Chuckling while straightening a tie decorated with polar bears, Professor Ho Kin-chung recalls his first Antarctic expedition – which nearly killed him and Hong Kong’s current financial chief.It was 1993 and the first scientific research trip from the city to study the Antarctic region. Paul Chan Mo-po, now the financial secretary of Hong Kong, was in charge of budgeting for the journey and was on board the expedition vessel as the honorary treasurer of the Polar Museum Foundation.Ho was…
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