Hong Kong’s ranking on the World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Sans Frontieres keeps sliding. This year it has fallen to 70th among the 180 countries listed. Ng Hiu-tung, an experienced j ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-15
It's not everyday you see a 79-year-old man take a swing at an octogenarian. But if both are actors in a TVB reality show and the episode plays out on social media, there's a good chance it's part of ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
Mt. Kilimanjaro and the fashion ramp are worlds apart but for Jocelyn Luko-Sandstrom, they're as close as it gets. Both are her platforms for different reasons. In fact, one led to the other. Born in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
No, it can't be true. He has been absent for nearly four years after his station misreported the death of Jiang Zemin. Now Leung Ka-wing is back with a vengeance to lead RTHK, the reputable but trou ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
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
