... agency is Wong Yuk-ching, according to a social media post by the Hong Kong Federation of Asian Domestic Workers Unions. The federation urged the government to increase the penalty for overcharging ag ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
... to Prof. Wong Hung, director of the Centre for Quality of Life, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK, the survey results suggest an increasing polarization among the local youth. Wong sa ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
... School in Wong Tai Sin to pick up students residing in Shenzhen failed to arrive at the school by 8:30am when classes began. One of the bus service operators said the delay happened as there were too ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
The Legislative Council election on Sunday will probably be the most hotly contested and controversial one in Hong Kong's history, particularly in the geographical constituencies, where there are a re ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-01
Remarks made by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and vice chair Stanley Fischer have reignited speculation that interest rates will be raised soon, sending gold prices to a five-week low. Yellen sai ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
... to Phoebe Wong Wai-chuen, a divisional commander at the Intellectual Property General Investigation unit of the Customs, preliminary tests suggested that the counterfeit portable fans posed no imminen ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
With the Legco elections only a few days away, most people are focused on election day itself rather than the outcome and the changes that will come with it. It's almost certain that pro-independence ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
... nt Joseph Wong is among the opinion leaders who have made their preferences clear for the Legco election. Wong, who is now a current affairs commentator after retiring from government service, said he ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-30
... man Ricky Wong Wai-kay, who is believed to have thrown his hat into the ring to get back at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying for holding up his long overdue pay-TV license. Apparently, a lady, who file ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-30
... aint. The Wong Tai Sin police district has launched a manhunt for the suspects, who are said to be aged 20 to 30. At least two of the suspects have blonde-dyed hair and one has tattoos on both arms. - ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
... anxiety. Wong Yim-fun, an official with the social service organization, said the students suffered from insomnia, low confidence and self-esteem. Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
... aid Anita Wong, one of the passengers interviewed by the public broadcaster. "All of a sudden there was a big boom. I think it was on the left side of the hydrofoil." Wong said she thought the ferry h ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
... ces Edina Wong thinks co-living would work in Hong Kong and she believes there is growing demand from millennials; however landlords and investors are unfamiliar with the concept. In theory, co-living ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
... tion. But Wong Kwan-yu, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, said teachers should be allowed to have a better understanding of the issues in question. Meanwhile, the pro-indepen ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
Following its controversial decision to bar pro-independence candidates from running for Legco, the Leung Chun-ying administration is taking aim at schools and attempting to ban all discussion of Hong ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
Leung Chun-ying's regime is attempting to ban all discussions of Hong Kong independence in schools, and has threatened to sack teachers who facilitate such discussions in the classroom. Not only does ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
... ong Kong, Wong Hok-wui of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Lim Wey-wen of the University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong accepted about 800,000 new immigrants from 1999 to 2014. The academics based t ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
... Lawrence Wong will be appointed second minister to help Heng. "Progressively, he will come back to work," Lee said. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, also seen by some observers as a pote ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
Hong Kong people are further apart on most issues after the democratization process stalled with the crushing defeat of the political reform proposal last year. Mounting social grievances have already ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-18
The US dollar remains largely range-bound as investors are still divided over the next US rate hike. Fed officials are hinting at a rate hike before the year is out, but the market is only discounting ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-17
