COVID-19 is the biggest public-health crisis in a century and has caused the deepest economic recession of the modern era. The pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in public-health systems and social ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-30
... nology hub. Most China-watchers have focused on what this means for Hong Kong, Shanghai, or at most the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. But such narrow assessments fail to capture the true ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-29
Ahead of the United States presidential election next Tuesday, the world is holding its breath. Never has so much been riding on the election result, abroad as at home. If this were a normal year, eve ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-29
... its breath. Never has so much been riding on the electi ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2020年10月29日
Lion might be the king of animal kingdom but ant, as seen in the capital market, could vanish the lion. Welcome to Ant Group, soon the world’s biggest fintech company. It is now offering shares in Hon ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-28
... government. But if the election turns out to be mostly a referendum on US President Donald Trump, Democrats might win just the White House while failing to retake the Senate. And one cannot rule out t ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-28
Recently in Hong Kong we received the welcome news of Lord Patrick Hodge’s appointment by Chief Executive Carrie Lam as a non-permanent judge to the Court of Final Appeal (CFA).. Lord Hodge’s appointm ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-27
This month, delegates from governments around the world are meeting (virtually) for a crucial, albeit under-the-radar, climate summit at the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO). T ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-23
The impact of COVID-19 on consumer buying behaviour has been unprecedented and breathtakingly rapid. The battle for consumer dollars has shifted to the virtual frontier, prompting Hong Kong retailers ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-23
We'd all seen it coming. The company had lost a record ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian YS Wong2020年10月23日
We’d all seen it coming. The company had lost a record HK$9.87 billion over the first six months this year, and had been incurring average monthly expenses of $2-3bn since early 2020. Slipping revenue ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-22
Everyone in the world is awaiting a vaccine for immunity from the coronavirus. But our chief executive is already immune to something else. She told pro-Beijing newspapers she is immune to criticism. ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-22
... oronavirus. But our chief executive is already immune t ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2020年10月22日
IPO, they said, is all about timing. Even pig will fly in a bull market. Hong Kong’s IPO market in the past year was spurred by Jack Ma, whose Alibaba Group launched a secondary listing last November ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-21
The US recovery is losing momentum. Job growth is slowing, the economy is still down 10.7 million jobs since February, and 36% of unemployed workers are now classified as “permanently unemployed.” The ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-20
