China's high-speed railway, aerospace and automobile industries are likely to benefit from the nation's three key policy themes including “One Belt, One Road” initiative, “3 one hundred million people ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
“Embracing diversity is simply good for business.” HSBC group chief executive officer Stuart Gulliver spoke those words in support of the LGBT community. (LGBT refers to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
Hong Kong software engineer Benson Chiu has broken the local record on Kickstarter, the world's largest fundraising website for start-ups, with his smart coffeemaker, the Arist. Even Starbucks, the US ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Leung Chun-ying should accord top priority to repairing his relationship with the Legislative Council members, former chief secretary Anson Chan said, adding that the chief executive must also try to ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
It took Xiaomi just a few years to become the best selling smartphone brand in China. Now, it's targeting another big market -- smart home appliances. Xiaomi just launched its first air purifier. To q ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
As the harrowing drama at Lindt Cafe in Sydney unfolded on Monday, Australians turned the crisis into their finest hour, offering fellowship with Muslims who might have felt their safety was at risk a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
In this article, I would like to continue to share with readers with what I came across at the APAC Innovation Summit in Hong Kong earlier this month. Last week, I mentioned the innovation experience ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. (02618.HK) expects 50-60 percent revenue growth next year, mainly due to higher prices and increased sales of tablets, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reporte ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
China's entrepreneurial tech firms never miss a good business opportunity. Right now, they seem to have discovered a fresh passion for environment-related ventures, going by the initiatives of smartph ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
Chinese authorities should consider loosening their grip on initial public offerings (IPOs) to help ramp up share supply amid the current bullish market sentiment, columnist Luk Man wrote in the Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
What will they think of next? Occupy protesters have occupied streets, unfurled yellow umbrellas on the graduation stage, hung a giant banner on Lion Rock, and done countless other gimmicks to promote ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
Insecurity is haunting Ukraine – and not just geopolitical insecurity but economic insecurity as well. Output is in freefall. The country’s external deficit is exploding and borrowing costs have spik ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
The market for smart devices such as smartphones and smart watches is big; players are racing to get a foothold in it. Beijing-based tech behemoth Baidu unveiled its latest smart product last week, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
More than 640,000 Hongkongers chose to watch Hong Kong Television Network on Wednesday. The birth of Ricky Wong Wai-kay's new online TV platform sends a strong signal that the government's regulatory ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
Television Broadcasts Ltd., Hong Kong's leading broadcaster, put up its largest variety show to mark its 47th anniversary on Wednesday. But although the city's most popular television stars attended t ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
Ricky Wong Wai-kay, chairman of Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK, HKTN), expects his newly launched online channel to turn a profit soon, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday. T ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
Ricky Wong Wai-kay, chairman of Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV, 01137.HK), said he will continue to fight for a free-to-air TV broadcast license in the city after a rebuff from the government last ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV), which is set to start broadcasting TV programs over the internet on Wednesday, is looking at extending the so-called prime time label to as long as 20 hours a day. ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV), which is set to start broadcasting TV programs over the internet on Nov. 19, may need a second round of trials after multiple issues were found in the first round. ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
As robots that take care of elderly people or sell coffee machines emerge, could technology put you out of a job? Nestle will start using 20 robots, called Pepper, next month to interact with customer ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
