The third-generation owners of Yuen's Mansion, a castle-style residential site on Lantau Island, hope the government will increase its subsidies for work to revitalize the abandoned buildings on it. Y ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
Oh well, there's always next time. Life goes on for the rest of us but it will never be the same for the five lucky winners of Tuesday's record HK$136 million (US$17.5 million) jackpot. Millions of dr ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
Five punters shared the HK$100 million super Mark Six jackpot in Tuesday night's draw, with each winning around HK$27 million. The total turnover of the mega lottery marking Mark Six's 40th anniversar ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
More prime store sites on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui are being left vacant amid a lackluster retail outlook that is expected to further weigh on occupancy rates, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
All roads lead to betting shops with thousands of players hoping to land the big prize in the 40th anniversary draw of the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery on Tuesday. Up for grabs is a HK$100 million (US$1 ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
A High Court judge has turned down an appeal by a mainlander who had been convicted of injuring a Hongkonger in a spat at Ocean Park two-and-a-half years ago. Turning down the appeal, Judge Stanley Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-12
Some big US hedge funds, including Hayman Capital Management and PointState Capital, are stacking up bearish bets against China's currency, the renminbi, the Wall Street Journal reported. Hayman Capit ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
One’s achievement should not be evaluated by him/herself but by others. Influential people may worry about losing their authority, but the irony is, those who are most respected are humble people who ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
Global stock markets have been disappointing since the start of the year. Morgan Stanley expects the Hang Seng Index to reach a low of 16,500 points, and the H-share index to hit a trough of 7,300 poi ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-16
Food must be so scarce in the mountains that wild boars are foraging close to home. In fact, they are casing hotels in search of something to eat, according to Headline Daily. On Wednesday, a three-fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
Few musicians or bands can rival the Beatles, the best-selling band in entertainment history. Even today, there is no mistaking how influential their music has been on a global scale and how much the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
Hong Kong has had plunging temperatures but winter has not quite arrived yet. That can only mean one thing -- some animals are being kept from hibernating. In fact, snakes are being confused by the tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
Britain has witnessed drastic cuts in its defense budget over the past five years due to pressures brought about by the European debt crisis and massive military spending in Afghanistan. Ever since th ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
The life expectancy of humans has been increasing thanks to technological progress. In Hong Kong, it's 81 years for men and 87 years for women as of 2013. That's nine years longer that it was 30 years ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
The Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macau commemorated Sunday the sacrifices Canadian soldiers and other Allied and local forces made during the Battle of Hong Kong and in the subsequent ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
It's 11 p.m. and the lights are still on in its classrooms but don't let it surprise you. Queen's College is simply trying to provide space for students to do their revisions and hold group discussion ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-05
「傾囊求知，無人能奪；知識投資，獲利豐盈。」【註】。那麼，投資於知識培育機構Pearson又是否有利？ Pea ...全文
Hollywood has become accustomed to deep-pocketed Chinese investors rolling into town, throwing money at co-productions and shelling out for huge distribution deals to bring Chinese films to the world ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
Chinese investment bank CICC is quickly discovering just how much its fortunes have faded, with word the former financial superstar has scaled back its Hong Kong IPO by 20 percent due to lack of inves ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (00001.HK) is denying plans to pull out of China, saying it has long-term partnerships with Chinese companies. Deputy chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi said the group has been co ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
