Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing's announcement of his bid last week finally raised the curtain on the 2017 chief executive race, prompting other hopefuls such as former Legco president Jasper Tsang and fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... ager Alex Wong offers a couple of reasons in his Hong Kong Economic Journal column. For starters, when something unexpected happened, the first reaction of the market is often extremely strong because ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... sor Chris Wong the of Hong Kong Baptist University said dioxin can easily enter the food chain when it is released in the air, entering the soil and falling down as rain on crops or produce. Wong warn ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
Apparently, retired judge Woo Kwok-hing is not serious about his bid to become Hong Kong chief executive. The reason I say this is that Woo is not only totally unprepared -- no election platform, no t ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... ed School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School. As the name implies, the school is affiliated with HKBU. On top of typical school subjects, A-School offers a spectrum of other learning experienc ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
... islators, Wong Kwok-kin and Ho Kai-ming of HKFTU, also arrived at the restaurant. One reporter followed members of the Hong Kong Federation of Hainan Community Organization and saw them waiting for sh ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
... nd Helena Wong and Labor Party leader Lee Cheuk-yan and deputy secretary general Cyd Ho. He is due to meet leaders of the Liberty Party on Thursday. To declined to comment when asked if he would suppo ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
Last Tuesday, the High Court denied an application for an interim injunction filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the two lawmakers-elect from retaking their oaths of office, saying that ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
Upbeat US manufacturing data and the latest remarks by a Federal Reserve official have increased the chances for a rate hike before the year ends. The US dollar index soared to 98.85 on Monday, extend ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
Former legislator Wong Yuk-man has been sentenced to two weeks in jail after he was found guilty of common assault for throwing a glass at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying during a 2014 Legco session. ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... r justice Wong Yan-lung. But the guessing game seemed to have stopped after two local media reports revealed that the mystery person is none other than retired judge Woo Kwok-hing. Woo, 71, served as ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... Inspector Wong Cho-sing; Senior Inspector Lau Cheuk-ngai; Sergeant Pak Wing-bun; and police constables Lau Hing-pui, Wong Wai-ho, Kwan Ka-ho and Chan Siu-tan – have been charged with “causing grievous ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
Another week has passed and Leung Chun-ying seems to be one more step closer to re-election. Meanwhile, all that washed-up pan-democrats could come up with to stall Leung's victory was to take advanta ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... filmmaker Wong Kar-wai is the producer. The film stars his frequent collaborator, Tony Leung, and several other actors including Takeshi Kaneshiro, Eason Chan and Angelababy, This inaugural film is a ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
Student leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung was denied entry to Thailand and detained for ten hours at the Bangkok international airport recently before being repatriated back to Hong Kong. Thai authorities r ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
... Inspector Wong Cho-sing; Senior Inspector Lau Cheuk-ngai; Sergeant Pak Wing-bun; and police constables Lau Hing-pui and Wong Wai-ho have been charged with “causing grievous bodily harm with intent”. O ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-21
Former legislator Wong Yuk-man was convicted on Wednesday of common assault for throwing a glass at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying during a Legco session in July 2014. Sentencing has been set for Oct ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
... Inspector Wong Cho-sing; Senior Inspector Lau Cheuk-ngai; Sergeant Pak Wing-bun; and police constables Lau Hing-pui, Wong Wai-ho, Kwan Ka-ho and Chan Siu-tan – have been charged with “causing grievous ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
Last Wednesday, at the Legco chamber, the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected lawmakers and the election of the new Legco president -- the two formalities that need to be settled whenever Legco star ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
... g mad dog Wong Yuk-man out of the chamber. Her localist platform includes exploring offshore natural gas fields in the South China Sea when Hong Kong "becomes independent one day". It will then be ent ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
