Politics in Hong Kong in recent months has been more nail-biting than TV dramas. First it was former lawmaker Chim Pui-chung and then Ricky Wong Wai-kei, chairman of HKTV, who dropped bombshells by an ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-03
Expat or native, you will recognize these Hong Kong habits once you have been here a few years. 1. Newer is always better Got the new iPhone? Are you sure it's the latest? Rush to the Apple store to g ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
... . Stephen Wong Kai-yi, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, said in a statement he was aware some netizens have banded together to track down election officers and reveal their personal data to the ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
... e Park in Wong Tai Sin, Apple Daily reported. In Mong Kok, police officers were placed on high alert after people gathered at Sai Yeung Choi Street and Nelson Street at around 8 p.m. on Saturday. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-01
... surnamed Wong -- determined that the meowing sounds were coming from under the bonnet. Suspecting that a cat was trapped in the vehicle, Wong called the police and also began inquiring about the car ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) dropped a political bombshell this month by announcing that anyone intending to run in the upcoming Legco election must sign a declaration pledging allegiance to ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-28
Several young pro-independence candidates running in the Legislative Council election in September have reportedly succumbed to pressure from the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC), and agreed to sign ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
... ’s Joshua Wong and Nathan Law want a referendum before 2047. Hong Kong Indigenous wants a discussion of Hong Kong's post-2047 future. Still, this does not make them troublemakers. Neither are they in ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
I remember the first time when I was scheduled to meet with Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the then Secretary for Development, as the convener of an industrial building artists concern group, she was lat ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
... e Raymond Wong Kwok-fai said Chu did have criminal intent in pursuing his action. However, given that Chu was a first-time offender and the bank website was largely unaffected, the probation order wou ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
... s. Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law said that despite the adverse court ruling they don't regret participating in the "Reclaim Civic Square" initiative on Sept. 26, 2014, a few days before the Oc ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
Recent events at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) – particularly the demotion and subsequent resignation of its deputy commissioner and the acting chief of its investigative unit R ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
The military coup in Turkey has been quashed, easing some of the market concerns over geopolitical risks. The Japanese yen and gold both fell back on Monday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
... s, Duncan Wong, director of security and data sciences at ASTRI, told the Hong Kong Economic Journal. Blockchain is often described as one of the most promising financial technologies that is applicab ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
As I commented in a previous article in May, Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) chairman Barnabas Fung Wah had proved to be unfit for the job. Fung has been incompetent and negligent, and has also fai ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
... president Wong Yiu-keung said. Wong said the club faces a HK$100,000 (US$12,900) deficit, mostly from rent. It occupies 200 sq. ft. in IN's Point which it had rented for HK$1 when it opened in 2001 an ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... ed at the Wong Tai Sin station, several MTR staff boarded the train, but the man had dropped his cigarette butt into the platform gap and left. The MTR Corporation said a verbal warning was issued to ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... rs Helena Wong Pik-wan and Wu Chi-wai are expected to keep their seats. However, the party’s other candidates are seen securing only 4.2 percent, 3.1 percent and 3.1 percent of the votes in the Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... comedian Wong Cho-nam and wife Leanne Li (who both regularly work in China) and singer Hins Cheung (who posted a map of Red China that includes Hong Kong, Taiwan and the disputed Paracel and Spratly ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
... r Anthony Wong expressed his regret for having supported Leung, saying that the chief executive had failed to move Hong Kong to progress. And just recently, another former Leung loyalist, Dr. Gabriel ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
