These are difficult times, to say the least. We’re witnessing a cascade of deaths, casualties, and infections, rip through the most vulnerable and least protected populations. The elderly, the childre ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
Picking up from where we stopped – a brief recap is nee ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年03月04日
Picking up from where we stopped – a brief recap is needed: we have surveyed the histories of Russia and Ukraine (as disparate yet overlapping entities) from the 16th century straight through to the t ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-03
Many have asked me to pen a piece explaining what’s going on in Ukraine to a Hong Kong audience. I am no Ukraine expert, and I am certainly not Ukrainian/Russian – as such, I could only endeavour to d ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-02
... aid David Wong, a business consultant. "Hong Kong has a ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年02月26日
Spare a thought. Spare a thought for the long queues of forlorn souls, lining up in solemn, groveling silence, as they trudge towards having their noses pricked and throats swabbed, in identification ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-25
... aid David Wong, a business consultant. “Hong Kong has a population of only seven million and well defined borders. China’s companies can live off its giant domestic market. But Hong Kong depends on fo ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-24
There are few better things to do during a self-imposed retreat amidst a pandemic, than to re-watch old movies with nostalgia. So that’s exactly what I did, a process that allowed me to re-visit the c ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-17
The charlatan preaching from the pulpit of devout follo ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年02月17日
The charlatan preaching from the pulpit of devout followers. The pseudointellectual massing followers through a popular podcast – or, indeed, YouTube channel. The buffoon projecting his insecurities t ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-16
We're in a COVID limbo. Before us is a fork – a fork th ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年02月09日
Valentine’s Day is coming up. It’s the season of Love! The billboards blast, with the hyper-commercialised neon-lights trudging out the precursor to the manufactured consent: we’re told that Love is k ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-08
We’re in a COVID limbo. Before us is a fork – a fork that takes us down two paths. The first constitutes reopening Hong Kong to our very own country – to dissolve the quarantine and isolation requirem ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-07
You read this right. This is a philosophical exposition ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年01月29日
We need an exit strategy. Several key propositions unde ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年01月28日
You read this right. This is a philosophical exposition of the not-particularly-philosophical question of animal rights – more precisely, why do animals have rights. If you’re a fan of formal philosop ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-27
... Chung to Wong Tai Sin to Tsuen Wan, the unknown sources of Omicron variant keep growing and a geometric growth of infected cases is expected in the rest of the month. The dire situation is quite like ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-26
We need an exit strategy. Several key propositions undergirding this statement – and, indeed, largely informed by recent events. The first, is the hyper-contagiousness of the Omicron (both B.1 and B.2 ...More
EJ Insight2022-01-25
