Hong Kong is suffering a chronic attack of carriea lamiensis (CL), a virulent disease for which there appears to be neither cure nor treatment. The first signs of the disease began to manifest themsel ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... ng stopped. Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive in Name Only (CENO), has achieved the almost impossible feat of transforming her low credibility ratings to somewhere below zero. Do I exaggerate? Only slig ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... rs reports. The US-listed casino operator said it would not go ahead with the second tranche of a planned purchase of about 20 percent of Crown from casino mogul James Packer for a total of A$1.76 bil ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-07
... this week. Taiwan is not a WHO member because of objections from China, which claims the democratically ruled island as part of its territory. On Tuesday, the WHO corrected the number of cases report ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
In the last two decades, the global economy experienced major transformations. Below are some of the top stories from the start of the 21st century – and what investors can learn from them: 1. Central ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. said the coronavirus outbreak in China poses a potential threat to the mobile phone industry, with a possible impact on manufacturing and sales, Reuters reports. Chief financia ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
As I board the taxi at Bangkok airport with my Hong Kong taitai, the Thai driver says in perfect Mandarin: “你們要不要去出名的水產市場？我帶你們." ("Would you like to go to the famous fish market? I can take you.”) The ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
... n take you.") The next day we visit the large Kinokuniy ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2020年02月06日
Hong Kong-based remittance startup Bitspark is closing operations next month, six years after its launch.Under its set-up, customer funds are converted into cryptocurrencies before they are transferre ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in central China's Wuhan, investors have been looking for theme stocks that could benefit from the crisis. Stocks of companies that make or distribute masks ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
We normally obey orders from our superiors because we assume they know better, that they have a wider perspective of any given situation, compared to the limited view that we have from our position. B ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
Unicorns are rare. American research firm CB Insights tracked more than 1,100 technology startups which raised their first seed funds from 2008 to 2010, and found that less than half could secure a se ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
... strictions. So what happens if people continue to stay at home for fear of catching or spreading the disease? Many companies in China and Hong Kong have allowed their staff to work from home – through ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
With the Legislative Council elections less than eight months away, parties across the local political spectrum have already begun to look for potential candidates from within their ranks. As for the ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
... ital staff. It marks the second death of a novel coronavirus patient outside mainland China. The first death outside of China was reported on Sunday - a 44-year-old Chinese man who died in the Philipp ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to finalize its designation of the China tech giant as a risk to US national security, calling the effort “unlawful a ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-04
A week after it decided not to declare the coronavirus epidemic in China a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization’s emergency committee met again on Jan. 30 an ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... o the same. Unfortunately, much to their disappointment, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor rejected outright the idea of completely closing the border with the mainland and denying entry to m ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
