We see the story of Humanities and Human Civilisation as a continuous and remarkable journey.

Some said that it began several hundred thousand years ago at somewhere in Africa even before Homo Saipens started to go out of the cave; others than it could have begun much earlier and that civilisations from somewhere else in the Universe could well have played a part.

Whatever the case, it appears to us that it is an unusual and remarkable journey, along which many people , societies and civilisations have contributed and left their marks. These shall constitute what we mean by Heritages.

For Heritages from People, we refer to the thoughts and deeds from All Those Who Lived, East and West, Past and Present. Among them are The 10 Thinkers we have selected which we so happen to know more and which we see as particularly relevant to what we are trying to do. And we shall seek to keep expanding the list of thinkers as well as our collection of quotations which we shall see as representing collectively the Voices of the Intellect.  Among these thinkers, we would see Adam Smith as particularly important because we believe that his ideas and thoughts can provide a very good and encompassing organising framework for us to put into perspectives the heritages of other people as well as that of the many Societies and Civilisations that have existed since the beginning of the journey of Humanities. Moreover, based on our understanding of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nation as well as the life and deeds of Adam Smith, we believe that Adam Smith does has some unspoken and unfulfilled visions on what are potentially attainable for Human Societies and we are aiming to put our views on this subject matter into experiment which we trust should only be constructive and illuminating for the journey of the Humanities which has been running for many many years already.

For Heritages from Societies, we refer to all kinds of human achievements in societies. Among them, we see Cities as one key component; but other than that, we also see brands, companies, artistic achievements etc. as belonging to the same category and we shall seek to keep expanding such list.   

For Heritages from Civilisations, we refer to all the civilisations which have been created along the journey of the Humanities. Regrettablly, most of the Civilisations of the past have been largely destroyed in the course of time but we shall seek to preserve and appreciate whatever that remains. This would also lead us to pay particular attention to the Chinese Civilisation because it should be the only Great Ancient Civilisations which still exists today and has had a continued existence that can be dated back to over 4,000 years ago. We note that the Chinese Civilisation, or the entire Civilisation of the East, has been undergoing challenging environment since several hundreds ago when Science and Industrial Revolution had greatly elevated the military and technology might of the West. The meeting of the Civilisations of the East and the West and how that may evolve and develop in the years to come constitute one main subject we shall seek to focus on. 

And all these shall bring us to Hong Kong, a tiny little island in the Pacific Ocean which was once described by Lord Palmerson of the UK as “a barren island with hardly a house upon it” in 1841. .

Admittedly, Hong Kong is a very very small and fringe participant in such long and grand journey of the Humanities. Still, we believe that the city does has done something interesting and special during its modest period of existence and has left its marks in some areas which probably does worth the interest and attention of some other members of the Humanities. Among these shall include the followings:

1. Hong Kong has arguably succeed in Creating Some Virtues Out of Necessity in that in the city’s struggle to survive against the constraint of challenging environment and very limited means, it has invented some innovative ways of doing things in various areas (such as its subway system; airport; corporate culture; business culture, real estate industry, capital markets etc) which seems to have some special features of their own and may well provide some reference value for the rest of the Humanities;
2. Hong Kong has played certain constructive roles in bringing the West to the East and the East to the West and seemed to be able to develop some of its own ways to blend these two rather different cultures in a harmonious fashion;
3. Hong Kong can be seen as a city where some of the main ideas and thoughts of Adam Smith has been tried; and some of the results could well be replicated in other parts of the world;
4. Hong Kong can be seen as one of the cities to experiment how the ideas and thoughts of Adam Smith can be applied to some of the main issues faced by the Humanities in modern times (such as Sustainability and Environment; ESG;  Firm/ Market relation; Wealth distribution; Healthy Lifespan ) or even becoming one of the testing grounds for some of unspoken and unfulfilled visions of Adam Smith 
5. Hong Kong can be seen as a city which could help to raise global awareness and attention to the ideas and thoughts of Adam Smith as well as the unspoken and unfulfilled visions of him

These constitute what we mean by THE HONG KONG HERITAGES and we believe that Hong Kong does has some Heritages to share with the rest of the world, alongside with that of many other cities, societies and civilisations which we shall also endeavour to preserve and bring to the attention of other participants in the Journey of Humanities which we seek to conceptualise as a journey of The East and The West and how these two may meet and transform each other.