... nual Hong Kong Marathon this Sunday. Activists hope to use the event to spread the Occupy slogan "I want genuine universal suffrage". A group of volunteers has been providing transfer printing service ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... in Cheung Kong, which in turn controls 49.97 percent of Hutchison Whampoa. In the present structure, if Cheung Kong and Hutchison both decide to pay HK$100 dividend, the Li family/trusts will get HK$4 ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... not Hong Kong. It has suddenly halted its investment visa scheme. The program appears to have come into conflict with the city's desire to attract talents. For example, given that Hong Kong's housing ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... star Kai Ko and Emperor Entertainment actress Li Xiaonan. A drug charge carries a maximum sentence of three years. But the court decided to be more lenient because Chan turned himself in. Chan said w ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
A last-minute change of mind by Hong Kong’s wholesalers of live chicken has put off the resumption of supply indefinitely, Metro Hong Kong reported Wednesday. The city’s wholesale poultry market has b ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... s in Hong Kong has been fairly disappointing despite the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme. The market's main Hang Seng Index added just 1.3 percent in 2014, after a 3 percent gain ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
The price of farmland in rural areas is likely to surge, as the government may soon begin to assemble land for the establishment of an agricultural park, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Tuesda ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
Yip Lun-ming, Hong Kong's beloved marathon man, passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 93. While fellow runners mourned the loss of such a colorful personality who was well known to runners young ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
It was no surprise when House News closed in July, in a move apparently linked to political pressure from Beijing, given the popular online news portal's credibility among Hongkongers and the huge inf ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
Hong Kong may face less land supply for residential property as more developers snap up old apartment buildings and transform them into commercial property. Henderson Land Development (00012.HK), a le ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
... star Kai Ko, 23, were both detained at his Beijing home in August, with police saying they tested positive for marijuana. Ko was released after a 14-day administrative detention for drug use, But Jay ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
... that “Hongkongers still lack national identity” and called for a “re-enlightenment and renewed understanding” of the principle. What Hongkongers loathe most is the Communist Party’s way of going back ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
The Hong Kong government launched on Monday a three-month public consultation on a voluntary health insurance scheme, Apple Daily reported. The long-awaited program is expected to help ease the burden ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Friday, citing stock exchange data. The pair will own up to 52.5 percent of China Star, a Hong Kong-based artist management and film production company, if abo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
... mnist T Y Ko wrote in the Hong Kong Economic Journal Thursday. One can take a look at Momo, a popular online dating app in China, which currently has 180 million users. The company has catapulted into ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
House News founder Tony Tsoi Tong-hoo has resigned as chief executive officer and executive director at Varitronix International Ltd. (00710.HK), the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday. His ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
... ng to T Y Ko, a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal. The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) recently issued a draft regulation that will allow commercial banks to open capital and sec ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
Hong Kong movie director Clifton Ko Chi-sum lit a firestorm on the internet Tuesday when he posted that students who go on a hunger strike might as well consider setting themselves on fire. Netizens s ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) won. Also, DPP candidates with humble origins have beat KMT contenders in other local polls in Taoyuan and Yunlin. The elections provide three lessons to Hong Kong. First, am ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... dependent Ko Wen-je, supported by the DPP, won the Taipei mayoral seat. The loss of Taipei, traditionally a KMT stronghold, was the bitterest blow. The KMT candidate, Sean Lian, was son of Lian Chan, ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
