... ronmental Protection Department have indicated that the average daily disposal quantity of plastic bags in 2017 rebounded to 793 metric tons, just a bit shy of the 867 ton level recorded in 2008, a ye ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
Every time you think that the Chief Executive in Name Only (CENO) and her motley crew of waxworks can sink no lower, she triumphantly proves that the absolute depths have yet to be tested. While the f ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
... from the pro-establishment camp. Things may still change in this year's elections as the returning officers have yet to validate and confirm the eligibility of some of the nominees. These nominees in ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the fallout following a tweet from a Houston Rockets official who backed the Hong Kong democracy protests has already cost the league substantial financial losses in ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
Turkey, like much of the Middle East, is discovering that what goes around comes around. Not only because President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have miscalculated the fallout of what may prove to ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
On Wednesday, amid protests mounted by pan-democratic lawmakers inside the Legislative Council chamber, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was unable to deliver her annual Policy Address in pe ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-17
The leader of one of Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy groups remained in hospital in stable condition after he was attacked by hammer-wielding men near Mong Kok on Wednesday night. Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit ...More
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Protesters clashed with police in the Spanish region of Catalonia on Wednesday, with some setting cars ablaze on the third day of disturbances caused by convictions handed down to leaders of a failed ...More
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... liament approve the plan, Reuters reports. “The basic foundations of this agreement are ready and theoretically we could accept a deal tomorrow,” said European Council President Donald Tusk, who will ...More
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... kling and protests by pan-democrat lawmakers. "Owing to the current circumstances, the Chief Executive ... was not able to deliver the entire Policy Address at the Legislative Council today. To allow ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-16
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada’s government in ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-16
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday ruled out making any concessions to pro-democracy protesters in the face of escalating violence, which police said was now “life threatening” citi ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-15
LeBron James weighed in on the controversy between China and the NBA, saying that Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey “wasn’t educated” when he sent a tweet in support of protesters in Hong Ko ...More
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... of law as protected by Hong Kong’s Basic Law.” Currently, 16 senators and 25 House members from both parties have signed on as co-sponsors. The bill also directs the government to impose sanctions to ...More
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... overnment protests. The move is the government’s latest step to try to check the protests following Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s decision earlier this month to invoke colonial-era emergency measures t ...More
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... overnment protests. Lam, who has become Hong Kong’s most unpopular post-colonial leader, is under immense pressure to regain trust and quell unrest that has plunged the Asian financial center into its ...More
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... n able to procure materials from American firms. A recent report by Reuters showed that more than 130 applications for licenses to sell US goods to Huawei have yet to be granted. US tech manufacturer ...More
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With pro-establishment lawmaker Chan Kin-por re-elected as chairman of the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee on Monday, and elections for chairmanship and deputy chairmanship of the Legco’s Hous ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-15
It may not be the best time to launch an initial public offering in Hong Kong these days, but it surely is for political donations in this financial hub. Since June, when protests against the now-with ...More
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