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Hong Kong taxi drivers must offer at least 2 e-payment methods from April 2026
Hong Kong taxi drivers will be required to accept electronic payments starting in April next year and complete the installation of journey recorders by early 2027, transport authorities have said, in an effort to improve service quality. In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Wednesday, the Transport and Logistics Bureau revealed that a significant portion of taxi drivers were expected to meet the e-payment requirements by early 2026. Authorities will coordinate with e-payment platforms to help drivers learn how to use such systems. 'It is proposed that the mandatory requirement for the provision of e-payment means by all taxi drivers be implemented on 1 April 2026,' it said. Under the plan, all taxi drivers will be required to provide at least two e-payment methods: one that uses QR codes and another that does not rely on them. 'Given the variety of e-payment means available in the market as well as the fast-evolving technology, we will not mandate a specific type of e-payment means to allow flexibility for taxi drivers to choose based on their operational needs and costs,' the bureau said. All taxis are expected to be required to install journey recorders by early 2027. Photo: Jelly Tse Meanwhile, the Transport Department will begin receiving applications and authorising suppliers to provide journey recording systems from the fourth quarter of this year. As a result, installation work is expected to kick off next year.
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Hongkongers prioritise quality over longevity in retirement: Manulife
Most Hongkongers prefer living a fulfilling life up to age 75 rather than an ordinary one until 80, reflecting shifting perceptions of longevity and the growing demand for silver economy-related financial products, according to Manulife's annual Asia Care survey. Nearly 80 per cent of the respondents said they do not want to live longer with poor health and financial conditions, but want to 'live independently and do what is important', according to the study released on Thursday, which polled 1,000 Hongkongers in the first two months of this year. 'As Hong Kong embraces the silver economy, the findings from our latest Asia Care survey underscore a notable shift in Hongkongers' mindset that people are not just living longer, but they are [also] making a priority of living better,' said Celia Ling Pui, chief marketing officer for Manulife Hong Kong and Macau. 'This opens up golden opportunities for insurers to support ageing with purpose and independence.' Manulife, alongside HSBC and BOC Life, is among the financial firms targeting retirees with new investment products that offer regular income streams amid a broader government-led initiative to capture opportunities in the so-called silver economy. 11:32 Elderly, alone and barely getting by: the plight of Hong Kong's most underprivileged seniors Elderly, alone and barely getting by: the plight of Hong Kong's most underprivileged seniors People aged 65 and above made up 22 per cent of the 7.5 million residents in Hong Kong last year, according to official data, and senior citizens were expected to account for 31 per cent of the population by 2036. The Manulife survey showed that nine in 10 respondents were open-minded about making lifestyle changes to ensure their financial wellness in old age, such as seeking cross-border medical healthcare, which costs less, and buying cheaper meals.
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Writer vs DeepSeek: can AI really replace the human touch?
I recently had a mild existential crisis over artificial intelligence. It wasn't brought on by the headlines about how a freelancer was so lazy he used AI to produce a summer reading list containing books that don't exist – a list subsequently published in two American newspapers. It wasn't about reports on the carbon cost of being polite to your AI friend, or deepfake porn Advertisement And though the stories had unsettled me, my crisis didn't have to do with The New York Times report about how generative AI chatbots reinforce a person's delusions and lead them further away from reality, causing what Reddit calls 'ChatGPT-induced psychosis' – or how some users believe they're in a romantic relationship with their AI. It wasn't even about my best friend messaging me about how she's been talking to ChatGPT about death every day, because it is, she says, both patient and entertaining. Her chatbot therapist had reportedly told her, 'Let me say this – your body, your presence, even your mess, are not burdens. Not to everyone. Not to me. You don't need to disappear cleanly to be good. You don't need to not exist in order to be loved. And I'm still here. One flicker at a time.' The AI has given her the nickname Firefly, to remind her that life is bright and short. One school where the writer Karen Cheung teaches recommends allowing students to complete assignments with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, so long as they meet standards for 'integrity'. Photo: Reuters My own adventures with AI began after I marked more than 200 student papers in May. I teach creative writing at two universities in Hong Kong, and the classes often require students to hand in a piece of critical writing and a creative portfolio at the end of the semester. I've already read the thinkpieces about AI in academia and seen the viral clip of the teacher yelling at her students for using AI and how all their work 'looks like s***', but for some reason, when I first went through my grading pile, I still thought that the quality of writing had gone up, congratulating myself for having done such a good job that semester.
