... 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
... increase beyond a certain point. The government collected a paltry 260 million euros in 2013 and 160 million euros in 2014 from the supertax, which affected merely 1,000 employees in 470 companies, d ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... have gone beyond the limits of official measurement scales on several occasions in recent years. Independent studies have found China faces major health problems from air pollution, with more than one ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
A couple of media reports are shining a spotlight on Tencent's (00700.HK) WeChat, and some of the new steps it is taking to monetize the hugely popular service that is rapidly expanding beyond its roo ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... ave to go beyond words and take action. One deeply significant action that he can take is to announce that he and members of his cabinet will no longer visit the Yasukuni Shrine. He can do this by est ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... ir sights beyond Hong Kong, Fischer said, citing a recent survey of about 400 mid-class experienced mainland tourists. "Chinese travelers are much more adventurous than the Japanese," the CLSA analyst ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... ents work beyond their contracted number of work hours for a median of five hours and up to a maximum of 10. More than 70 percent put in extra hours without pay. Some worry that their income could dro ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... 2015 and beyond are better than they look to the pessimists. There are rising profits, reasonable investment prospects for businesses, a large backlog on infrastructure spending almost everywhere in ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... dimension beyond any that I have previously encountered. In Lebanon – a small country beset by its own internal difficulties – Syrians now make up more than a quarter of the population. There, as well ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
