... olicy and project coordination for people aged 18 to 30, Apple Daily reports. According to Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, 684 applications for these posts had been received as of Wednesday. ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-10
... used for "pro-social purposes", Forbes reported. He said there is still plenty of work to be carried out to realize the potential, as it will not happen "by accident". In warning about the potential d ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
... n illegal protest that signaled the start of the Occupy Movement in 2014. They were granted bail after the Court of Final Appeal decided to hear their case on Tuesday. Chow said that after the 79-day ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
... sociology professor Chan Kin-man, one of the convenors of the Occupy Movement, was told not to attend a post-screening discussion of a documentary about the 2014 civil disobedience campaign because sc ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
... ht of the pro-democracy protests, when the Australian media reported that Leung received HK$50 million in confidential payment from UGL. UGL allegedly paid Leung the amount in installments in 2012 and ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
... c and the pro-establishment camps. The American congressional delegates told the media afterwards that they discussed issues such as the disqualification of six pro-democracy lawmakers by the court, t ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
... . This is prompting Beijing and its loyalists here to make renewed calls on the need for people to develop a sense of national identity and gain proper understanding on the concept of "country". On M ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-08
Hong Kong’s top court has given permission to three jailed former student leaders known for their leading roles during the pro-democracy Occupy movement in 2014 to appeal against their prison sentence ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-08
... everyday problems such as mainland pregnant women rushing to give birth in Hong Kong, the scramble for baby formula and school places, etc. And these conflicts could have been avoided if the SAR gove ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-08
... 014, when pro-democracy protesters were facing off with police on Nathan Road in Mong Kok. According to Cheng, he was an innocent bystander and had been unfairly targeted by the police, especially Chu ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-07
China's national anthem law will take effect in Hong Kong soon after the city's Legislative Council completes the legislation process for a local application of the mainland statute. Hongkongers will ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-07
... ques were prohibited from using their own indigenous languages in public. Franco’s repressive rule provoked widespread backlash among the Basques, and eventually gave rise to the ETA, the leading pro- ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
... ers can approve it as soon as possible so that it can meet the timeframe of a “three-step process" before the express rail can begin operations late next year. But deliberation on the plan has been st ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... pain. The problem is, the Catalans don’t have their own military, and even their local police force has already been taken over by Madrid. Moreover, given the haunting memories of the brutal Spanish C ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
I have always been a profound admirer of Spanish democracy, but especially since February 23, 1981. On that dramatic day, Colonel Antonio Tejero attempted a coup d’état against the young democratic re ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
The Legislative Council is likely to vote on Thursday on the co-location plan proposed by the government for the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link in spite of strong objections from the p ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
... start the process for a similar legislation in accordance with the Basic Law. Given the political nature of the legislation, the SAR government will be well-advised to skip the public consultation and ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
Hot on the heels of the recent 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was a key personnel overhaul on the provincial level: Hu Chunhua will step down as party secretary of Guangd ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
