I recently bumped into Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung, the Secretary for Innovation and Technology, at an event, and took the opportunity to discuss the prospects for innovation and technology development i ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-25
The 2019-20 budget has proposed the allocation of HK$20 billion for the purchase of 60 private properties to establish 130 social facilities. Since then, heated discussion has centered on the tremendo ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-19
The Hospital Authority (HA) pledged to hire more nurses and increase their pay in a bid to ease the burden of frontline healthcare workers amid the severe manpower shortage and surging patient numbers ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-15
Support staff of public hospitals have called off a protest after the Hospital Authority (HA) offered a pay rise of 8 percent. The workers' unions had planned a sit-in at the HA headquarters on Thursd ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-07
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said on Monday that his bureau will buy dozens of properties from private owners over the next three years to set up more welfare facilities for the elde ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
Apart from some routine sweeteners, such as property rates concession and tax rebates, the budget unveiled by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday was a lackluster affair that didn't conta ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has earmarked HK$5.5 billion for the development of the fifth phase of Cyberport, a government-owned complex in Telegraph Bay with a cluster of technology and digit ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-28
Hong Kong this year will be at a critical stage, presented with both danger and opportunities, therefore the outlook for the city is uncertain, says Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. As such, Chan, ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po offered an apology after citizens bewailed on social media the chaotic procedure for applying for the government's HK$4,000 cash handout for poor people. Chan admit ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-28
踏入5月，稅務局寄出約260萬份個人報稅表，相信不少打工仔已收到稅單。身為市民，當然會關心政府如何處理稅款，希 ...全文
