Statement by Chief Executive on US Secretary of State’s Statement on National Security Law

     Further to the Government press release issued this morning (July 17) in response to the “business advisory” released by the US Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury to US businesses and individuals operating in Hong Kong, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong…

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National security: key to protecting Hong Kong’s business environment

     The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr John Lee, today (July 17) made the following statement in response to the latest actions by the United States Government against the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR):      It is the HKSAR’s constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security. It is evident that the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL)…

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Protecting Our Nation’s Vital Infrastructure at Defense Strategies Institute’s Critical Infrastructure Security Summit

Protecting Our Nation’s Vital Infrastructure at Defense Strategies Institute’s Critical Infrastructure Security Summit

Defense Strategies Institute is proud to announce the Critical Infrastructure Security Summit, occurring this September 22-23 in National Harbor, MD. This year’s Summit will convene senior leaders in a discussion on how we prevent and mitigate attacks against our critical infrastructure to ensure that the US people can continue their way of life, highlighting this…

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Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict political and financial turmoil

Scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict political and financial turmoil

Scientists have invented an instrument to peer deeply into billions of Twitter posts — providing an unprecedented, minute-by-minute view of popularity, from rising political movements, to K-pop, to emerging diseases. The tool — called the Storywrangler — gathers phrases across 150 different languages, analyzing the rise and fall of ideas and stories, each day, among…

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