More than one in three Hong Kong employees (36 percent) have to work more than nine hours of overtime each week, Sky Post reported Wednesday, citing a survey released by the Hong Kong Federation of Tr ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
... oane told Sky Business there were about 10 staff working at the cafe and "probably 30 customers", although he said that figure was an estimate. Major banks closed their offices in the central business ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... ng remain sky-high. It has become clear that we might be in the midst of the worst housing and rent affordability crisis this city has ever seen. Although homeownership or rental needs might vary betw ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
We all know about Hong Kong's sky-high property prices, but can we put a figure on what the market is worth in total? According to the government's Ratings and Valuation Department, the total rent whi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... nese, the Sky Post reported Tuesday. CDNIS principal Gregg Maloberti said teachers are busy designing and doing the programming of computer applications that will help students write Chinese character ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... w record, Sky Post noted, adding that 60 percent of the applicants in the latest round were females. Of the total applicants, 131 were granted working holiday visas. They can collect the visas for fr ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
Traffic experts have proposed heavier penalties on drivers who are found texting, watching online videos or surfing the internet while driving, Sky Post reported Monday. According to a survey conducte ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
One in five teachers in primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong say they have been secretly recorded by hidden cameras and audio recorders while teaching in class, Sky Post reported Friday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
... pal tells Sky Post that he's seen one parent taking a child to attend four interviews in one day, which is definitely too tiring for a child under three years old. Web blogger Mandy says the competiti ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... , in May, Sky Post reported Wednesday, citing Ho Yuk-yin, a consultant for the Center for Food Safety. This year, the center established an international expert committee to find ways to cut sodium an ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
Water from some drinking fountains in public parks may not be safe to drink and could lead to diarrhea, the Sky Post reported on Monday, citing a doctor. Nozzles of many drinking fountains in Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
... lear blue sky -- like suspension of all construction work and restricting the vehicles on roads -- can be a useful experiment to see how and to what extent Beijing's filthy air can be purified with st ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
A string of 7,000 illuminated helium balloons filled the night sky as more than a million Germans celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The balloons traced the course over 15 ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
... the real sky and fly straight toward it, resulting in their deaths. However, she said it was not normal to see 15 birds dying at the same time. She also suggested that the government refrain from u ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
Hong Kong has confirmed a second case of dengue fever caused by homegrown mosquitoes, Sky Post reported Tuesday. A 25-year-old man is receiving treatment in Hong Kong Baptist Hospital where he is in s ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
A 17-year-old Hong Kong student has won a top science prize in China for her research into monosodium glutamate (MSG), Sky Post reported Monday. Wu She-kei, a secondary six student at St. Paul's Conve ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
Hotel occupancy rates may drop to about 70 percent during the Christmas holidays, compared with 80 percent or more in the same period in the past years, Sky Post reported Thursday, citing industry exp ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-30
... ording to Sky Post. He is suspected to have taken drugs before going to the police station on Tuesday. After the incident, the police took him back to his home in Wah Fu Estate in Hong Kong's Southern ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-29
... column in Sky Post. "If the government resorts to violent clearing-out operations [of protest sites], more young people... will resent the police and the government. That could pose more challenges fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
... ironment. Sky Post reported Monday that some parents who had earlier planned to send their children to British universities for higher education are now seeking to move the offspring overseas at an ea ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
