According to the first world report on vision issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment or blindness globally, which forms a huge fina ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-10
A little more than a month ago, Hong Kong faced a major political crisis. Hours after the Court of Final Appeal rejected the government’s latest attempt to block former newspaper magnate Jimmy Lai – n ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-10
Speaking in Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently evoked the horrors of World War II to justify his invasion of Ukraine. “Again and again, we have to repel ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-10
... compared to other regions’ performance. Despite this, their infrastructure such as housing, public security, education, and medical care cannot keep up with the economic improvements. From my encount ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
Mainland Chinese are again able to enjoy life to the full following December’s sea change in government policy towards COVID-19. This market’s spend on premium brands is expected to be back with venge ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
As we embark on a new year, I have been reflecting on “resolutions,” and more specifically, what it takes for an individual or a society to be resolute in a world of endless challenges and obstacles. ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
Hong Kong has been stunned by the suicide in London of a talented graduate who emigrated to the UK in April last year with a BNO passport and worked in a charity. A coroner’s court in late January rul ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-09
... emigrated to the UK in April last year with a BNO passp ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2023年02月09日
Is Hong Kong back on track after a month of reopening? Yes, spring returns, and things are looking better. There are more people asking for street directions in Putonghua but they are not lining up ou ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
The US Federal Reserve is being dangerously complacent about climate change. While it understandably does not want to take the lead on an issue that remains so politically polarizing in the United Sta ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
... cast in October 2022. If anything, a stronger global economy should benefit the UK, too. Discussions about the UK’s never-ending gloom tend to ignore two trends that may be suggestive of a pleasant su ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-08
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally. When the virus was at its peak, many low- and middle-income countries struggled to save lives whil ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-07
The protracted war between Russia and Ukraine has led to a surge in global energy prices. Hong Kong’s two power firms have increased the tariffs by around 5 and 6 per cent starting this year, citing t ...More
EJ Insight2023-02-07
