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Accounting for Kowtow? You can Bank on it!

It was May 1989. I had arrived in January in Hong Kong as a visiting research fellow at the University...

15 Jul 2014 Opinion
Accounting for Kowtow? You can Bank on it!
Director, Peter Lovelock spoke on the panel of “Opportunities from TVWS” in Philippines, 9 Jun 2014

Director, Peter Lovelock spoke on the panel of “Opportunities from TVWS” in Philippines, 9 Jun 2014

This post appeared on Gov’t says roll-out of TV White Space to coincide with digital TV migration on June 16, 2014. Despite...

16 Jun 2014 Opinion
Commentary on TODAY, 11 June 2014: Cloud computing and connectivity in ASEAN by Lim May-Ann

Commentary on TODAY, 11 June 2014: Cloud computing and connectivity in ASEAN by Lim May-Ann

This commentary first appeared in TODAY – Cloud computing and connectivity in ASEAN – Singapore on 11 June 2014. The 2015 deadline for...

11 Jun 2014 Opinion
Move Uber Please

Move Uber Please

In a benign Internet world, the emergence of a “caring, sharing” economy would be something to look forward to. For...

1 Jun 2014 Opinion
TRPC Director on FT, 19 May 2014: “Any privacy protection will be limited”

TRPC Director on FT, 19 May 2014: “Any privacy protection will be limited”

Any privacy protection will be limited From Prof John Ure. Sir, From 2011 until April this year I served as...

19 May 2014 Opinion
Managing Director Lim May-Ann on Talking Point – Apr 23, 2014

Managing Director Lim May-Ann on Talking Point – Apr 23, 2014

Managing Director Lim May-Ann made an appearance on Channel News Asia’s Talking Point taking on IDA, MDA, Techgoondu and Rajah&Tann...

23 Apr 2014 Opinion
Trust

Trust

Fewer, if not few, people have much trust in the banking and financial system after recent experiences of inter-bank rate...

1 Apr 2014 Opinion
Another Age

Another Age

I have just finishing reading the posthumously published lectures of British Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm who died October 2012. Fractured...

1 Aug 2013 Opinion
In Pursuit of Adequacy: Data Privacy Protection in the US-EU FTA

In Pursuit of Adequacy: Data Privacy Protection in the US-EU FTA

by Justin Streight In US-EU Free Trade negotiations, making business regulations compatible, harmonized and simple will be the lead. Not...

1 Jul 2013 Opinion
Try Forecasting the Past

Try Forecasting the Past

In 2010, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, two respected Harvard economists, shot to fame for publishing a paper that seemed...

1 Jun 2013 Opinion
Lost and Found in Translation

Lost and Found in Translation

Words. Here is an example of some, imaginatively (and unexpectedly) cited by the ITU’s Trends in Telecoms Reform 2013. (And...

1 May 2013 Opinion
It Ain’t Necessarily So

It Ain’t Necessarily So

In the world of social media and instant online news feeds, what actually constitutes ‘news’ is rather problematic. The 140-character...

1 Apr 2013 Opinion
No News is Bad News

No News is Bad News

In March, two announcements were made pointing in opposite directions. First, Google announced the closing down of Google Reader, a...

1 Mar 2013 Opinion
TRPC Director response to FT article Jan 26: China’s subtle censoring of overseas scholarship

TRPC Director response to FT article Jan 26: China’s subtle censoring of overseas scholarship

Deng foresaw the last door to open From Prof John Ure. Sir, Mark Elvin (Letters, January 26) gives some examples...

6 Feb 2013 Opinion
What’s there to think about?

What’s there to think about?

2013 is the year of the Water Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Water is considered to have the colour black,...

1 Feb 2013 Opinion
TRPC Research Director Lim May-Ann quoted on ZD Net article: Competition to force Asia’s telcos to diversify faster, 17 Jan 2013

TRPC Research Director Lim May-Ann quoted on ZD Net article: Competition to force Asia’s telcos to diversify faster, 17 Jan 2013

Summary: Declining revenues from core businesses and increasing competition from OTT providers mean operators need to move to new markets and...

17 Jan 2013 Opinion