Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we must consider the economic and financial consequences of this massive historic development. The Ukraine war ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-28
Three-dimensional (3D) maps are good at visualising such as hiking trails, making outing information vivid. Behind the scene is the geographic information system (GIS) which seamlessly connects variou ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-28
... pendent state, China has moved rapidly to establish with it a wide range of economic relations, including purchase of military hardware and hiring Ukranian specialists. According to Chinese figures, i ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-28
... policy that has devastated the economy and cut off the ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年02月26日
In 1955, then-US Federal Reserve Chair William McChesney Martin famously said that the Fed’s job was to take away the punch bowl “just when the party was really warming up,” rather than waiting until ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-25
Instability is the new worldwide normal. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tensions in the Taiwan Strait to the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, the challenges the world faces are as varied a ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-25
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
For centuries, the streets of Cairo have been festooned with traditional lanterns to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. In recent decades, the domestically produced lanterns were replaced by cheaper ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-24
‘Digital Transformation’; the buzzword of the banking industry, achilles heel of incumbent, and perhaps the most misunderstood process of a bank’s ascension to region dominance.Before addressing how b ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-24
Demands are rising among the public and business community in Hong Kong for an end to the “Zero-Covid” policy that has devastated the economy and cut off the city from the mainland and the rest of the ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-24
... r of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Makes one wonder how many drivers of politicians and senior civil servants tested positive in the last 10 days – ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-23
The inflation data for January were shocking. Instead of falling from 5.0% YoY to 4.4% YoY as predicted by the Bloomberg consensus, consumer prices increased 5.1% from last January. Consensus estimate ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-23
So far this century, the US Federal Reserve has been relentlessly gradualist about increasing the federal funds rate. Since its last 50-basis-point rate hike in May 2000, the Fed has increased its pol ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-23
The European Union and the governments of two member states, Hungary and Poland, have been on a collision course for years now. The broader dispute is about what, if anything, the EU may do when a mem ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-22
In every phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, community health workers have been indispensable. They have made diagnoses, carried out contact tracing, cared for the sick, and administered vaccinations. And ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-22
Hong Kong people’s stressful work, fast pace of life, imbalanced diet and sedentary lifestyle contribute to Three “Highs”, which is the main culprit of chronic diseases that people begin to suffer at ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-22
In an oil market that is increasingly globally interlinked, there is a consistent battle from producers in the Atlantic basin and the Middle East vying for market share in Asia. Crude oil trade flows ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-21
... ry. Fortunately, there is an interactive exhibit in the recently reopened Ngong Ping Nature Centre, which uses a three-dimensional (3D) model with projection images and simulated navigation to introdu ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-21
