... the anti-government protests, which have been turning increasingly violent, and the public's open defiance of a new emergency law on face coverings, the Lam administration is now confronting an escal ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
The current state of affairs in Hong Kong is not only frustrating but also driving quite a lot of people to despair about the future of this city. The endless political tensions and vandalism, the gov ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
A murder suspect whose case was used by the Hong Kong government to push for a controversial extradition bill walked free from jail in Hong Kong on Wednesday as the city’s authorities squabbled with T ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
... for a few good reasons, is no surprise. Firstly, we reckon that obtaining a visa in Malaysia is one of the cheapest and easiest processes in the world. Depending on your profile, a total fee between U ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
(Updated) China is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor with an “interim” chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
... that the government took seriously discrimination built upon tropes and bigotry about sexual orientations. The right to having one's marriage formalized is an integral right that should not be remove ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-23
... that the government is finally aiming to formulate a legal framework under which conflicting laws and policies regarding this issue are either revoked or amended in order to clear the legal hurdles f ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-22
On Sunday, a few days after Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's 2019 Policy Address, Hong Kong witnessed another round of violent anti-government protests and street clashes. Amid the chaos, ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-22
... e used to going to bed late on weekends. The Americans go to bed 64 minutes late on weekends, that is, they may go to bed at 11 on weekdays, and after midnight on Saturday and Sunday. They have “socia ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-22
... unds that go back millennia. The US is also attempting to renegotiate terms of trade and security agreements with these two key regional allies. Against this backdrop, the US and Japan recently announ ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-21
... up’s main goal remained to create a more efficient payments system, but it was open to looking at alternative approaches for the currency token it would use. “We could do it differently,” he said. “In ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-21
A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after losing a vote in parliament on Saturday that means he is obliged ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-19
... ere we’ll go from here, but the direct answer to your question is the financial consequences have been and may continue to be fairly dramatic.” The controversy began this month after Rockets general m ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
Over the past decade or so, Goldman Sachs Group has watched its annual trading profits fall 84 percent, as post-financial crisis regulations upended Wall Street. Now, bank executives are hoping they h ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
... at Ankara got “exactly what we wanted” from the talks with the United States. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described it as a pause, solely to allow the Kurdish fighters to withdraw. Kurdi ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
On Wednesday, amid protests mounted by pan-democratic lawmakers inside the Legislative Council chamber, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was unable to deliver her annual Policy Address in pe ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-17
