Framework and Adaptation RoadmapOctober 2022 — Commissioned by the Minister of Urban Development, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness of Sri Lanka, in the collaboration with the MG Group of Companies and the Urban Development Authority of Sri Lanka, the Good City Foundation launched the Gampaha Smart City Working Group in mid 2021, as…Sri Lanka4 min readSri Lanka4 min read
Oct 20BANGLADESH & MALAYSIA: Good City Foundation Facilitated The UNDP Bangladesh WING Program For Women-Led Digital Economy Development with Malaysia MarketSEPTEMBER 2022 — The Good City Foundation was appointed as International Consultant to facilitate The UNDP Bangladesh WING Program and SWAPNO Program to conduct a professional learning exchange in Malaysia in the domains of women-led business digitalisation and digital economy transformation. A team of 7 representatives from UNDP Bangladesh including…Undp4 min readUndp4 min read
Sep 6INDONESIA: Launch of Digital Portal of Climate-Friendly Bamboo Architecture and Climate-Friendly Investment Collaboration in Bali IslandSEPTEMBER 2022 — The full launch of the digital portal for bamboo village home-stay and climate-friendly bamboo architecture collaboration and investment platform (https://sunsangvillage.com/) has just been live at the end of August this year. …Indonesia4 min readIndonesia4 min read
Sep 2HONG KONG: Good City Foundation Collaborates With Pico Global and KPMG To Launch Tai Po Wishing Tree Digital Wishes For Good2ND SEPTEMBER — While many could pray for themselves and for individual good, Hong Kong needs a more collective wish with actions for longer-term of sustainable and resilient prosperity in society and economy than ever before. With the joint efforts of the Good City Foundation, Pico Global and KPMG in…Hong Kong5 min readHong Kong5 min read
Aug 20HONG KONG: Good Economics for Hard Times (4) — Shall One (Not) “Social-Wash” through ESG, for the Sake of Authentic For-Prosperity Economy ?Continue Chapter (3) — Entering the later stage of the public policy research project with the interns and partners, the Good City Foundation, Social Enterprise Summit and partners like RE-LOOK (youth organisation) and Time To Gold (food culture social enterprise) took the theories (1) (2) and policy analysis (3) forward…Esg7 min readEsg7 min read
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 readTai 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 readHong 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 readBeijing3 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. …Circular Economy5 min readCircular Economy5 min read
