... dozens of pro-establishment protesters, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Cheng told the court that he did not receive documents from the prosecution until last Thursday, a day before the four-d ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-19
Perhaps the most unusual thing about the recent visit of a Legco delegation to Guangdong province to inspect the water quality of Zhujiang River is that nothing unusual happened during the trip at all ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-19
... ay street protests, including the seven police officers jailed for assaulting activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu and retired superintendent Chu King-wai, who has been charged with assaulting protesters, alon ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-19
... more on improving the livelihood of the people of Hong Kong. Li's “expectation” was in stark contrast to the remarks made by his predecessor Wen Jiabao on the same occasion five years ago, during whic ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
... ional non-profit, non-governmental organization to promote and defend the freedom of information and freedom of the press. It has consultant status at the United Nations. “The Hong Kong media’s indepe ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
... ding of Appropriation Bill 2017, some democrats expressed their dissatisfaction with the budget for lacking details of how the government will improve people’s lives, especially as it is sitting on hu ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
Since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 1997, the national flag of the People’s Republic of China has been flying proudly in the city, a symbol of Beijing’s s ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
... , who has promised a referendum on whether to quit the EU and ditch the euro. She has been joined on the list of investors' concerns by far-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon, who has surged in the polls ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
... nsure the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, deepen cooperation between Hong Kong and China and improve the lives of its people. Indeed, Li has set the task for the new chief executive to integrat ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-12
On Monday, lawmaker Michael Tien announced that he was quitting New People's Party (NPP), the pro-Beijing political outfit that he co-founded six years ago with former security secretary Regina Ip. Th ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... fter many pro-establishment lawmakers staged a walkout to prevent two localist lawmakers-elect -- Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching -- from retaking their oaths. Cheng said nothing can be more ab ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
As chief executive-elect Carrie Lam is seeking to set up her administration team, pro-establishment parties are preparing to send in recommendations and offer suggestions on possible candidates for va ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-10
... nt and no province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government may interfere in the affairs which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region administers on its own in ac ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
Thailand's king signed a military-backed constitution into law, an essential step toward an election the junta has promised will restore democracy after the 12th successful coup in little over 80 year ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
Few heeded a law signed by then outgoing US president Barack Obama before last Christmas. In fact, that's exactly what Obama wanted when he “quietly” signed the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disin ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam said late last week that she is having problems in putting together her ministerial team that will take up the reins of the government from July 1. The news isn't too ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... nity from prosecution for anything he has done in Hong Kong. The next three months are a transition period, during which the power rests with CY while Lam wants to build her authority as the new leade ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... tween the pro-democracy and pro-establishment camps, keeps her from listening to demands from the former only. Asked what she will focus on during the first 100 days after she takes office on July 1, ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
Edward Yau, a local school teacher who blogs under the pen name Kursk, has decided to stop writing political commentaries following attacks and harassment by pro-establishment groups. The popular blog ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
... ilors are pro-democracy lawmakers who got more than 50 percent of the total votes in the last Legco elections. As such, the degree to which the incoming administration is willing to improve its relati ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
