... ed to the government's intransigence over the extradition bill. Whereas government obduracy – some would argue stupidity – may have been the final straw, it is equally likely that such desperate acts ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-16
Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school, and saved millions of li ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-16
With Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor admitting that her extradition bill plan was a "total failure" and that the bill is "dead", it should go some way in putting the controversy to rest. We ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
A few months ago I was invited to Saudi Arabia, where the government is hoping to learn more about the successful implementation of the "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong. Saudi leaders are keen ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
... long-term goals for your company’s growth, and finding the right advisors and partners to support your business, to name a few. It’s great to have a game-changing idea in the works, but it’s important ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
Before going into an Executive Council meeting on Tuesday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met with the press and utilized the opportunity to assure that the extradition bill is "dead”. The ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
After avoiding the spotlight for a week, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor appeared before the media on Tuesday before heading into an Executive Council meeting. During the interaction, Lam t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
... tle would go extinct. Reuters – Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
Facebook’s plan to build a digital currency called Libra “cannot go forward” until serious concerns are addressed, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. "Libra raises many serio ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
... summit. A government official told Reuters at the time that was more a psychological issue as she tried desperately to avoid a repeat. After her Japan trip, Merkel went straight into three days of tor ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
... uld often go to any lengths to distort the facts to serve their own agenda. Perhaps we will have to come to terms with the fact that today our society is no longer hunky-dory like it used to be. It ha ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-10
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has proclaimed that the extradition bill is "dead", but pro-democracy legislators and activists say her words are not enough. Speaking to media before attend ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-10
... f the SAR government and the central authorities that are seen as eroding Hong Kong autonomy and the freedoms guaranteed under the "one country, two systems" principle. Protesters say these media outl ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-10
June was the cruelest month for embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor as her extradition bill drew both local and international denunciation, but July is not likely to bring solace to h ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-10
... eng Yuet-ngor said the bill, which would allow people to be extradited to mainland China for trial, was “dead”. In the same remarks, she acknowledged that there were entrenched social problems in Hong ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-10
... lactic to go public sooner, compared with a traditional initial public offering, which the company might have considered in six to nine months following its first commercial flight, the source said. T ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-10
... said the government failed to do a good job of explaining the bill to the public and refuting the claims of the opposition camp. The remarks came after Tien, one of the honorary chairpersons of the L ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-09
As the government continues to battle the extradition bill crisis, one of the city’s major political parties is witnessing some infighting among its ranks in relation to the stance to be taken against ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-09
... given the go-ahead for 25 companies to list on Shanghai’s technology and innovation board, the STAR Market, and the first batch of companies will start trading on July 22. Four tech board companies ha ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-09
