There should be no surprise that one in six Hong Kong people went to the mainland over Christmas holidays. That was according to the data by the Immigration Department, showing some 1.32 million local ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-27
In 2019, 11 million Chinese visited Thailand, the largest group in the country’s most important industry. But this year the number will only reach 3.5 million – it has set off alarm bells within the g ...More
EJ Insight2023-12-18
The inaugural Green PropTech Innovator Challenge 2023 (“the Challenge”) came to a successful conclusion in July this year. As one of the judges, I was very happy with the creative solutions of the par ...More
EJ Insight2023-10-24
How much are you willing to pay for your first trip in three years? Well, depending on who and when, it could be quite costly for Hong Kong travellers. Travellers who want to go outside Hong Kong duri ...More
EJ Insight2023-01-18
Four months into the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army continues to grind its way relentlessly through the Donbas region. Some Western commentators are calling for more weapons to be supplied fast ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-06
Spare a thought for the bankers in Hong Kong. The admirable elites in Central have an unadmired decision to make after Hong Kong Monetary Authority “strongly encourage” them to get vaccinated yesterda ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-02
In the last lesson of the smart city Master’s degree program at the University of Hong Kong in early March, students formed groups and presented different smart cities around the world that Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-31
I felt I never really left North Point. I lived in the area during my teenage years. For my first job, I went to work at North Point Industrial Building , where the former office of Hong Kong Economic ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-12
The Esri Startup Program (Esri Program) supports startups which use geographic information in their core business. The companies participating in the Esri Program have diversified business, they inclu ...More
EJ Insight2020-11-09
What will the economic and social landscape look like in a post-pandemic world? Will the behavior of individuals as consumers and that of companies change once we leap past the consequences of Covid-1 ...More
EJ Insight2020-04-21
The Trump administration pursued a US$1 trillion stimulus package to buttress an economy hit by coronavirus fears that could deliver US$1,000 checks to Americans within two weeks, Reuters reports. Wit ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
Major shopping mall landlords in Hong Kong are offering cuts in February rent by as much as 60 percent to help tenants ride out the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. The city's retail sector, batte ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-13
A soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
We have now seen ten consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year retail sales declines in Hong Kong. Retailers are wondering if there will be a recovery soon and how much recovery they can expect. ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
Chinese restaurant chain Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd. (09922. HK) has drawn strong demand for its initial public offering, as evidenced by an oversubscription ratio of nearly 200 times and a ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-09
Hundreds of protesters marched through Hong Kong shopping malls on Thursday, disrupting business in the city for a third day over the festive period and prompting riot police to close off a mall in a ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-27
Police used tear gas to disperse crowds in Mong Kok on Sunday night as some anti-government protesters moved to the area and blocked roads after participating in demonstrations at several shopping mal ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-16
The government denounced what it termed as arson attacks outside the premises of two high-level courts on Sunday, warning that it will not tolerate violent acts that undermine the rule of law. “The ar ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-09
It is said that one good example of the “one country, two systems” principle is Christmas, which is a major event and public holiday in Hong Kong but is not even celebrated by most people in mainland ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-09
