Hong Kong is again a job-seeker's market, with demand for staff far outstripping supply, says John Twist, Group General Manager for Gemini Personnel Ltd. Some of the hottest jobs at the moment are those in the finance sector, the headhunting veteran says.
Interview Date: 2008/09
The way we create and manage documents now is very different from around five years ago, but surprisingly many companies are still wasting valuable time and storage space searching for and filing documents in the traditional way, Joseph Yu, Managing Director for Fuji Xerox Hong Kong explained. "Because of this, multi-functional digital devices together with document management solutions are where we expect future growth in the office equipment market to come from."
Interview Date: 2008/08
The business bookshelves are crammed with tales of innovation, new business models, and technology breakthroughs promising huge financial returns for following the latest management fads. Yet one of the golden rules of business that many of them fail to even mention is "focus."
Just twelve years ago, Mr Tsang, Chairman and Managing Director of Strategic Public Relations Group (SPRG), set up his public relations company with a staff of just five. Today, he says SPRG is the largest public relations company in the SAR, employing around 110 staff in Hong Kong alone.
When Kenneth Yam dropped out of high school at 17, his prospects seemed bleak. His parents persuaded the owner of an Indian trading company, which they worked with, to offer him a job as a messenger, and he found himself thrown in at the deep-end of working life of 1960s Hong Kong.
Whenever you take a taxi, more often than not, the driver will be listening to Metro Finance 104FM, the flagship program produced by 17-year-old Metro Broadcast. Despite being one of the youngest radio shows in the territory, it is regarded as the number-one financial news channel in Hong Kong.
Interview Date: 2008/01
I'm just like a bee -- diligent, happy and always flying around on the lookout for something good, says Andrew Yuen, Managing Director of On Kun Hong Ltd.
People call Merle Hinrichs the grandfather of online B2B trade. "And that is not just because of my age," the 66-year-old quips. As Chairman and CEO of Global Sources, he has been blazing the global trail of trade since he published his first export trade magazine in February 1971, under the banner Asian Sources.
Interview Date: 2006/04
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