When REITs were first introduced to the Asia-Pacific markets, they were described as fixed-income like products because of their dividend distribution rules. Because the law usually requires REITs to ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-27
A bus operator said it is ready to offer daily coach services on the Hong Kong-Macau route amid talk that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will open as early as August, the Hong Kong Economic Journal ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-15
An air-conditioning mechanic who fell from a ladder has regained consciousness but remained in critical condition after undergoing two brain surgeries. The man, 47, fell about 4 meters from a ladder w ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-13
Times Square has asked the League of Social Democrats (LSD) to remove an exhibit and a sculpture of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo that the pro-democracy party has put up on the grounds of the ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-11
A 36-year-old man is in critical condition in a hospital after a work-related accident at the Langham Place mall in Mong Kok on Monday. The man, along with three workers, was moving a wooden plank to ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-05
An environmental group has sounded an alarm over the high volume of disposable items, particularly plastic cutlery, being laid waste at food courts in the city during lunch hours. Green Sense said i ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-01
Four months after announcing a cooperation agreement with French supermarket chain Carrefour in China, internet giant Tencent has marked an important milestone in a push related to 'smart retail'. Com ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-25
What do you call a company that burns cash at a rate that would be equivalent to pushing a Mercedes Benz vehicle into the sea every day? Some may say it is "new economy" company with big vision, but I ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-16
A shopping mall in the New Territories is preparing to open a large multi-screen cinema in the summer, giving a major boost to Hong Kong's movie entertainment infrastructure. New Town Plaza, a shoppi ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-15
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has acquired a stake in Chinese blockchain platform VeChain, which operates a crypto-token called VEN. PwC Hong Kong and PwC Singapore have each acquired a small ownership ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-08
Pictures showing several dozen suitcases and other luggage items stacked next to each other outside the Citygate Outlets have gone viral on social media, prompting chatter that Hong Kong may have witn ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-07
An elderly lady was found walking alongside a highway under strange circumstances on Wednesday, prompting a motorist to call the police and seek a rescue operation for the woman. At about 11 am, a pe ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-03
A 41-year-old woman plunged to her death from a shopping center in Kwun Tong on Wednesday afternoon. The incident took place at APM on Kwun Tong Road at around 2:43 p.m., Apple Daily reports. Accordin ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-03
Hong Kong is about to enter an interest rate upcycle. This is no surprise as the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar, which has been in a rate upcycle since the end of 2015. Recently, we have ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
Lucy Peng, often described as the most important woman in e-commerce giant Alibaba, has decided to step down as the chairwoman of the group’s key fintech arm Ant Financial. She is going to head Lazada ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-11
Telecoms and media entrepreneur Ricky Wong has finally abandoned his pursuit of a free-to-air TV broadcast license in Hong Kong, a decision that will allow him to step up focus on his e-commerce busin ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-28
Amazon's Japanese unit has come under antitrust scrutiny for the second time in two years, with the company's office getting raided by investigators from the nation's competition watchdog. Officials f ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-16
