ASML Holding NV, one of the biggest producers of chipmaking equipment, agreed to buy Taiwan-based Hermes Microvision Inc. for about NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion) to add technology for creating small ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Stanley Lau Chin-ho (劉展灝), one of Hong Kong's prominent businessmen, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 66. Lau, an employer representative on the Labour Advisory Board, atten ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-13
The government has admitted that an inquiry commission set up last year to look into the issue of contaminated water at public housing estates has flagged several concerns, but said there is no need t ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
Competition among restaurants and bars in Hong Kong is always keen. So it's not unusual to see old ventures winding up while new ones emerge. Still, whenever a noted restaurant announces that it is d ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
Burglars broke into a luxury home along Shek O Headland Road on Thursday morning, carting away expensive watches and other valuables. The compound, known in the area as "the secret village of the rich ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
Some investors are happy if they can get a 10 percent gain. Some won’t be satisfied unless they can double their money. Fund managers tend to slow down after achieving their annual return goal in a qu ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-20
Po Toi Island (蒲台島), often referred to as the 'South Pole of Hong Kong', features many interesting rock formations, thanks to the weathered granite there. There are also quite a few other sightseeing ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
It has all the twists of a popular soap opera. The good thing is the story is virtually writing itself – and only God knows what the ending will be. We are talking about Wilson Fung Wing-yip, a relati ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-11
The Oscar-nominated movie The Big Short reminds me of the dark days in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers applied for bankruptcy protection. I was then dealing with US asset-backed securities (ABS) a ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
The third-generation owners of Yuen's Mansion, a castle-style residential site on Lantau Island, hope the government will increase its subsidies for work to revitalize the abandoned buildings on it. Y ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
Oh well, there's always next time. Life goes on for the rest of us but it will never be the same for the five lucky winners of Tuesday's record HK$136 million (US$17.5 million) jackpot. Millions of dr ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
Five punters shared the HK$100 million super Mark Six jackpot in Tuesday night's draw, with each winning around HK$27 million. The total turnover of the mega lottery marking Mark Six's 40th anniversar ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
More prime store sites on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui are being left vacant amid a lackluster retail outlook that is expected to further weigh on occupancy rates, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
All roads lead to betting shops with thousands of players hoping to land the big prize in the 40th anniversary draw of the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery on Tuesday. Up for grabs is a HK$100 million (US$1 ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
A High Court judge has turned down an appeal by a mainlander who had been convicted of injuring a Hongkonger in a spat at Ocean Park two-and-a-half years ago. Turning down the appeal, Judge Stanley Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-12
Some big US hedge funds, including Hayman Capital Management and PointState Capital, are stacking up bearish bets against China's currency, the renminbi, the Wall Street Journal reported. Hayman Capit ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
One’s achievement should not be evaluated by him/herself but by others. Influential people may worry about losing their authority, but the irony is, those who are most respected are humble people who ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
Global stock markets have been disappointing since the start of the year. Morgan Stanley expects the Hang Seng Index to reach a low of 16,500 points, and the H-share index to hit a trough of 7,300 poi ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-16
Food must be so scarce in the mountains that wild boars are foraging close to home. In fact, they are casing hotels in search of something to eat, according to Headline Daily. On Wednesday, a three-fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
Few musicians or bands can rival the Beatles, the best-selling band in entertainment history. Even today, there is no mistaking how influential their music has been on a global scale and how much the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
