On Monday afternoon, a 47-year-old man surnamed Wong took the 238X bus from Cheung Sha Wan to Tsim Sha Tsui. He took a seat beside the window on the upper deck. In Yau Ma Tei, three men boarded the bu ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
... makers -- Wong Ting-kwong and Edward Yiu -- were sworn in smoothly, RTHK reports. That left Youngspiration's Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching and Democracy Groundwork's Lau Siu-lai yet to be sworn in. A ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
It appears Leung Chun-ying is set to seek a second term, which will boost the turnout of the Jan. 1 protest next year. The protest is also likely to provide a platform for the anti-Leung faction in th ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
... dee Fonia Wong Yeung-fong, who said she bought a three-bedroom unit in Tseung Kwan O for HK$2.31 million back in 2003. Today that same price is only good for a parking space. It's all a question of de ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
... overnment Wong Ting-kwong, who omitted “Hong Kong” in his oath, will also be sworn in again next week. Ivan Choy, a senior lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, suggested that the governmen ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
... ist Wyman Wong said he has received a video of Trump and Clinton singing his own Rashōmon, which he would consider playing at a concert with the two performing. His Facebook post went viral and became ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
In June I wrote an article on the chances of winning of three CE hopefuls: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah. Four ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
Sterling weakened below 1.23 against US dollar on Tuesday on concerns of economic shock from Britain's decision to leave the European Union. The pound trade-weighted index slumped to an eight-year low ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... k mad dog Wong Yuk Man is gone and Legco is now peaceful? Think again. Mad dog gave way to a group of localists who made it clear in a banner and in their attire that “Hong Kong is not China”. Even Ta ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... ive Gilly Wong Fung-han said the watchdog has so far received around 160 complaints relating to the handset model. Wong expects the number of complaints will go up, adding that Samsung's release of in ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... ears ago, Wong Yuk-man drowned out some words (People's Republic of China, for instance) in his oath with a cough to dramatize his opposition to Beijing. He did a retake of the oath and all was well a ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... 2017 but Wong Shek-hung, Oxfam Hong Kong program manager, said that is still lower than the allowance from the government’s Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) scheme. He said HK$35 an ho ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... sman Bill Wong Cho-bau, public broadcaster RTHK reports. Digital Broadcasting Corp. (DBC), in which Wong was a major investor, was applying for a digital radio license at the time. At a pre-trial revi ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
Student leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung recently grabbed headlines again after he was detained by Thai authorities at the Bangkok airport and sent back to Hong Kong, reportedly at Beijing's request. Howev ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... ded Fonia Wong, who does nothing more than offend many of her peers with her “success” story. Among the worst lines from the 40-year-old was that she managed to buy a flat after just five years of wor ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-11
... ast Asia. Wong Kwok-hing, who represented the leftist Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) in the last Legislative Council, was born in Haiphong, Vietnam to a Chinese immigrant family in 1949. Shortly af ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-11
... he words “Wong Po Jill Joe” on an overhead signage outside the empty shop, Headline Daily reports. The words are incomprehensible for most English speakers, but when one utters the phrase, they sound ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... r Raymond Wong Yuk-man said he believes the ruling was based on political reasons. The veteran radical said he will do his best to win an appeal for Chan. - Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
Hong Kong travellers, especially the young ones, may be having second thoughts about visiting Thailand after popular student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung was denied entry by its immigration officers. ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
We are only now beginning to learn what happened when Joshua Wong was denied entry to Thailand on Wednesday and sent home. Reuters reported that Wong, who was due to address a student forum in Bangkok ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
