... still be beyond the reach of last night's Mark Six second prize winners, 11 lucky guys who got HK$752,000 each. They won't be able to pay the 30 percent down payment. So there you are. Not even a Mar ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... tches far beyond Uber to cover companies such as US-based home-rental company Airbnb Inc. or French peer-to-peer car-rental company Drivy, which enables its customers to rent their neighbors’ cars. Fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... fraud is beyond any of the precedents,” said Harper. “You aren’t going to find another case of this magnitude.” Wang’s clients, Harper said, “are not the refugees we’re reading about in the paper in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
... is right. Beyond the need to alleviate the human misery that fills television screens and front pages of newspapers lies the imperative not to miss the significant medium-term opportunities that migra ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
... e of law, beyond 2047." What can you expect? Our pro-Beijing politicians know only how to echo the officials from up north. Starry Lee Wai-king of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progre ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-21
... nnovation beyond the comprehension of people from the previous generation. Conventional wisdom tells us that our mental age grows in proportion to our physical age -- the older we get, the wiser we be ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
... nd not go beyond it. Suen declined to comment on whether Leung is suitable for a second term as chief executive but said a Hong Kong leader should fight for the city's benefit -- otherwise he or she s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... at it was beyond the permissible size. In an earlier incident, former professional snooker player Ivan Chan Kwok-ming was issued a warning letter by MTR in July for carrying a 1.6-meter long cue stic ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
Global investors are paying close attention to the US Federal Reserve as it begins a two-day meeting Wednesday. Now what exactly should the investors do after the central bank rate announces its rate ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... s changed beyond recognition from constant architecting by Beijing, the judiciary has remained a bastion of Hong Kong's vaunted rule of law. The notion that it's being co-opted for political purposes ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
China is trying to sell two submarines to Egypt that are cheaper than vessels being offered by Germany, industry sources told Reuters, as Beijing looks to expand weapons exports beyond its traditional ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... y looking beyond the online B&B rental business. In short, what Chesky has in mind is that he wants to develop a new culture of sharing by building a network of B&B providers in Portland, turn ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... ound that beyond the extremes of the usual media discourse, there are many individual stories of domestic helpers that are worthy of our attention. The result of her research is "Strangers in our Home ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
... to levels beyond what the territory can cope with. Hong Kong shopping malls are actively luring high-spending mainland travelers, while ignoring the needs of the locals. The profit-driven business mod ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-12
... Kong band Beyond was embraced by democracy protesters who turned it into an anthem for their movement. To be sure, Hong Kong is not a unique case. Scottish fans have been known to abuse the British na ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
The corruption scandal involving an economic development fund in Malaysia is spilling beyond the country’s borders as officials at a United Arab Emirates state investment vehicle raise questions about ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
... and going beyond the general norm. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Aug. 31. Translation by Frank Chen [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... ns and go beyond building ports and funding water, energy and transportation deals to financing policy projects such as health and education, three sources said. It may also expand its remit to fund p ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... ficials. Beyond the financial costs of larger police forces and increased pressure on the judicial system is US$60 billion a year in spending on state and federal prisons, up from US$12 billion 20 ye ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... ooks went beyond clinical neurology but his work always remained rooted in his fascination with the brain. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985) and An Anthropologist on Mars (1995) are collec ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
