A customs official was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head at the Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the 52-year-old man, surnamed Chan, was an apparent suicide, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
A 30-year-old man killed himself by jumping off the Stonecutters’ Bridge in Kwai Chung in the early hours of Monday, police said. He was the third person to die by jumping off a cross-harbour bridge i ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
A second man in five days has committed suicide by jumping off Ting Kau Bridge, Apple Daily reported Wednesday. The 57-year-old man, surnamed Yeung, got into a taxi in Tin Shui Wai on Tuesday afternoo ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
A police officer is in critical condition after he shot himself in the left side of his chest inside Ngau Tau Kok Police Station, Apple Daily reported Sunday. It was the second time in two weeks that ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
The father of a 16-year-old student who committed suicide has called on young people to cherish life and not to take extreme actions when confronted with problems, Apple Daily reported Friday. The stu ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
The political polarization seen in the past few years is no good for Hong Kong as it hinders society's progress, said Tim I Gurung, a Nepal-born writer in Hong Kong. "Hong Kong has seen many social an ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
Mexico, the world’s 15th-largest economy, is seeking to strengthen its connections with Hong Kong, in line with China’s "One Belt, One Road” plan, which involves land and marine routes linking China t ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, a unit of media giant Twenty-First Century Fox, is looking at opportunities that may allow it to build a Fox-branded theme park in China, following previous mo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
A Filipino domestic helper killed herself Monday morning in the flat where she worked. The 35-year-old maid, named Janette, hanged herself with a scarf in the toilet of the flat in Tower 3 of Rambler ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
Ireland, which has won accolades for getting its economy back on track after a post-2008 downturn, is now aiming to expand its external trade by strengthening links with China, particularly in food in ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-24
A middle-aged man would have succeeded in an attempt to kill himself if not for the intervention of his domestic helper. The 49-year-old man, surnamed So, tried to commit suicide by burning charcoal i ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
A Filipino domestic helper committed suicide at her employer's home in Shui Chiu San Tsuen in Yuen Long district Monday evening, Apple Daily reported. The woman, a 38-year-old who bears the first name ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
A 14-year-old Singaporean student killed himself by jumping out of the window of his home in Tai Tam after an argument with his father over schoolwork. The teenager, identified as Lin Yang Kai, had a ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
A young woman's body was found floating in the sea off the Big Wave Bay beach in Shek O Sunday morning. Police, who believed it might be the body of the secondary school student who had been missing ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
A young mother thought to be suffering from post-natal depression killed herself by jumping from her flat in Sham Tseng. The 32-year-old woman, surnamed Wong, had given birth to a boy just two weeks e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
In my mind, there never was any doubt. The latest Star Wars saga racked up US$52.6 million in China last weekend -- the country’s biggest opening weekend of all time -- despite naysayers predicting le ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
