Old School Vs Now: How This Hong Kong Agency Has Developed Through Changing Times with Joseph Ng

I am still catching my breath from a full afternoon in a ball pit- here in China there is a trend of taking your kids to these indoor playscapes – and the one we went to today was massive – it is normally an ice skating rink but they filled it with plastic balls, slides and more and put in hundreds of kids followed by nervous parents and rock music. The joys of being a parent.

Quick reminder, it’s a bit less than a month away, we are having a full day business trip on Friday Oct 21 in Hong Kong covering Chinese e-commerce – check it out at globalfromasia.com/hktrip

And… I’m going to try live radio! This Thursday (in a bit over 2 days from when we publish this show) we are launching Global From Asia Live Talk! To learn about it, we will have about a 30 – 45 minute live stream covering trends and news in Asia business and other cool topics happening. Tune in, and chat with me live, as well as a few other guests!

Have received a lot of good feedback on last week’s equity crowdfunding episode with Nathan Rose – honestly kind of experimenting with various topics and themes – we hopped down to Philippines and Thailand corporate setup as well in recent shows.

Today, we are back in Hong Kong and have a fun story. I deal with a lot of Hong Kong accountants and CPAs, and one that I have gotten to know a bit is Joseph Ng – we had some great calls and discussions about his firm’s development, changing times in Hong Kong, how he opened an office in Beijing, getting his son into the business and more.

√ Joseph’s CPA firm (offline – cnc-cpa .com.hk
√ An Era in Hong Kong Is Ending, Thanks to China’s Tight Embrace
√ Global From Asia HK Trip
√ Global From Asia Live Talk

Very cool to get Joseph on the show! He hasn’t heard of a podcast before, basically explained it as internet radio. That is what I am trying to do – get some shows on here that you can’t find anywhere else. We recorded in person in his office, no skype, just face to face conversation talking old school Hong Kong business.

Not to get too political, but it has to be mentioned. Wall Street Journal put out a piece all about the changing times in Hong Kong as Mainland China gets more and more involved. I’ll link that up in the show notes as well for those who want to read it. Hong KOng is a great place and let’s hope it can keep its competitiveness and differentiation.

That is all this week – see you in a week for the next interview – or live in a couple days for news and trends, cheers!

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