Photo by Edward Barnieh

Today we commemorate the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Emotions have been running high in Hong Kong these past few days (years) – and we just wanted to make a quick post today that no matter what happens nothing should be able to take away Hong Kong people’s entrepreneurial spirit – no matter where that takes us, no matter what liberties are taken – you will always have the right to your own destiny.

These entrepreneurs that share their time at Startup Weekend, helping the next generation are startups, are people that we should be proud of:

The government’s InventHK office brings StartMeUp Hong Kong back this year – bringing new entrepreneurs to Hong Kong and shining an international light on our city – here is a highlights video from the launch party a few weeks ago:

NEST has put together this video to show off what they are doing for Hong Kong entrepreneurs:

And remember: “The future is not set, there is no faith but what we make for ourselves….”