... e gaps between potential and actual GDP. The opposing narrative is an optimistic risk-on scenario emphasising the gargantuan fiscal and monetary stimulus in response to the pandemic, as well as the on ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-31
The Canadian dollar (CAD) has made strong gains on the back of surging commodity prices. Year-to-date, the currency has gained around 5% against the US dollar and 6% in trade weighted terms. While rei ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-31
... small. If we look at the so-called “mosquito-sized” sites that can only build less than 100 units, there were 10 percent of those in 2015/16, but the proportion surged to 40 per cent in 2021/22, the h ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-28
Unlike the United States, Europe, and other early industrializers whose carbon dioxide emissions have largely already peaked, most other countries were not concerned about climate change until recentl ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
... rise are well known: three decades of double-digit GDP growth; some 700 million people lifted out of poverty; an infrastructure boom; the emergence of innovative tech giants; and a comprehensive blue ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
... reme in lower-income countries. Egypt, for example, has 13 times as many excess deaths as the number officially attributed to COVID-19. For richer OECD countries, the overall undercount is smaller, at ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-27
... ng gap between the rich and the poor, but also the abso ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年05月26日
... ng gap between the rich and the poor, but also the absolute stagnation when it comes to disadvantaged families seeking to break free of the poverty cycle. Inequity in access to education – specificall ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-25
“If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it” said Shakespeare’s Count Orsino in Twelfth Night. Sadly, the Hong Kong government is tone deaf. The music of which Shakespeare wrote was l ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-25
It has been more than six months since the Chief Executive’s Policy Address, when Hong Kong’s first policies on Arts Tech were verbally spelt out by Carrie Lam herself. Earlier this month (May 10 ), t ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-25
A few weeks ago, the Democratic Party established – a h ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年05月25日
... gement, power system, transportation, environment, weather and other small systems into a cohesive national digital twin (NDT) for making better-informed decisions. The whole plan has far-reaching imp ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-24
A few weeks ago, the Democratic Party established – a historic first – a committee that is designated as facilitating the party’s understanding of Hong Kong’s relationship with the Mainland. This is a ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-24
港府致力推動年輕人在粵港澳大灣區創業，早前公布「青創同行WE Venture」，其中的「粵港澳大灣區青年創業資 ...全文
今日信報財經新聞StartupBeat 創科鬥室2021年05月24日
... Society, we hear accounts almost daily from friends and colleagues who have lost their relatives. According to one member of our Asia 21 Young Leaders network, “An uncle passed away last evening. Ano ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-21
... 為「What do we know about housing supply? The case of Hon ...全文
Climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing challenges of our time, so all responsible political leaders must offer long-term policies for confronting them effectively. We need clear st ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-20
China’s bond market is now the world’s second largest after the US. While the impressive growth of China’s offshore bond market is well-noted, it is the spectacular rise of its onshore bond market tha ...More
EJ Insight2021-05-20
