Climate change has long been a topic of global concern. Hong Kong strives to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, a common goal shared with other places to reduce carbon emissions. In the next 15 to 20 ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-19
... ly launch by the end of 2022. The project marks an extension of HKMA’s role from overseeing the secure movement of funds in the clearing and settlement systems to ensuring the secure movement of data, ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-19
... acerbated by global warming already had been raging for years across much of southern Africa. It seems as though world leaders are finally ready to take meaningful action, but there’s a critical group ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-19
... lindsided by COVID-19. Respiratory diseases have long been the leading infectious cause of death globally. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 2.5 million adults and children died from pneumo ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-19
... uld do so by protecting the Earth’s land and oceans, the source of all life. Specifically, governments, businesses, communities, and individuals should commit to conserving at least 30% of the planet’ ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-18
During the COP26 Climate Change conference, participants were pleasantly surprised by a “shock agreement” between US and China to take joint-action to combat climate change. Similarly, during the rece ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-18
... estrained by several factors. “The fact that the U.S, China, India and Russia are nuclear power forces the governments of these countries to think twice before engaging in direct military conflict. Pa ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-18
... estrained by several factors. "The fact that the U.S, C ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2021年11月18日
... on a case-by-case basis. Under the present arrangement, Hong Kong does not provide quarantine-free arrangement to visitors based on compassionate reasons. It is not under the 36 categories of exemptio ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-17
Shifts in consumer behavior used to evolve over decades, often from generation to generation. Today, they change dynamically, driven by macro level events like the pandemic and disruptive new technolo ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-17
... attacked by his political opponents as “Manchurian candidate” and “Beijing’s running dog”. The conversation left a mark in my mind. In the next ten years, it popped up whenever people discussed soft ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-17
... urrounded by a group of virulent, acrimonious protester ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年11月17日
... forecasts by many eminent economists, the EU Economic and Monetary Union survived the euro debt crisis and is still going strong, thanks to the European Stability Mechanism. The Juncker Plan helped pu ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-16
I could vividly recall that day, when a Mandarin-speaking banker was encircled and surrounded by a group of virulent, acrimonious protesters (or pedestrians?) in Central. That was an otherwise rather ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-16
... h century by making themselves useful to nation-states, training members of the civil service, and improving technology through basic research. Later, they became a forum for global collaboration, fin ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-16
... y, though by no means unforeseeably, spewed the radical ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年11月16日
... y, though by no means unforeseeably, spewed the radical inequalities that have come to characterise this city that we inhabit. A home – in name – to 7.4 million people; yet it sure doesn’t feel that w ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-15
... history. By Q2 2020, China was coming out of lockdown and recovering at the same moment as the U.S. economy was just starting to be severely impacted by COVID. CNH rebounded sharply versus USD during ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-15
The Geospatial Lab (GeoLab) under the Development Bureau was officially opened in July this year. Located at Millennium City I in Kwun Tong, GeoLab is operated by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, occu ...More
EJ Insight2021-11-15