... nation of city leader Carrie Lam, an independent inquiry into the police’s handling of the crisis and the unconditional release of all those arrested. Some of the activists are due to appear in court ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
... ous small city commercial banks risk having outsized significance because of their close ties to the rest of the banking system as well as with bigger shareholders, many of whom are giant companies. - ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-31
... our home city". Speaking to media last Friday, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said the way the police force handled the incident at the Yuen Long MTR Station on July 21 “fell short of peopl ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
... think the city is in chaos – all because of the images of gore and destruction they are fed regularly by the press. (Some say they will feel a lot better if they don't read Apple Daily or Facebook.) T ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-30
... ge of the city said on Monday, amid the political crisis gripping Hong Kong. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), in its first-ever news conference since the 1997 handover, also called on H ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... ck to our city to serve their sentences. The proposed arrangement has been shelved out of concerns that it could once again touch a nerve in society, according to the talk. Back at the end of May and ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... New York City in the United States and Barcelona in Spain – also provide examples on how to improve social inclusiveness by organizing competitions to encourage innovative, cost-effective and easy-to ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... g an RTHK City Forum event. He faces charges of organizing an unauthorized assembly. According to Michael Mo Kwan-tai, a co-organizer of the Yuen Long rally, police first took Chung to the Happy Valle ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
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
