New World Development (00017.HK) has announced a plan to cooperate with China’s second largest mobile e-sports operator. The Hong Kong-based property developer signed a 10-year deal with Beijing's Her ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-12
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is rumored to be building its first offline shopping center called More Mall in Hangzhou. It is expected to officially open to the public in 2018. It is said that More ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
The Sai Yee Street Project of the Urban Renewal Authority is being criticized for falling short of expectations after 10 years of planning and construction. The project originally proposed a public sp ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-04
The other day, I was in a shopping mall and leaving the building. I pulled the door open to walk out but as there were people walking in, I held the door open for them first. And as they were walking ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-01
A 34-year-old businessman was knocked out with iron rods by two masked men who snatched his bag containing about HK$1.1 million that was intended for mooncake coupons. One suspect, 26, was arrested on ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
MTR Corp. is known for its well-managed properties but there are two things to know about its car park management. First, its car parks are not exactly safe. Look at the Heng Fa Chuen car park, which ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
As millions of awestruck Americans cast their gaze skyward at the extraordinary sight of a total solar eclipse, one Connecticut man had his eyes set firmly on a different prize. Joseph Fleming, 43, we ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
After 36 years of service, the McDonald’s restaurant at Yue Man Square in Kwun Tong is set to close in two weeks as redevelopment work at the town center gathers pace. At exactly 8 p.m. on Aug. 30, th ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
About 60 percent of students expect to spend more than HK$2,000 each to prepare for the start of new academic year in September, a survey finds. The amount will be spent mostly on textbooks, uniforms, ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-15
Hong Kong International Airport recorded significant growth in passenger throughput and flight movements in July, setting new monthly records in these two air traffic categories. Monthly passenger vol ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
In Hong Kong, the total sales revenue of online retailing has been growing by more than 50 percent every year since 2009. While data is not perfect yet, we believe that as a percentage of total retail ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
Eight people were injured when corrosive liquid dripped from the ceiling of a shopping mall in Tsuen Wan, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The black liquid was found dripping from lamp shades a ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-07
In what appears to be a snap decision, Chinese property giant Dalian Wanda Group agreed to sell 76 hotels and 13 cultural and tourism projects to Sunac China, a Tianjin-based developer, for 63.17 bill ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-12
Kowloon City Plaza, owned by toy tycoon Francis Choi Chee-ming, is said to have received a bid from a mainland investor who values the property at HK$5 billion. Ownership of the shopping mall has chan ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-14
Labor groups denounced a government decision to set the monthly wage threshold for standard working hours at HK$11,000 (US$1,410), saying the amount is too low to protect most of the grassroots worker ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-14
(This is an update; first posted at 8:24 a.m.) At least 36 people died after a gunman burst into a Manila casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, a spokesman for the Philippine presiden ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-02
A gunman killed himself after bursting into a Manila casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight, Philippine police said, sowing panic in a country on high alert after martial law was declar ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-02
Police are looking for six men reportedly of South Asian origin who are suspected of robbing a former football player of gold bars and a large amount of cash. The incident took place at about 9 p.m. W ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
Call it an ice cream war in a hot shopping mall. We can’t help scratching our head over the stories about two small ice cream stores in Dragon Centre in Sham Shui Po. First, it was Ice Cha Cha which s ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-10
For many years, Hong Kong’s food culture has featured in quite a number of public markets but it’s a pity to see them shrink either in number or size thanks to the government’s urban planning. I am no ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-28
