Hong Kong tech chief sets June deadline for Hetao cross-border talent flow

South China Morning Post Sunday 27 September 2026, 06:58 UTC By Lam Ka-sing 1 min read

Key Points

Cross-boundary talent flows within the Hetao innovation hub will be launched by June next year at the latest, Hong Kong’s technology minister has said, after the city leader pledged to enable the free movement of data by the end of this year. Speaking on a radio programme on Sunday, Innovation, Technology and Industry Secretary Sun Dong gave the first deadline for the scheme, also saying semiconductor production, due to begin at the Hong Kong Microelectronics Research and Development...

Hong Kong (LOCATION) Hetao (PERSON) Hong Kong’s (LOCATION) Innovation, Technology and Industry (ORG) Sun Dong (PERSON) the Hong Kong Microelectronics Research and Development Institute (ORG)

Originally published by South China Morning Post Read original →

Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to appear at AI inquiry Call to face Senate inquiry follows security breach of Australia’s Medicare portal by rogue OpenAI bot in June. Australia has called for the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear before a Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence, just days after revelations that a rogue OpenAI bot had hacked the country’s health-system database. OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei have been sent written requests to appear at...

Al Jazeera 50m ago

Google turns 28: 10 things the company wrote down when it was young and still follows

Google has turned 28 today. The company still has a list of principles it says trace back to its early years. Called “Ten things we know to be true,” the list was first written when Google was just a few years old, and the company has revisited it over time.

Times of India 1h ago

Long Island entrepreneur grows garage startup into award-winning security firm

A small security business launched in 2020 has grown into a Long Island technology company with more than 1,500 installations to its name. SecureTech Systems, co-founded by Jawad Khalfan, was recently recognised as the 2026 Next-Gen Entrepreneur of the Year by the New York Small Business Development Centers (New York SBDC). The award was announced as part of the organisation’s statewide client awards programme, which selected recipients from more than 27,000 small-business clients.

Times of India 1h ago

Apple users living in UK on June 8 could be entitled to money - check eligibility

Apple users living in UK on June 8 could be entitled to money - check eligibility Which? has estimated that Apple could owe UK consumers around £77 per person. An Apple spokesperson called the claims "unfounded" Some Apple users may be entitled to money as part of a claim.

Daily Mirror 1h ago

Hong Kong tech chief sets June deadline for Hetao cross-border talent flow

Related Stories

Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to appear at AI inquiry

Google turns 28: 10 things the company wrote down when it was young and still follows

Long Island entrepreneur grows garage startup into award-winning security firm

Apple users living in UK on June 8 could be entitled to money - check eligibility