CUHK gives top economist warning over talk on women ‘marrying for money’

CUHK gives top economist warning over talk on women ‘marrying for money’

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has reminded a top economist to be mindful of his words and others’ feelings after he faced a backlash over discussing the costs and benefits of women marrying for money in a campus talk. The backlash erupted shortly after Terence Chong Tai-leung, an associate professor of economics, spoke about investing in one’s life at a bi-weekly assembly of New Asia College on Tuesday. Chong is also the executive director of the Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global...