Poor Carrie Lam fell down the stairs at her Government House Monday night. After receiving a treatment of her elbow fracture, she left the Queen Mary Hospital in a sling at around 9am, just minutes be ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-20
If you see the words “Southeast Asia” in connection with e-commerce, you probably think of Singapore’s savvy online shoppers or the Filipino e-commerce boom that’s making Manila one of the world’s dig ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-20
Scientific evidence can now link specific weather disasters to human-induced climate change. This connection should finally dispel the misconception that nature’s wrath alone is to blame for these di ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-20
... ice today at the earliest. “Considering that it will be the first time for retail investors to conduct cross-boundary investments, we will closely monitor the operation of the Cross-boundary WMC and s ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-19
No one can survive without food. And yet, the world’s food systems are badly in need of reform. To ensure universal access to adequate nutrition, as well as long-term environmental sustainability, we ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-19
The Trade Development Council (TDC) recently published a series of articles on local startups, examining their challenges, opportunities and ecosystem. The informative articles make me wonder why star ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-19
... cs, international relations, and, indeed, our average l ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年10月19日
If the testimony of whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, before a US Senate subcommittee told us anything, it was that tech companies cannot be relied upon to regulate thems ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
... e labor that enables those workers to be fed, cared for as children, and supported when sick is nearly invisible in official data. The reason is simple: much of the work in the care economy is not fin ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
We’re in the midst of arguably one of the worst pandemics in our lifetimes. Not only has COVID-19 left an indelible mark on global politics, international relations, and, indeed, our average lifespans ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
... ss Day. That we opt to "remember" or – dare I say – rit ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年10月16日
Among the many misleading beliefs about climate change, one in particular has too often gone unchallenged. This is the idea that temperature increases will negatively affect only warmer regions, while ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-15
Last month, I lamented that the leaders of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) seem incapable of agreeing on coordinated policies that would benefit their own economie ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-15
A climate-resilient future requires public finance. But strong, long-term strategies for financing climate action have, so far, received little attention. One often-overlooked route to meeting this ne ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-15
Misfortune never comes singly. We had two rare typhoons soon after entering the final quarter of the year. What made it special this time for Kompasu, currently at No.8 at the time of writing, was the ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-13
October 10, 2021 was World Mental Health Awareness Day. That we opt to “remember” or – dare I say – ritualise – our understanding and attention paid to mental health awareness is a welcome first step. ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-13
The European Union’s post-pandemic recovery plan represents a historic opportunity – as well as a major risk. After intense negotiations, the EU agreed to issue joint debt – for the first time ever – ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-13
