Rather than aiming to be pro vice chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, Johannes Chan Man-mun actually wants to be a “martyr”, HKU council member Arthur Li Kwok-cheung said. A selection committee ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
Yu Yanping, erstwhile chef of former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, used to serve top politicians and members of the city's elite. He gained fame for his culinary skills and exquisite dishes. ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-01
When Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) failed to secure a license renewal in April, Chun Kai-wai was contemplating his future as a television talent. With the station only allowed to operate for the next 12 ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-01
Thirty-nine residents of Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon City were found to have excessive amounts of lead in their blood following government tests, Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man said. In the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
A woman and her young son from a public housing estate have tested positive for high levels of lead in their bloodstream. The woman, surnamed Leung, and her five-year-old boy underwent blood tests arr ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
Simon Lo Man-kit is a familiar face to many Hong Kong television viewers. He used to be one of the hosts of Flash Fax, TVB's highly popular children's program. He currently appears in several local dr ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-18
Glen Lee Lam-yan, the only son of Hong Kong's former security secretary Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, pleaded guilty at a local court Thursday to a charge of drunk driving, Ming Pao Daily reported. Lee, 35, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), Hong Kong's biggest free-to-air television broadcaster, has come under fire in the recent past for giving prime-time slots to mainland China-produced drama ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
The Jockey Club said live broadcasts of horse racing and Mark Six draws will switch from Asia Television (ATV) to Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB) starting Aug. 1, Metro Daily reported Tuesday. It sai ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
Civic Party member Ken Tsang Kin-chiu has been granted a judicial review of the refusal of police to name the seven officers who he says beat him up in Tamar Park during an Occupy protest in October. ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
AsiaWorld-Expo Management Ltd., which operates the AsiaWorld-Expo convention and exhibition center in Hong Kong, has announced that two color-themed events that were due to be held at the venue have b ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
The Hong Kong Museum of Art, which is located near the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, will be closed from August 3 for a major renovation and expansion project. Under a HK$930 million project, the museu ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Ng Hiu-tung, a former reporter with Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB), plans to launch a newswire in Hong Kong through a crowd-funding initiative. The venture, called FactWire, will focus on investigat ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
There must a direct correlation between media and politics, but a reverse correlation between media and economics. Although many media owners are either losing money or making much less than before, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
Competition in this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant has been taken to a higher level after a well-qualified young musician took the media spotlight. Enter Ada Pong Cheuk-yan (龐卓欣), a Manhattan School of ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
An advocate of local productions, Hong Kong Television Network (01137.HK) is quickly running out of cash to sustain its ambitious plans. The group issued a profit warning on Monday, saying it expects ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
TVB, Hong Kong’s largest television broadcaster, has won another broadcast journalism award for its exclusive news video footage of police officers apparently beating a pro-democracy protester during ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
The Hong Kong media sector is once again catching the eye of investors. Owners of traditional media like newspapers, magazines and free television stations are struggling for survival amid the challen ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
Hong Kong stormed to the top of its group in the World Cup Asian qualifiers, crushing Maldives, 2-0, Tuesday for its second straight win. The local side had been heavily favored to beat Maldives after ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
She is not the first person you would think of when asked to name a pan-democrat. She looks like a world-famous politician, but her face is often blocked from view by her party's other members. So, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
