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Young adult expats twice as likely to face mental health struggles – and four times as likely to turn to AI support

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LONDON, UK – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 October 2025 – AXA Global Healthcare’s new Mind Health Report reveals a generational divide in how expats experience and manage their mental wellbeing.

The fifth edition of the report shows that while older expats lean on their resilience and life experience, younger expats are more open about the challenges they face.

It also highlights how younger generations are driving the adoption of AI and digital mind health tools, even though many report being adversely affected by excessive use of social media.

The findings from the Ipsos survey, conducted across 16 countries with over 1,400 expat participants aged 18-75, highlight how age, cultural context, and digital access are shaping new approaches to wellbeing worldwide.

Key findings include:

  • Over two thirds of both 18-24-year-olds and 25-34-year-olds (74% and 67% respectively) were shown to be suffering from moderate to extremely severe levels of anxiety, stress or depression, according to the DASS (Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale)
  • Specifically, 68% of younger expats (18-34-years-old) reported moderate to severe stress levels in the past 12 months, compared to just 33% of over-55s
  • Younger adult expats are twice as likely to report moderate to severe depression, stress, or anxiety, than their over 55’s counterparts (70% vs 35%)
  • 51% of younger adult expats say that social media and digital devices are the most prominent factor negatively affecting their mental health
  • 47% of younger adult expats are struggling with constant exposure to negative news in the media
  • 83% of expats are experiencing negative mental health symptoms as a direct result of their working environment, 4% higher than in 2024, and 4% higher than their native colleagues


Statistics also highlighted different approaches to seeking help:

  • 66% of young adult expats would use, or have already used AI virtual therapists for mind health support
  • 40% of young adult expats use social media for mental health information, compared with 14% of older adults
  • 41% of younger adult expats turn to healthcare professionals such as GPs, compared to 57% of older adults
  • However, younger adult expats are 33% more likely to see a psychiatrist or specialist than they were in 2023, showing overall growth in medicating specifically against mental health issues

Commenting on the findings, Xavier Lestrade, CEO of AXA Health International, which operates the AXA Global Healthcare brand, said:

“The findings reveal a clear generational divide in how expats experience and manage their mental wellbeing. Younger adults are far more open in acknowledging challenges and seeking support, while older generations often report fewer issues and tend to rely on more traditional pathways. Both approaches have their strengths – whether it’s the resilience and perspective of older adults, or the proactive attitude of younger people towards managing their wellbeing. There’s a real opportunity here for generations to learn from one another.”

For expats, who often face isolation, cultural adjustment, and barriers to traditional healthcare, the growing use of AI and digital tools signals a need for more flexible, accessible support. AXA Global Healthcare is adapting its services accordingly – from tailored access to healthcare professionals worldwide to its all-in-one health app that integrates physical and mental health resources in a single platform.

The full AXA Global Healthcare Mind Health Report is available at https://www.axaglobalhealthcare.com/en/about-us/reports/mindhealth-reports/

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HKFindLawyer Launches Hong Kong’s First “Work Injury Occupation and Injury Compensation Database” Empowering Workers to Understand Their Rights and Compensation Process

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 November 2025 – HKFindLawyer.com has officially launched Hong Kong’s first “Work Injury Occupation and Injury Compensation Database”, a comprehensive online resource based on the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance.

The database covers a wide range of occupations — including construction workers, cleaners, delivery riders, and office staff — as well as common workplace injuries such as falls, burns, back pain, and hearing loss. It aims to help the public understand their legal rights, claim procedures, and compensation options in different work-related injury scenarios.

Developed in collaboration with experienced Hong Kong lawyers, the database transforms complex legal concepts into clear and practical guidance. It also includes case studies, medical treatment tips, and reference materials for compensation calculation.

Members of the public can freely access the following pages:

A spokesperson for HKFindLawyer.com said:

“Our goal is to help workers understand their rights clearly when faced with a work injury, without being misled or confused by insurers. By identifying their occupation and type of injury, they can easily see the next steps for compensation.”

In addition to the new database, the website also provides several practical tools, including:

  • Work Injury Compensation Calculation Guide
  • Permanent Loss of Earning Capacity Percentage Table
  • Work Injury Claim Step-by-Step Guide

By combining public legal education with lawyer-matching services, HKFindLawyer.com aims to promote legal awareness in Hong Kong and help more individuals access professional legal advice free of charge.

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Founded in 2019, is Hong Kong’s first platform dedicated to legal education and lawyer matching. Through AI-driven search, lawyer rating systems, and professional verification, it helps citizens find the most suitable lawyers in areas such as work injury, traffic accidents, criminal defense, and family law. The platform has handled over 1,000 free legal consultation cases to date.

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Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025 Sets Record with 500+ Deal Flows, 2,700+ attendees and 180,000+ online views

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Two-day forum explores AI and blockchain venture capital landscape, unveiling new global capital trends

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 November 2025 – Cyberport’s flagship event, the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025 (CVCF), achieved a record-breaking over 500 deal flows, with more than 2,700 attendees and over 180,000 online views. Themed “The Innovation-Venture Nexus: Igniting Transformative Success”, the two-day forum, together with highlight events including the “Web3.0 Innovation Expo”, start-up workshop, investor matching, demo day, and start-up clinic, brought together global influential investors and entrepreneurs to unlock new perspectives in technological innovation and investment. The spotlight event on the second day, the “Web3.0 Innovation Expo”, was opened with an address by Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury of the HKSAR Government, with a welcome remarks from Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport.

A group photo featuring Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury of the HKSAR Government, Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport, alongside distinguished guests.

Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury, stated in his speech, “The HKSAR Government issued the Policy Statement 2.0 on the Development of Digital Assets in Hong Kong in June this year to reinforce its commitment to establishing Hong Kong as a global hub for innovation in the digital asset field. Policy Statement 2.0 outlines a clear roadmap for fostering a trusted ecosystem, with enhanced regulatory clarity, support for emerging technologies, and incentives to attract global talent and capital. Beyond financial support, Cyberport provides assistance and coordination with stakeholders to ensure effective implementation through ‘Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme’. The scheme encourages partnerships between technology companies and qualified project sponsors from various sectors, allowing for real-world testing and validation within our comprehensive regulatory regime. This ensures alignment with the highest standards for investor and consumer protection. These pilots are accelerating tangible applications across tokenised assets, payments, RegTech, and the creator economy. These successes align perfectly with the HKSAR Government’s broader efforts in digital assets. Web3.0 Innovation Expo is a catalyst for the next wave of blockchain-enabled innovation and digital asset adoption.”

Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport, stated in his speech, With strong support from the HKSAR Government, Cyberport is hosting the largest blockchain and digital assets community in Hong Kong, with over 300 blockchain, digital assets, smart contracts, and Web3.0 companies from nearly 20 countries and regions, including three unicorns and three licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong. We actively link these companies to R&D opportunities, corporate partnerships for technology adoption, investment channels, and markets on the Chinese Mainland and abroad. Cyberport is committed to accelerating the transformation of blockchain innovations into real-life applications, promoting blockchain applications in society and business, and nurturing blockchain talent while raising public awareness of the technology. The recently launched ‘Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme’ received an overwhelming response with over 200 applications, and ultimately 9 projects were approved, covering real‑world asset tokenisation, next-generation payment, risk management, and decentralised digital identity. These pilot projects address market pain points with innovative solutions, setting benchmarks for future blockchain innovations.”

The morning session focused on Cyberport’s “Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme”, which supports high-impact, benchmark-potential projects across multiple domains, including Real-World Assets (RWA), stablecoins and payment, decentralised identity, Web3.0 security, Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN), and social innovation and digital experience, all aimed at advancing financial innovation in practice. Professor Jack Poon, Advisory Panel member of Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme, Member of Web3 Task Force and Honorary Professor of Practice, The University of Hong Kong, delivered a keynote speech sharing the latest developments in Hong Kong’s Web3.0 landscape and exploring challenges in promoting stablecoin and RWA tokenisation. Representatives from the seven funded enterprises shared their experiences, including Cyberport incubates,

  • Cobo, which plans to introduce Infrastructure for RWA tokenisation, custody & settlement infrastructure for income-generating;
  • DigiFT, which completed its latest funding round of over ten million USD in August this year, and is launching the “open architecture for RWA processes automation” pilot project in Hong Kong with UBS and Chainlink;
  • Moon Lab, which is developing a blockchain-based decentralised identity concert ticketing solution.

The afternoon programme centred on global digital asset trends and ecosystem development. Through fireside chats and keynote speeches, leading industry leaders provided in-depth analysis of macroeconomic drivers, regulatory synergy, RWA tokenisation, institutional market structure, and infrastructure readiness, offering investors and entrepreneurs insights into future opportunities and exploring how to leverage frontier technologies such as blockchain, and digital assets to drive business growth. The event gathered local and global industry experts, company representatives, investors, Cyberport Web3.0 community members, and key blockchain ecosystem players for face-to-face exchanges on how Web3.0 is reshaping industries, fostering innovation, and creating new opportunities. Joseph Chee, Executive Chairman of Solana Company, Founder and Chairman of Summer Capital, delivered a keynote dissecting the global virtual assets landscape, emphasising Hong Kong’s pivotal role as a bridge between East and West, and highlighting the importance of governance and transparency for market stability. Franklin Bi, General Partner at Pantera, shared strategic insights on crafting global investment strategies in a regulated virtual assets environment to achieve Web3.0 breakthroughs.

In addition, the start-up workshops, hosted by Farid Haque, Venture Partner at AQVC, and Alyssa Lee, Vice President of Alt-Alpha Capital, offered concrete entrepreneurial advice to start-ups, analysing how to secure capital and achieve sustainable growth amid rapid industry transformation, while addressing new financing challenges in the AI and Web3.0 era to help start-ups seize opportunities in a fast-changing and highly competitive market.

Across the two days, Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025 featured over 50 physical booths showcasing innovation and technology and around 100 virtual booths, allowing start-ups to showcase their AI, blockchain and digital assets solutions and services, as well as fostering exchanges among industry leaders from around the world, the Greater Bay Area, and Hong Kong.

To revisit the content and speaker line-up of Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025, please visit https://cvcf.cyberport.hk/en/index.

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About Hong Kong Cyberport

Wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, Cyberport is Hong Kong’s digital tech hub and AI accelerator, with a vision to empower industry digitalisation and intelligent transformation, to promote digital economy and AI development, and to foster Hong Kong to be an international AI, innovation and technology (I&T) hub. Cyberport gathers over 2,300 companies, including 13 listed companies and 10 unicorns. One-third of onsite companies’ founders come from 26 countries and regions, while Cyberport companies have expanded to over 35 global markets.

Cyberport, with Hong Kong’s largest AI Supercomputing Centre and AI Lab as the engine, has been building the AI ecosystem with industry-leading AI companies and over 400 AI and data science start-ups. Through development of tech clusters, namely AI, data science, blockchain and cybersecurity, Cyberport empowers industries across smart city and government, banking and finance, digital entertainment, culture and tourism, healthcare, education and training, property management, construction, transportation and logistics, green environment and more, while hosting Hong Kong’s largest FinTech community. Commissioned by the HKSAR Government, Cyberport has implemented proof-of-concept and sandbox schemes, subsidisation for digital tech adoption, industry tech training and start-up incubation, to drive technology R&D, translation and commercialisation, thus propelling digital transformation and intelligent upgrade across industry and society.

Also as “State-level Scientific and Technological Enterprise Incubator” and Hong Kong’s key incubator, Cyberport supports entrepreneurs with funding and office space, extensive networks of enterprises, investors, technology corporations and professional services for business growth and expansion to Chinese Mainland and overseas markets, all-round facilitation for landing in Hong Kong, talent attraction and cultivation, ready as a launchpad to take start-ups in any stages of development to the next level.

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HKSTP Crowns EPIC 2025 Winner: Champion of HKSTP EPIC 2025 NEU Battery Materials from Singapore Triumphs at Hong Kong’s Flagship I&T Mega Event

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A fresh roster of innovators, and increased sums of investment, had global innovators eyeing Hong Kong’s I&T capabilities

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 November 2025 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has successfully concluded EPIC 2025 Presented by Cathay and HSBC. Ideas took flight at today’s Grand Finale; NEU Battery Materials brought home the Overall Championship and won the Green Tech track with the world’s first patented electrochemical recycling of lithium batteries. The flagship startup competition is an annual innovation and technology (I&T) mega event in Asia hosted at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal — once a gateway to the skies and now a launchpad for tomorrow’s tech pioneers.

HKSTP Crowns NEU Battery Materials from Singapore as EPIC 2025 Overall Champion

This year’s EPIC has set multiple new precedents. Investment funding for the competition doubled, totalling US $105M with US $240,000 in cash prizes. Additionally, a record-breaking 1,200+ applications were submitted, with a remarkable 87% from non-local startups spanning over 70 economies. The top 100 tech companies were featured at the Grand Finale, with 28 economies represented and 85% of the top 100 being non-local, this year’s competition was the most globally diverse to date.

Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong SAR, said, “One thing is crystal clear, EPIC has grown into an iconic global innovation event. And the beauty of EPIC isn’t just about crowning winners. It’s about giving founders and dreamers a stage to share their ideas, ambitions, and vision for the future.”

Dr Sunny Chai, Chairman of HKSTP said “We are turning Hong Kong’s connectivity into momentum, helping ideas move and scale across borders. EPIC 2025 is a testament to this where entrepreneurs get to connect with emerging markets and business opportunities, enthusiastic investors and partners, as well as the future of world-class I&T ecosystems.”

NEU Battery Materials claimed the title of Overall Champion, also winning the Green Tech track. Founder & CEO Bryan Oh expressed excitement and gratitude, saying: “It’s really 60 seconds that changes your life. The network that EPIC has brought us is immense, as is the ecosystem that they’ve introduced.” The Singaporean startup focuses on climatech solutions, introduces the world’s first patented electrochemical recycling of lithium batteries.

KA Imaging Inc from Canada was named the winner for Digital Health Tech track, for their Spectral X-ray system that identifies and separates soft tissues and bones, the first of its kind.

Belli was crowned for its FinTech track solution, the Singaporean startup focuses on aviation software that addresses the issue of 85% of airline flights wasting cargo space.

The ninth edition of EPIC was supported by Co-Title Sponsors Cathay, Hong Kong’s world-leading airline and premium lifestyle brand, and HSBC, global bank for innovators, with Digital Health Tech Sponsor Takeda, a multinational pharmaceutical company, and Hospitality Sponsor Regal Hotels International, a distinguished hotel group.

EPIC Week facilitated over 200 business and investment matching sessions, empowering startups to engage with visionary partners and investors. These matching sessions allow participants to explore and pursue the many opportunities across Asia’s dynamic markets. Prior to pitching at the Grand Finale, semi-finalists were greeted with the EPIC Week, consisting of a Tech Spotlight showcase and a Greater Bay Area Exploration tour, helping foster a better understanding of the capabilities, markets, and opportunities in the GBA.

Hong Kong has firmly established itself as a global hub for innovation. Together with Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the city has been ranked the World’s no. 1 Innovation Cluster in the 2025 Global Innovation Index, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem provides the ideal launchpad for Chinese startups to go global. It also allows international startups to access the formidable markets of the Greater Bay Area, which boast world-class technology, supply chain, and manufacturing capabilities.

Winners List and Prizes:

Overall Champion: NEU Battery Materials US$60,000 cash prize
Digital Heath Tech Winner: KA Imaging Inc US$20,000 cash prize
FinTech Winner: Belli US$20,000 cash prize
Green Tech Winner: NEU Battery Materials US$20,000 cash prize

Top 12 Finalists (each received US$10,000 cash prize):

Company Name Economics
Digital Health Tech
E-Sense Innovation & Technology Limited Hong Kong
Eyerising international Australia
KA Imaging Inc Canada
Re:Pair Genomics Inc. Canada
FinTech
Bankuish United States
Belli Singapore
Cambio Limited (Energent.AI) United Arab Emirates
RealKey United States
Green Tech
CERT Systems Canada
NEU Battery Materials Singapore
Soteria Battery Innovation Group United States
YSL&C Ltd (OKOsix) Hong Kong

Top 100 Semi-Finalists Breakdown:

By Tech Track Percentage
Digital Health Tech 34%
FinTech 33%
Green Tech 33%
By Region Percentage
America 24%
APAC 26%
Europe 30%
Hong Kong 15%
Mainland China 5%

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