Let’s face it. Hong Kong, we’ve got a vaccine problem. Vaccine uptake remains sluggish, especially amongst the youth. The citizenry at large remains skeptical of the merits and need for vaccination – ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-03
... er a four-week period. This more realistic forecast helped officials prepare for a peak in cases and deaths that proved to be flatter and later than other models were projecting. Accurately predicting ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-03
A century ago, an influenza pandemic killed more people than died in World War I. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more Americans than died in all US wars since 1945. A big difference, however, ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-02
Our daily routines are fraught with boundless simplicity and comfort, often at the tap of a button on our phones. We’re now able to effortlessly complete tasks that, just a couple of decades ago, woul ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-02
... years. However, given the immediate uncertainty and lack of clarity on how these green initiatives will be rolled out, investors will need to keep a close eye on the details as they unfold. Sounds Fa ...More
EJ Insight2021-06-01
... e gaps between potential and actual GDP. The opposing narrative is an optimistic risk-on scenario emphasising the gargantuan fiscal and monetary stimulus in response to the pandemic, as well as the on ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-31
The Canadian dollar (CAD) has made strong gains on the back of surging commodity prices. Year-to-date, the currency has gained around 5% against the US dollar and 6% in trade weighted terms. While rei ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-31
... small. If we look at the so-called “mosquito-sized” sites that can only build less than 100 units, there were 10 percent of those in 2015/16, but the proportion surged to 40 per cent in 2021/22, the h ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-28
Unlike the United States, Europe, and other early industrializers whose carbon dioxide emissions have largely already peaked, most other countries were not concerned about climate change until recentl ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
... rise are well known: three decades of double-digit GDP growth; some 700 million people lifted out of poverty; an infrastructure boom; the emergence of innovative tech giants; and a comprehensive blue ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
... reme in lower-income countries. Egypt, for example, has 13 times as many excess deaths as the number officially attributed to COVID-19. For richer OECD countries, the overall undercount is smaller, at ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
... ng gap between the rich and the poor, but also the abso ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年05月26日
... ng gap between the rich and the poor, but also the absolute stagnation when it comes to disadvantaged families seeking to break free of the poverty cycle. Inequity in access to education – specificall ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-25
“If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it” said Shakespeare’s Count Orsino in Twelfth Night. Sadly, the Hong Kong government is tone deaf. The music of which Shakespeare wrote was l ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-25
It has been more than six months since the Chief Executive’s Policy Address, when Hong Kong’s first policies on Arts Tech were verbally spelt out by Carrie Lam herself. Earlier this month (May 10 ), t ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-25
A few weeks ago, the Democratic Party established – a h ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年05月25日
