Lorraine Lam waits in line for two hours at a luxury Hong Kong mall to buy the same Nutella spread that grocery stores sell for much less. She does it for a friend, so she can get her name on the labe ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. (00004.HK) has submitted another application for a fare increase on its Star Ferry service, after its rate hike bid towards the end of last year remained unanswered. The Star Fer ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
Better than expected US employment data has boosted market appetite for risky assets such as equities which benefit the Hong Kong market. Also, the Brexit vote prompted some global funds to pare their ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-09
Hong Kong has benefited from capital inflow driven by global investors seeking better yields. This is helped by attractive valuations and the Hong Kong dollar's peg to the US dollar. Major central ba ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
Wharf Holdings Ltd. (00004.HK) expects the growth prospects for Hong Kong's retail sector to remain subdued for the next two to three years, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. The conglomerate, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
Tycoon Li Ka-shing is willing to pay top dollar for the right talent -- and it's not just for the traditional management types. The billionaire's group flagship CK Property (01113.HK) is offering a se ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
When Hong Kong Island was made a crown colony in 1842 with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War, Shanghai also got a special mention in the document as one of the four new "t ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
High-end American fashion and handbag label Marc Jacobs apparently closed its flagship store at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui after the week-long National Day holiday, the Hong Kong Economic Journal r ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
Hong Kong Sea School (HKSS) has been a cradle of seafarers in the city since the end of World War II. Founded in 1946 by lawyer Brook Antony Bernacchi and other social elites, the Stanley school provi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
New World Development Co. (00017.HK) is slashing rents for some tenants at its shopping malls, a move aimed at helping retailers that are facing difficulties due to a sales slowdown. The reduction in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
There is perhaps no better way to garner support for universal suffrage than to play up the prospect of a second term for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. While universal suffrage 2.0 and CY Leung 2.0 ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
Immeasurable losses! Endless internal friction! An end to the stock market rally! All that could be the outcome if Hong Kong's political reform bill fails to get passed in the legislature later this m ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
What is Henry Tang up to? The former chief secretary, who lost out to Leung Chun-ying in the 2012 chief executive election, made a big splash Wednesday by launching a new organization that aims to "se ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
What a powerful rally in the Hong Kong stock market! When investors came back from their extended holiday, they must have regretted not spending more because they found themselves at least 10 percent ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. (00004.HK) expects operating conditions to remain challenging this year, with the conglomerate particularly concerned about a slowdown in the retail industry in Hong Kong and ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. (00004.HK) has directly benefited from Hong Kong's retail boom in recent years. Take its flagship Times Square in Causeway Bay. It continues to draw strong traffic despite the pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
