Eddie Yue Wai-man will replace Norman Chan Tak-Lam as the new chief executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority in October. Looks like Yue has his work cut out for him to safeguard the city's financial ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... on of the city's extradition laws “necessary, appropriate, lawful and reasonable”. Ronny Tong Ka-wah, the think-tank’s founder and a member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, revealed that Zhang had ta ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
Hong Kong's workforce will fall from 3.64 million in 2017 to 3.57 million by 2027, while staffing requirements are projected to increase to 3.74 million. This means the city will need an extra 169,700 ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... from the city to stand trial in courts in mainland China have grown increasingly violent. A march on Saturday against an assault the previous weekend by suspected triad gang members ended in violent ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
As local football team Kitchee predictably went down to defeat against English Premier League club Manchester City in the Hong Kong Stadium this week, the deep shadow of local politics reverberated th ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
... es in the city, echoing the demands of many ordinary citizens. In an open letter on Friday, Allen Lee Peng-fei, founding chairman of the pro-business party, joined hands with three party honorary chai ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
... rying capacity, many passengers had to wait for an hour or two to get on the vehicles. The incident left commuters seething with frustration and rage, prompting some of them to take to the social medi ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
... he entire city in white terror, under which Hongkongers will have to constantly live in fear. What I found truly disappointing is that the government didn’t bother to differentiate between the protest ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-26
... ce in the city in recent weeks, he said. Several victims and witnesses of the Yuen Long attacks showed up at the press conference on Wednesday, demanding an apology from pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
Like most locals, I never had any worries about personal safety nor hesitated to travel anywhere -- and at any time -- within Hong Kong as I firmly believed the city was one of the safest places in th ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
The Hong Kong SAR government said it can handle its own affairs and keep law and order after China said deploying its military to maintain public order in the city cannot be ruled out. Responding to a ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... rs in the city. Particularly, some young officials are said to be dismayed at what they perceive is a “state of anarchy” creeping into the city, and fearing that the troubles won't end anytime soon. A ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... with the city of Kota Bharu in northeast peninsular Malaysia. The agreement to resume work on the project had immediately boosted confidence in Malaysia among foreign investors, China’s ambassador to ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... veys, the city has deepened its financial markets over the last 11 years. A metropolis like Hong Kong can withstand some shocks. Our stock market, for example, has remained largely stable over the pas ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... anchester City in the China-ruled city. Before the game, a few protesters handed out fliers outside the stadium where Man City played local outfit Kitchee. “We must protest. We are many,” said one pro ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... s and the City of London. How will Johnson handle the negotiations? He is close to David Cameron and George Osborne, the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 2010 to 2016, before the B ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... o rid the city of bullies, bring peace to law-abiding citizens and restore law and order, as well as uphold the law in practice. We would not want to buy into the notion that the police deliberately l ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
On Sunday, July 21, hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers again joined a mass rally organized by the Civil Human Rights Front to express their discontent over the state of affairs in the city in the wa ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
One of the world’s largest book fairs drew to a close in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with mixed results for the participants as attendance fell due to traffic woes amid anti-government protests in the city. ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
... cy in the City of London but dropped out after a week. He then turned to journalism, but was sacked from the Times newspaper for making up quotes. Hired by the Daily Telegraph, Johnson infuriated Euro ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-24
