Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang failed to show up on time for a session Thursday, leading to the first adjournment since the chamber's return from summer recess. Tsang, who is also founding ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
It's not very often we get inspired by a story about a prisoner. But here we are talking about Thomas Kwok, former co-chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, who seems to always have a positive message u ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Ignoring Beijing’s harsh objections, Washington sent its guided missile destroyer USS Lassen into the disputed waters surrounding the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea last week. The area has ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Conservationists in Hong Kong are expressing concern about the growing threat posed by ocean trash to endangered marine animals. The issue has come to the fore again as a green turtle was found dead i ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
A slowdown in mainland tourist inflow has prompted Hong Kong's retailers to step up efforts to attract those who are still making their way to the city. To grab the attention of the visitors, shops an ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
China Huarong Asset Management Co. has raised more than 70 percent of its planned US$2.26 billion Hong Kong initial public offering from cornerstone investors. That is a record proportion of anchor in ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
State-owned shipping giants China Ocean Shipping Co. (Cosco Group) and China Shipping Group Co. are in advanced negotations on combining their container shipping businesses. If successful, the deal wo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
It's quite difficult to understand why the Hong Kong media played up the pregnancy and miscarriage of Ying Ying the giant panda. Ocean Park, which provides a home for Ying Ying and her kind, announced ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-08
The "One Belt, One Road" initiative was launched as China’s strategic partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) entered its 10th year. The initiative aims to strengthen the c ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
The US Federal Reserve kept its policy interest rate unchanged last week, which is in line with my expectation. This week the market is closely watching the meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping a ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
In recent years the Hong Kong government has made numerous attempts to improve the city's air quality, such as requiring ocean liners calling at our ports to run on low sulphur diesel, providing subsi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
Universal Studios has outlined plans to build a huge new theme park in Beijing. Some observers took the news as another sign that international firms are choosing to bypass Hong Kong when it comes to ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
Mainlanders are rushing to buy Japanese high-tech toilets which provide hot air, hot water, a sweet smell and even melodious music. Japan is the biggest beneficiary of the slowdown in mainland visitor ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
Hong Kong Disneyland faces a challenge in boosting visitor numbers after missing the target in the first decade of its operation. The theme park, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
French authorities have formally declared that a wing part found on an island in the Indian Ocean in July was part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. A prosecutor said a technician from ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
The Chinese government has spent at least US$70 million buying Hong Kong properties over the past 12 months, official records show. Three sources close to Chinese officials told Reuters the move refle ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Mount McKinley, North America's tallest peak, was set to be renamed Denali on Monday. US President Barack Obama was to officially restore the mountain's native name at the start of his three-day visit ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Ocean Park, one of Hong Kong's two big theme parks, is known to devote a lot of time and effort in planning its annual Halloween Party. For this year's event at end-October, it is rumored that one of ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
At 11 o’clock on Tuesday morning, four giant diggers moved a short distance from the shore of downtown Zhuhai and began to pump sand from the seabed. The aim is to create a new beach 1.5 km long and 9 ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
Sri Lanka may be a small economy, but situated along the key Eurasian shipping route, the island country in the Indian Ocean has served as an important transshipment hub. It is also seen as a vital no ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
