... e return. Beyond retail savers, banks that are holding cash in excess of required reserves have no choice but to accept the negative interest rates that central banks impose; indeed, they could not ho ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... tentment” beyond society's preoccupation with economic advancement. Hongkongers can feel the difference between Tsang's budget speech Wednesday and Leung's policy address last month. The overall impre ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... el Scheme beyond the 49 mainland cities where it is currently implemented, and instead consider ways to tighten arrivals. The matter will be discussed in next month's meeting of the National People's ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... ehind and beyond material fulfillment, the people of this city, our younger generations in particular, are hungering for spiritual contentment. This is what a mature society should manifest, and this ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... measures beyond verbal criticisms must be taken against those who support Hong Kong independence, or else those people would “go out of hand”. He also branded the editors of Undergrad as ignorant you ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... s to look beyond mainlanders and attract more visitors from other countries if the tourism sector is to thrive in the years ahead. The city should be promoted as a cultural destination rather than as ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
Ukraine said pro-Russian separatists could be moving in from beyond the front line after an explosion killed two people at a memorial rally in an eastern city. Four people were arrested after the blas ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... 2020 and beyond”. That was the English translation of her speech. The Cantonese version was no less articulate, with notable improvements on her previous speeches in tone and pronunciation. Interesti ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... ain sugar beyond the daily intake limit set by the World Health Organization, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Tuesday. One of the samples, made by Saint Honore Cake Shop, was found to have a s ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... ed moves. Beyond cutting interest rates, Switzerland suddenly abandoned its policy of partly pegging the franc’s value to that of the euro. A few days later, Singapore unexpectedly altered its exchang ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... has gone beyond so-called starter homes into pricey flats in downtown areas. Purchases have been mostly for starter homes and new homes since the end of the Asian financial crisis. Last year, contrac ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... e project beyond saying it was centered on e-commerce and would launch in April. Lenovo's PR has now informed me the platform will simply use its Chinese name, ShenQi, as its official English title, s ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... liferated beyond smartphones and include cameras attached to pens, watches and shoe tips. Upskirt cases accounted for most of the 146 indecent assaults reported on the MTR system last year, which was ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... s are way beyond the means of average Hongkongers. Homebuyers who depend on a mortgage are destined to be enslaved by their property for the rest of their lives, as they will have to use most of their ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... generous, beyond all measure,'' German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said last week. He saw no justification for relaxing them further. "All the cards are being held by members of the eurozone," ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... id it was beyond everyone’s comprehension why an important and exclusive story was not picked as the newspaper's headline story for the Monday edition as agreed by senior editors during their editoria ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... nsumption beyond normal levels, and some landlords demanded a higher down payment from prospective tenants. However, Yau seems to have overlooked the simple fact that such unfair practices have become ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... extended beyond the laboratory. Some foreign governments have tried to incorporate open innovation and crowd-sourcing into public administration. For instance, Challenge.gov of the US, which calls fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... e to look beyond Silicon Valley as the top vehicle to realize their dreams, he said. Translation by Vey Wong – Contact us at [email protected] VW/JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... e looking beyond the upcoming elections in assessing the political prospects of Lee. Many are betting that she could be the dark horse for the 2017 chief executive election. Given her professional ba ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
