Albert Chen, a legal scholar and Basic Law Committee member, asked the government to punish members of the police force who violate the law after a video clip surfaced showing a group of police office ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
A group of policemen apparently beat up a protester in the wee hours of Wednesday as scuffles broke out after pro-democracy demonstrators occupied a road near the government headquarters in Hong Kong' ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
Clashes have broken out in Admiralty after a group of masked men rushed barricades set up by protesters, Apple Daily reported Monday. The violence occurred at about 1:30 p.m. when about 200 knife-wiel ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
Beijing knew about a HK$50 million (US$6.44 million) payment to Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying from an Australian company and thought nothing of it, am730 reported Monday, citing Liaison Of ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is being accused of evading questions from the wider media after doing an exclusive interview with a television broadcaster in which he discussed the student ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said he never thought of quitting his job and there is no chance the demands of pro-democracy protesters would be met, Ming Pao Daily reported Monday. The pro ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
Good or bad, depending on which side you’re on, the democracy protests in Hong Kong this past week have been great copy for the news media. They gave headline writers a smart new teaser (“Umbrella Rev ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
After suffering a series of setbacks, Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV) (01137.HK) will finally start airing free television programs with an over-the-top platform next month. By mid-November, ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
The Hong Kong government has canceled the fireworks show in Victoria Harbor to mark National Day on Wednesday in view of the ongoing civil disobedience campaign, TVB reported. “Considering the current ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-29
Is Asia Television (ATV), the smaller of Hong Kong's free-to-air TV broadcasters, poised for an ownership change? And if so, who is the buyer and what is prompting the interest? Well, rumors regardin ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
An increasing number of business leaders in Hong Kong and the mainland are falling in love with the sport of long-distance running. That's not so surprising because aside from being a straightforward ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK), one of Hong Kong's free-to-air television broadcasters, is eliminating 50 jobs amid weak advertising revenue, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Wednes ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
When I first stayed in a house in Guangzhou in the 1980s, I found that TVB was switched on all the time. I asked the family whether they ever watched state television channels in Mandarin. The reply w ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
It's one thing for local media to criticize the results of this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant, but should a state-owned media's online unit join in throwing brickbats at a purely local affair? No soon ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
Fifty percent nomination support, four sectors, three or two candidates, one framework. Hong Kong's media have a field day reporting on Beijing's universal suffrage framework. A scan of the local pape ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Li Fei, deputy secretary-general of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, faced protests as he participated in a forum in Hong Kong Monday to discuss Beijing's decision on electoral ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Most Hong Kong people believe Asia Television (ATV) has completed its "historical duty" as a free TV broadcaster and should make way for other players to bring in investment and innovation to rejuvena ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the Executive Council will have the final say on Asia Television Ltd.'s (ATV) broadcast license renewal. This is despite the Office of the Communications Authority ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are demanding a 12 percent increase in their basic salary, saying they can't keep up with the rising cost of living. Also, they are asking for a 74 percent increa ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
Hong Kong residents were ranked seventh in a happiness survey conducted among people in the 18-40 age group in ten countries and cities in Asia Pacific region, TVB News reported Sunday, citing a study ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
