In the era of big data, offline stores are increasingly using technology to track the purchasing habits of their customers and boost sales revenues. The retailers believe new technologies will help se ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
Last Wednesday Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying delivered his third policy address and pro-establishment lawmakers were quick to praise it for being pragmatic and innovative. I didn’t see much innovat ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
The Hong Kong government proposes to inject HK$5 billion into the Innovation and Technology Fund as part of efforts to spur research and development activities in the city. Through the funding initiat ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
What Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor wears sometimes tells more than what she says. While Hong Kong's chief secretary was busy selling her second political reform consultation package, she bumped into stud ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
Despite assurances from the government, lawmakers still have serious doubts over the security of the new Hong Kong identity cards set to be launched in 2018. Civic Party's Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, who r ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
Are we turning into a bunch of absent-minded people? Consider the statistics: more than 93,000 Hong Kong people reported having lost their identity cards in 2013. That translates into 250 people losin ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
China’s A-share market may face downward correction risk in the short term given that authorities are looking for a well-supported bull market instead of a relentless crazy bull, which goes against th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
Chinese telecoms equipment major Huawei Technologies estimates that its sales may have risen 15 percent last year on the back of advances in cloud computing and higher demand for smart devices, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
Xiaomi Corp. said its smartphone shipments more than tripled in 2014, beating its expectations. The Chinese company, which recently became the world’s most valuable technology startup, sold 61.1 milli ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
Technology innovators and CEOs seem positively giddy nowadays about what the future will bring. New manufacturing technologies have generated feverish excitement about what some see as a Third Industr ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
For selfie addicts, a government plan to replace all Hong Kong smart identity cards is probably a most welcome decision as it offers them a chance to have a fresh, hopefully better, image of themselve ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-31
It's rare to read the financial headlines these days without seeing a story about the massive rally in Chinese brokerage stocks, which is being fueled by several factors. The brokerages themselves hav ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
In a parallel universe, CY Leung is an upstanding fellow, always smiling and happy to give tourists tips on where to get the best deal on sneakers. No one refers to him as "689", questions his loyalty ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
China's high-speed railway, aerospace and automobile industries are likely to benefit from the nation's three key policy themes including “One Belt, One Road” initiative, “3 one hundred million people ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
“Embracing diversity is simply good for business.” HSBC group chief executive officer Stuart Gulliver spoke those words in support of the LGBT community. (LGBT refers to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
Hong Kong software engineer Benson Chiu has broken the local record on Kickstarter, the world's largest fundraising website for start-ups, with his smart coffeemaker, the Arist. Even Starbucks, the US ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Leung Chun-ying should accord top priority to repairing his relationship with the Legislative Council members, former chief secretary Anson Chan said, adding that the chief executive must also try to ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
It took Xiaomi just a few years to become the best selling smartphone brand in China. Now, it's targeting another big market -- smart home appliances. Xiaomi just launched its first air purifier. To q ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
As the harrowing drama at Lindt Cafe in Sydney unfolded on Monday, Australians turned the crisis into their finest hour, offering fellowship with Muslims who might have felt their safety was at risk a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
In this article, I would like to continue to share with readers with what I came across at the APAC Innovation Summit in Hong Kong earlier this month. Last week, I mentioned the innovation experience ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
