... on of the city is concerned. Just like we have said over and over again, the only way for Lam to truly resolve the ongoing crisis is to answer the two consensus demands of the people: officially withd ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
... on in the city. Yang also reiterated Beijing's "resolute support" for Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, saying "those who will force her to step down will never get what they want", RTHK rep ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... ought the city to an unprecedented standstill, tens of thousands took part in rallies to put pressure on the government to respond to their demands, which include complete withdrawal of the extraditio ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... n. Kansas City Fed President Esther George said the central bank would like to see the two systems be interoperable, but it remained to be seen how quickly the two could directly exchange payments. In ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... cross the city. Acting Chief Superintendent Yolanda Yu Hoi-kwan of the Police Public Relations Branch (PPRB) told media that the 420 people who had been arrested as of Sunday included 374 men and 73 w ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... fall of a city and a nation is closely tied to governance. Hong Kong witnessed social unrest on many occasions in the past, with issues such as national security legislation, education-related plans a ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
Hong Kong is now in the midst of a political crisis of immense and unprecedented proportions. Unfortunately, all the city's leaders did over the past few week was pretend as if everything was fine and ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-06
... e Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on Monday afternoon. The government said in a statement issued on Sunday morning that the police “strongly condemned the radical protesters”, saying that resolute en ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... ay as the city faced major disruptions, with a general strike paralyzing parts of the Asian financial center. Alex Wang, Hong Kong-based analyst with Ample Finance Group, said worries over Hong Kong’s ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... nging the city to an unprecedented standstill. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor addressed the media for the first time in two weeks and warned again that the protests gripping the city are a ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
On the day a historic general strike is happening in Hong Kong, HSBC (00005.HK), one of the city's leading banks, announced the resignation of its chief executive, John Flint, only 18 months after he ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
Power has been restored in most parts of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, after the city of 10 million people went without electricity for more than nine hours due to technical issues, Reuters reports, c ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... re in the city. However, it is said that the administration has two major concerns about pressing ahead with the idea, and this could explain its inaction so far. One, the government is worried that e ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... ic border city of El Paso, where a gunman killed 20 people at a Walmart store before surrendering. Authorities in Texas said the rampage appeared to be a racially motivated hate crime and federal pros ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-05
... full capacity ... why need another one?,” one source said. Another person pointed out that the new factory would not go into production until early October, which makes it less appealing for buyers b ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-02
... ls in the city following the 1967 leftist riots. The move was aimed at allowing the young people to divert their energy and emotions to other things, and focus less on the irksome civic disturbances. ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
... tive publicity has come despite colossal spending. China has disbursed billions of dollars to project its soft power around the world. Xinhua, the state news agency, aims to open 200 bureaus by 2020 – ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
... ocked the city that the police didn’t use it again. Now, not only tear gas but also rubber bullets and sponge grenades are being used at virtually every protest. It’s like the police have become trigg ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
... nd Kansas City Fed President Esther George who argued for leaving rates unchanged. Rosengren and George have raised doubts about a rate cut in the face of the current expansion, an unemployment rate t ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
