According to the first world report on vision issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment or blindness globally, which forms a huge fina ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-10
A little more than a month ago, Hong Kong faced a major political crisis. Hours after the Court of Final Appeal rejected the government’s latest attempt to block former newspaper magnate Jimmy Lai – n ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-10
Speaking in Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently evoked the horrors of World War II to justify his invasion of Ukraine. “Again and again, we have to repel ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-10
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), a regional macroeconomic surveillance organization, estimates that the ASEAN's economy could grow by 4.6% this year, down from 5.3% in 2022, but still ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
Mainland Chinese are again able to enjoy life to the full following December’s sea change in government policy towards COVID-19. This market’s spend on premium brands is expected to be back with venge ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
As we embark on a new year, I have been reflecting on “resolutions,” and more specifically, what it takes for an individual or a society to be resolute in a world of endless challenges and obstacles. ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
Hong Kong has been stunned by the suicide in London of a talented graduate who emigrated to the UK in April last year with a BNO passport and worked in a charity. A coroner’s court in late January rul ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
Hong Kong has been stunned by the suicide in London of ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年02月09日
Is Hong Kong back on track after a month of reopening? Yes, spring returns, and things are looking better. There are more people asking for street directions in Putonghua but they are not lining up ou ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
The US Federal Reserve is being dangerously complacent about climate change. While it understandably does not want to take the lead on an issue that remains so politically polarizing in the United Sta ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
As if conditions weren’t gloomy enough in the United Kingdom, the International Monetary Fund recently downgraded the country’s growth forecast even as it offered a brighter outlook for the rest of th ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
... immunization, and the treatment of non-communicable diseases. After this traumatic period, it is tempting to hope that the worst is behind us. Unfortunately, the future is likely to bring more frequen ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-07
The protracted war between Russia and Ukraine has led to a surge in global energy prices. Hong Kong’s two power firms have increased the tariffs by around 5 and 6 per cent starting this year, citing t ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-07
WANG ON GROUP(01222) 聯合公佈 - 有關出售持有物業的附屬公司之須予披露交易(709KB, ...全文
The COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by supply-chain disruptions and surging inflation, has highlighted the fragilities of Africa’s food systems, leading to a 60% increase in hunger across the continent ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-06
My book on the economic history of the twentieth century, published last fall, did not include a chapter on the question of the future or “what we should do next,” because my frequent co-author, Steph ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-06
Last December, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the most ambitious expansion of military power in Japan since the creation of the country’s Self-Defense Forces in 1954. Japanese defense ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-06
