Investors are anxiously awaiting the outcome of tomorrow's British referendum on whether the country should stay in the European Union or leave. The result could have a profound impact worldwide, pote ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-22
I've said before that Hong Kong citizenship can sometimes offer a person more protection and reassurance than what people holding other foreign passports can get if they fall in trouble in China. Lam ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-22
... Hau, and Wong Tai Sin beliefs and customs. Visitors will be able to try on Cantonese opera make-up and costumes, and make paper-crafted Hakka unicorns and cha kwo, a Hakka snack. At 3 p.m. on Saturda ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
... erritory. Wong Po-keung, chairman of the Hong Kong Taxi Owners Association, said the luxury taxi scheme would "poison" the industry. He said the proposal will hurt the current taxi service system, whi ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Gold on Thursday climbed above US$1,300 to the highest level in six weeks after the Federal Reserve scaled back the outlook for interest rate increases, Bloomberg reports. Bullion for immediate delive ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
The next chief executive election is scheduled to be held on March 26 next year, and since the government's political reform proposal was vetoed by the Legislative Council a year ago, the election res ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
The Serpentine Galleries in London's Kensington Gardens commission every year a summer pavilion from a leading architect. The program has become a success as it has showcased the creative concepts of ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
... nt on Hau Wong Road around 9 p.m., when the attack took place. The three radio program hosts had just sat down at a table for about five to 10 minutes when a man believed to be in his early 20s storme ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
... example, Wong Kwok-kin, the lawmaker representing the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU), has publicly questioned whether the scholarship bill deserves such priority and even referred to th ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
... re. Maura Wong, chief executive of Civic Exchange, said the results are quite shocking and could be the result of the lack of discussion about education in Hong Kong in recent years. Wong called for t ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-13
I used to hate Sam Mun Tsai (三門仔). That's where my aging grandmother was staying in a nursing home. Every time I visited her, it was so heartbreaking to see her condition getting worse. Just a stone's ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
... But Mike Wong, MINISO’s Hong Kong regional manager, told the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly that there must be some misunderstanding; his company has no intention of infringing on others' intelle ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
... surnamed Wong politely stopped him, explaining that the restaurant was currently not in service. The man got angry, hurled insults at Wong, forced his way into the toilet and left. About a few minute ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
... ng prince Wong Kam-po nor the young track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze, a potential Olympic medalist. Any of the 120 Hong Kong torchbearers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics (except former Sun Hung Kai Prope ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
Despite a boycott by student unions, the June 4 candlelight vigil at Victoria Park drew some 120,000 participants this year, with people continuing the annual tradition of paying tribute to the victim ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
... hnologies Wong Ming-yam, chairman of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, which is co-hosting the conference, said Hong Kong should boost its investment in research and dev ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
Gold price rally appears to have run out of steam after a sharp uptick on June 3. But the yellow metal is still up 2.4 percent this month as a dismal US jobs report has bolstered expectations that th ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
Everything seemed hunky-dory at the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park last Saturday. More than 100,000 people turned up for the June 4 commemoration, and the participants sang the same songs and rais ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
... ost Paula Wong Fong-man and I arrived at a local ricefield in Hok Tau, Fanling, to understand the growing of the grains. We got the chance to sow some seeds. Although the sun took pity on us and hid b ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
... inspector Wong Cho-sing, senior inspector Lau Cheuk-ngai, sergeant Pak Wing-bun and and police constables Lau Hing-pui, Wong Wai-ho, Kwan Ka-ho and Chan Siu-tan -- are accused of beating Ken Tsang dur ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-02
