As the Moon Festival on Sept. 27 draws near, Hongkongers who buy mooncakes of well-known local brands or receive them as gifts need to be careful, because they might be imitations from the mainland, A ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
In recent months Hong Kong has witnessed a slump in the number of tourists. While many in the tourism and retail industries urge the government to lift the control on the export of infant formula and ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
Fresh eggs, rice packs, live crabs, pizza, fresh baguette, floral arrangements, even guitar strings and bike parts. In some countries, you can buy nearly anything from vending machines. Hong Kong is n ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
Forget counterfeit iPhones, it's now entire fake Apple stores that the tech giant -- which is expected to unveil some new products at an event in the US on Wednesday -- has to contend with in China. I ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
A woman was horrified when she found her four-year-old granddaughter naked in an indoor maze at a Yau Tong mall. The girl told police a boy of around the same age had removed her clothes. The incident ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
Hong Kong localists launched a fresh round of protests against parallel trading in Sheung Shui on Sunday, and government officials lost no time in blaming such hostile actions against mainlanders for ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
The Shenzhen city government has just published its budget report for the first half of the year and its spending plans for the second half. “We must quickly develop large local e-commerce platforms a ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
New World Development Co. (00017.HK) is slashing rents for some tenants at its shopping malls, a move aimed at helping retailers that are facing difficulties due to a sales slowdown. The reduction in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Two students were acquitted of charges of assaulting police officers during a protest against parallel trading in Tuen Mun earlier this year. Magistrate So Kai-cheung ruled that the testimony of the p ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Soldier-turned-tycoon Nguyen Huu Duong is a fierce patriot still fighting to protect his country, four decades after battling US forces in the Vietnam War, Reuters reported. The construction mogul has ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Hong Kong politicians need to be careful about their choice of words. Otherwise, a well-meaning statement, if worded inappropriately, might make them the butt of jokes. Take the case of Sai Kung Distr ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
A young mother and her two sons were injured when part of the ceiling collapsed in a shopping mall at the Tseung Kwan O MTR station. The 30-year-old woman, surnamed Fan, injured her feet while her chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
Thai authorities are looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near the famous Erawan shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, including nine foreigners from several As ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
CEC International Holdings Ltd. (00759.HK) has launched an online shopping portal, setting itself up against HKTV Mall, the internet retail unit of Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK). The ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
Eight people experienced a four-story free fall at Times Square in Causeway Bay on Sunday afternoon. But it wasn't for the thrill, and their fear was real. The three men and five women were trapped in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK) has taken over the MTR subway to make sure commuters don't miss its new venture. The media flagship of entrepreneur Ricky Wong rented all 3,268 billboards ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
"Yes, I am really Ricky Wong. Can I help you?" Wong, chairman of embattled Hong Kong Television Network Ltd., was replying to a customer on a social media platform. The customer had made a purchase w ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
China’s middle-aged women, known as damas, battled with tough-as-nail Wall Street traders two years ago and won in setting a higher price for the yellow metal. What's happened to their investment so f ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
Pieces broke off an escalator at Times Square in Hong Kong, but no one was injured, Headline Daily reported. A netizen posted a photo on social media, saying a loud noise was heard on Sunday morning a ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd., backed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, wants to sell an office and retail property project in Shanghai. The firm is seeking more than 16 billion yuan (US$2.6 ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
