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    Ravi Mattu

    Former Deputy Asia News Editor

    Ravi Mattu was the deputy Asia news editor of the Financial Times, helping to drive the paper's coverage across the Asia-Pacific region.

    Since joining the FT in 2000, he held a number of senior positions at the FT including: Tech Editor; Business Life editor, overseeing the management section of the paper; Acting Editor of the FT Weekend Magazine; and editor of Special Reports (magazines and websites).

    He joined the FT from Prospect Magazine, where he was a senior editor. He began his career at Harper’s Magazine in New York.

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    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      The best Indian restaurants in Hong Kong

      The city’s top spots, from south Indian thali to fine Punjabi cuisine via a tandoor-focused menu

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      Residents are faced with a difficult choice: continue waiting for authorities to act — or decide to leave

    • Monday, 21 February, 2022
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      Hong Kong: a case study of managing in extreme uncertainty

      The Asian financial hub’s business leaders are forced to adapt as there is no hope of a quick return to normality

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
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      Many happy returns: the city spaces that bring joy to our correspondents and writers

      Be it New York subway trains, a Frankfurt bakery or a Tokyo karaoke joint, these are the spots that never fail to uplift the FT’s globetrotters

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      Defence minister says Canberra needs better security technology in increasingly unstable region

    • Monday, 12 July, 2021
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      Shifting power dynamics between leaders and staff highlight the need to accept that nothing is fixed

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      How the tourism industry can recover post pandemic

      Three chief executives discuss the future of travel

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      Now is a good moment to rethink business principles and put humans before profits

    • Friday, 13 November, 2020
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      Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai: ‘At least we fought, we showed our dignity’

      Tycoon who angered Beijing talks about Hong Kong’s uncertain future, backing Trump and never giving in

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      Moves to include more lawyers from all kinds of backgrounds should start at the top

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      Woke statements about racism are not enough to shake up the workplace

    • Monday, 1 June, 2020
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      Hong Kong police ban Tiananmen vigil for first time

      Critics accuse officials of using coronavirus as pretext to suppress dissent

    • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
      FT Globetrotter
      Hong Kong reopens to a new kind of normal

      Commuting, shopping and eating out are ramping up again — but there are still restrictions, and the territory remains wary about what lies ahead

    • Sunday, 8 March, 2020
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