The government has meted out punishments to four contractors responsible for the shoddy-work scandals that have rocked the HK$87.3 billion MTR Shatin-Central Link (SCL) project. The Development Bureau ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-09
... Shatin-to-Central Link, the Legco's railways subcommittee has got a lot of media exposure in recent months. Tien, in his capacity as chairman of the subcommittee, has seen a surge in popularity among ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-09
... after the central bank stopped publishing such information nearly three years ago as the economy began unraveling. The International Monetary Fund estimates consumer prices would rise 1,000,000 percen ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-09
... , several central banks across emerging markets are taking a more proactive stance – even though inflation expectations remain well anchored – as they look to protect their economies from negative inv ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
... urity and Central Intelligence Agency, according to the report. The tiny chip is said to enable Chinese hackers to steal commercial, political and military secrets from American companies and governme ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
... edoms are central to its way of life, and must be fully respected”. The American consulate-general in Hong Kong said the visa denial “mirrors problems faced by international journalists in the Mainlan ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
... edoms are central to its way of life, and must be fully respected,” the statement said, calling on the Hong Kong government to provide “an urgent explanation” on the matter. A spokesman for the US Con ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
... s there a central information platform to integrate all these reports and fragmented data in real-time, including the latest updates on bus, ferry and MTR services, and mark all these occurrences on a ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
... ame time, central banks generally seek to maintain a certain level of inflation to keep their economies growing; recently, 2 percent per year has been their target rate. Yet in the post-financial-cris ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
China’s central bank announced a steep cut in the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves, stepping up moves to lower financing costs and spur growth amid an escalating trade dispute with the U ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-08
... ha Tin to Central rail link on the grounds that everyone else was to blame. This might just have worked had it not been revealed that the board he leads knowingly misled the public about what was goin ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-05
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the de facto central bank, has recently unveiled the Faster Payment System (FPS). The system, operated by Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited, allows instant ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-05
Concrete slabs used in building underground platforms at the MTR Shatin-Central Link (SCL) may be smashed open to allow the inspection of their construction and allay public fears over the safety of t ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-05
... clear in Central and Eastern Europe, where the region’s mini-Trumps are presiding over their own bogs of corruption. In Poland, the de facto leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party’s government, Ja ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-05
It is said that asset prices reflect the current status of money supply. Is the global money supply increasing or decreasing? The balance sheet of central banks serves as the monetary base. Through th ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-04
... “Old Town Central” last year. This year, it launched the “living museum” promotion in Sham Shui Po, which helps visitors locate stores that sell high-quality yet affordable clothing and restaurants th ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-04
... time, the central bank lowered the discount rate from 11.5 percent to 7.25 percent. This triggered inflation, which Rousseff aggravated by cutting sales taxes and lowering prices on food, gasoline, an ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-03
... and other Central European populists may decide to pursue more aggressive options. If populism had an avatar, it would be the immortal cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, who, in his futile pursuit of t ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-03
