... 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
... sage goes beyond simply congratulating CY Leung for a wonderful speech and could affect the future of Hong Kong. Tung asserted that Beijing has the power to introduce mainland laws into the territory, ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... interests beyond resources, an area where it spent heavily during the global commodities boom through the early 2010s. The deal will take place in two stages, with Itochu and CP Group agreeing to buy ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... ngers way beyond the normal fare. Referred to as “black taxis” by the locals, drivers of these vehicles try every trick in the book to get their passengers, especially tourists and tipsy pubgoers, to ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... gin loans beyond their contractual limit. It also raised the minimum assets for a client to open a margin trading account to 500,000 yuan from 300,000 yuan. Meanwhile, the banking regulator issued dra ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... e this is beyond the ability of just one or two people but requires a sophisticated organization, he said. Choy cited the Fukienese Association as an example, saying the group, formed by people origin ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... planation beyond the insanity of their perpetrators. Yet, in most cases, terrorism is not rooted in insanity. It is more often an act of war, albeit war by the weak rather than by organized states and ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
The Hong Kong government acted beyond its legal powers when it suspended classes at the onset of the recent Occupy protests, an activist website says. Classes in all schools in Wanchai and Central and ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... is simply beyond prediction. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Jan 9. Translation by Alan Lee -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... al reform beyond the restrictive framework laid down by Beijing for the 2017 election. Civic Party lawmaker Ronny Tong Ka-wah said he was “shocked” to hear about Ho’s plan and was unaware of it despit ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... our years beyond the designated retirement age of 60. Fung, who joined the bank in 1996, will pursue "opportunities outside the group", Bloomberg News reported, citing an internal HSBC memo. – Contact ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... ld extend beyond increased climate resilience. Accelerating harvests would mean higher, more reliable production with less labor – a formula for stronger, more stable livelihoods. Policymakers should ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... n that is beyond dollars and cents. Francis Lui, director of the Center for Economic Development at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, started the debate when he asserted, in a commen ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
