Jack So, chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, appears to have gained control of 21 Holdings Ltd. (01003.HK) as he bought into the company along with two other investors. A group compri ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
The bull market will help create jobs and wealth in Hong Kong, and offset the negative impact of a sluggish tourism sector. However, the city could be facing a triple whammy in the coming years. Chine ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
... e in Hong Kong and overseas. Also, these are subject to lower taxes and some are even tax-free. The central government in Beijing has been dismantling tariff barriers and opening up the duty-free sect ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
Hong Kong's judicial independence, one of the core values that have made us a vibrant, progressive city, is under attack. Since the 1997 handover, it has served to uphold the "one country, two systems ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man said his bureau is considering adopting an anti-smoking body's suggestion that the sale of electronic cigarettes be banned, Ming Pao Daily reported Tuesday. " ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
Guangfa Securities, China’s fourth largest brokerage, has attracted a big number of investors for its Hong Kong initial public offering. The broker is expected to price the shares at HK$18.85, the top ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
My previous commentary, dated March 19, on Leung Chai-yan went viral after her father, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, sent an open letter to the Hong Kong Economic Journal denouncing the column. Tha ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
There are at least 56,000 Hongkongers who have liquid assets of HK$10 million or more, according to a survey from Citibank and the University of Hong Kong's Social Sciences Research Centre. The multim ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
Patrick Ko Tat-bun, convenor of the pro-Beijing group Voice of Loving Hong Kong, said he will give Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying 70 marks out of 100 for his performance in office since he took the t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... l Hygiene Ko Wing-man visited Wu at the Queen Mary Hospital on Monday. He said the department is very much concerned about the safety of its frontline staff and is looking for ways to enhance their pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... d in Hong Kong's 2017 chief executive election. Chan, the Director General of the World Health Organization, will complete her 10-year tenure at the global health body just in time for the Hong Kong p ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
Ten more people died of flu in Hong Kong Friday, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to 341 since the beginning of the year, according to the Center for Health Protection. In the last winter sea ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
A survey released in January showed Hong Kong retaining its dubious reputation as the world's most unaffordable housing market. Some analysts and industry players have recently pointed to downward pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
A 61-year-old Hong Kong man died Sunday after falling ill with H7N9 bird flu. He contracted the virus in the southern mainland city of Dongguan, am730 reported Monday. Five health workers who helped c ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang has offered a package of sweeteners, including tax rebates, as he unveiled on Wednesday the budget for the coming fiscal year. In doing so, he has continued ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
Hong Kong's longstanding strategy of relying on low-cost foreign domestic helpers to meet the needs of the city's wealthier residents may need to be revisited soon as the economies of southeast Asian ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... t in Hong Kong has become crazy. Hong Kong's median home price is nearly 17 times the annual median household income, a survey of 360 cities by US-based consultancy Demographia found. That exceeded th ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
... iene, Dr. Ko Wing-man, who is supposed to be in charge of containing epidemics, probably would have remained as complacent as ever if lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki did not draw public attention to the menace by ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 12. Translation by Julie Zhu -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/JP/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... les. Hong Kong florists, for instance, expect business to fall by half because of the bad timing. But if nothing else, this would be a welcome break for flower shop employees who typically work overni ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
