As the old saying goes, if you can’t beat them, join them. Given the ongoing downturn in the international shipping industry, fewer and fewer container ships are seen on the high seas these days. As ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
After months of scrutiny and deliberations, the government announced in December a trial scheme that will allow 12 food trucks to be operated at popular tourist spots in Hong Kong by the end of 2016. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
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
Until recently, the usual thinking among macroeconomists has been that short-term weather fluctuations don’t matter much for economic activity. Construction hiring may be stronger than usual in March ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
Hong Kong is developing a serious depressive disorder, and it is not difficult to see why. The misrule of Leung Chun-ying and his penchant for confrontation complements his government’s unerring prope ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-09
Surging online shopping transactions provide nourishment to Alibaba’s internet finance business. Starting from the third-party payment system Alipay, the company has extended its financial service bus ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-09
It's not for nothing that Hong Kong's young women have earned a reputation for being quite picky in their choice of partners. On an RTHK program on Jan. 2, a group of females was asked to pick their d ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
While it's anybody's guess as to what lies in store for Hong Kong in 2016, there is one thing that we can be pretty sure about: our living costs are set to rise further. Let's start with food. Starti ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
Hengqin, the special economic zone adjoining Macau, has received approval from the State Council to double its land area and promised a warm welcome to projects from Hong Kong and Macau. Niu Jing, dir ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
The war on creativity in Hong Kong is unceasing. The bureaucrats who run this place seem determined to make it a laughing stock by inserting their sticky fingers in anything that looks suspiciously c ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
China Ocean Shipping Co., or Cosco Group, and China Shipping Group Co., two of the country's biggest shipping companies, are set to issue details of their multibillion-dollar merger plans, the Wall St ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
Following months of deliberations, the government announced Tuesday a trial scheme that will allow a limited number of food trucks to be operated at prime tourist spots by the end of next year. Under ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
Hong Kong's social experiment with rent-for-life flats for the elderly gets under way with the start of application for the first batch of units. Applications will be accepted until Dec. 22 for the Ta ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
Readers of China’s most popular newsweekly were astonished to read their president compare the country to the Titanic, the world’s largest passenger liner that sank with the loss of over 1,500 people ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
Ocean Park Hong Kong is investigating a complaint by a delivery man, who said staff did not give him proper assistance after he was injured while doing his job inside the park. Management launched the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
Humans are wiping out species faster than scientists can record their existence, said Louie Psihoyos, director of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. Feeling a pressing need to safeguard the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
Contrary to industry forecasts that Russian recession will continue, President Vladimir Putin was quoted by Reuters last month saying that "Russia may have reached the peak of an economic crisis". Las ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
The Hong Kong government has set up a HK$10 million fund to help promote the city’s tourist attractions abroad, Ming Pao Daily reported Wednesday. The move comes as the number of tourists visiting Hon ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
During the British colonial era, Hong Kong's civil servants led by a team of administrative officers were widely recognized for their competence and integrity. They played an important role in transfo ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
Ocean Park's Water World will open in the second half of 2018, a delay of one year amid changes in the park's design, Apple Daily reported. The original water park was shut down 16 years ago following ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
