... or nearly two hours, amid growing criticism that the world’s “fire station” has been slow to respond to the worsening crisis. G20 leaders are due to gather for an extraordinary virtual summit in the c ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-24
... more than two people in public who do not live together, and stop all social events, including weddings and baptisms but not funerals. Parks would remain open for exercise but gatherings would be dis ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-24
... ed. Also, two Republican US senators came under criticism last week for selling large amounts of stock before the coronavirus-induced market meltdown and after closed-door briefings on the coronavirus ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-24
... ivals for two weeks starting Wednesday. Meanwhile, all people including Hong Kong residents entering Hong Kong from Macau and Taiwan will have to go into mandatory 14-day quarantine from Wednesday onw ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... d news of two well-known restaurants downing their shutters, albeit temporarily, due to the Covid-19 crisis, fueling animated chatter on social media as to what lies ahead for the sector. One of the ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... teria for two programs under the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) and one under the Hong Kong Productivity Council, which support private sector R&D efforts. In his budget last month, Financia ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... one week, two weeks or three weeks earlier, cases “could have been reduced by 66 percent, 86 percent and 95 percent respectively, significantly limiting the geographical spread of the disease”. The wo ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... recorded two consecutive quarters of losses as its tech bets fall short, with global economic growth stuttering due to the coronavirus pandemic. SoftBank is being drawn into a fight over a major sour ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... reports. Two of them were found to have removed or cut off the electronic wristbands they had been made to wear to monitor their movements. More than 19,000 such wristbands have been issued to people ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... the past two days, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong to 317, plus one probable case. Newly added cases reported on Saturday involved five males and 12 females aged between 11 ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... fficials. Two prisoners at the Wende Facility have confirmed cases of Covid-19, a state prison official told Reuters. The official said he could not comment on any individual prisoner’s medical record ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... ed to buy two plants in India and Thailand from General Motors earlier this year as the Detroit automaker retreats from unprofitable markets. Wei said Great Wall considered entering Indian and Thai ma ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
Airlines canceled more flights on Monday as Australia and New Zealand advised against non-essential domestic travel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) halted flights for two weeks and Singapore and Taiwa ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... At least two members of the House of Representatives previously said they tested positive. Around the globe, billions are adapting to a new reality, with countries such as Italy, Spain and France on ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... rport for two days to allow its citizens to return from 14 countries affected by the coronavirus. “We shall quarantine them when they arrive, near the airport. Their shelter, beds and food have been r ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
... sday that two of the newly confirmed male patients (the 195th and 199th cases), both 29, had visited the Lan Kwai Fong branch of Pure Fitness, a well-known gym operator in the city, before they develo ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
... the usual two-week application cycle would be reduced to a 24-hour process. Rival Amazon announced earlier this week that it will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States as th ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
... es within two weeks. But that’s easier said than done. The Hong Kong government, despite its reputation for high efficiency, took around a year to distribute HK$4,000 to low-income residents last year ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
... by almost two-thirds. The Australian carrier said it is in talks with grocer Woolworths Group about redeploying some of its workers as supermarkets struggle to contend with an influx of shoppers rushi ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
... country, two systems". Reacting to China's move to expel around a dozen US journalists from three top US newspapers and prohibit them from even working in Hong Kong and Macau, lawmakers questioned wh ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
