One common trait I recently noticed from my friends – not necessarily Hong Kong Chinese – that they are all good stock punters. They were not natural born ones, though, given they are mostly non-finan ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-26
The price of gold reached an all-time high of $2,000 per ounce in early August. And while mainstream economists have treated gold as a sideshow since the world abandoned the gold standard in 1971, thi ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-24
勝利管道(01080)公布截至6月底止中期股東應佔虧損按年擴大至7521.6萬元(人民幣.下同)，2019年同 ...全文
... stopped it. Her action in doing so is not against the common law but does need to be seen in context. Under the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap.227) anyone may commence a criminal prosecution. However, sec ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-21
... D-19 cases. Consequently, current legislators would be ...全文
今日信報時事評論Brian YS Wong2020年08月21日
... D-19 cases. The decision was marred with controversy – ranging from questions concerning its constitutionality, political advisability, and compatibility with principles that the Hong Kong public hold ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-20
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provide financial assistance to developing countries, funding infrastructure, energy and social projects and providing loans linked to government policy reforms. ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-20
On August 11, the OECD signaled that it would be revising its 2020 real (inflation-adjusted) GDP forecast for South Korea from -1.2% to -0.8%, adding to the confidence that the country is faring bette ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-19
... ign powers. It may not be what some Hong Kongers wanted ...全文
今日信報時事評論Brian YS Wong2020年08月19日
We all saw the National Security Law coming – after all, a year of violence, instability, civilian-police altercation, and, above all, a bizarre frenzy in courting the favours of foreign powers. It ma ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-17
... ng as ever. Still, I suspected that a weird logic was at work, and argued that markets might continue to rally despite the collapse of the world economy. And so they have. Will that change? In my 40 y ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-14
Since physical classes were suspended after the Lunar New Year holiday, the Secretary for Education have announced the latest arrangements for class commencement. All on-campus activities and face-to- ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-14
During the first wave of COVID-19 global outbreak, Hong Kong clearly excelled most of its competitive rivals, including Singapore, in controlling the epidemic. As one of the more successful textbook c ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-13
Americans heading into the fall and the new school year are grappling with interrelated upheavals in health, the economy, family life, and race relations. The COVID-19 crisis is falling hardest on the ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-13
It’s been more than six months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Prof. Yuen Kwok-yung, chair of infectious diseases, faculty of medicine, HKU, has noted publicly that the pandem ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-12
Having first become a significant issue at the start of the year, hysteria and concern about it grew as the year progressed. Just when it appeared as though the situation was under control, a troublin ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-11
In the face of a deep, global economic contraction in the first half of 2020, prices of industrial metals have been remarkably resilient. Copper has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels at the start of th ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-11
