... while the central government is able to diagnose the economic problems precisely, it is avoiding cure. Amid the grim economic outlook, mainland authorities are resorting to two extreme measures to min ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
... da of the central authorities. Some members of the pro-Beijing camp also said they had never heard of the suggestion. Nor did they think criminalizing separatist rhetoric in Hong Kong is feasible beca ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
Leighton Contractors (Asia), the entity responsible for building the underground platforms at Hung Hom Station for MTR Corporation's HK$97.1 billion Shatin-Central Link (SCL) rail project, should have ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
... au in the Central Waters, North Lantau as well as the coastal areas of Tuen Mun, and will be supported by a new set of transport networks connecting various development areas. She expects these areas ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
... European Central Bank has been the only buyer of Italian bonds for months. You have to look at 20 or 30-year maturities in the eurozone to find sovereign bonds yielding more than inflation expectatio ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
... rters the central bank is going too fast in raising rates when inflation is minimal and government data points to a strong economy. “Well, I like to see low interest rates. The Fed is doing what it th ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-10
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
