Former pro-democracy lawmaker Lau Siu-lai announced that she has decided to run in the Legislative Council by-election scheduled for Nov. 25, aiming to reclaim the seat she lost after she was disquali ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-21
... even its proportionate share of the US' US$600 billion deficit would be US$90 billion – well over the US$20 billion threshold. Yes, the bilateral deficit is much higher than even that level; but that ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-21
... te of the pro-democracy camp, is barred by the government from running again and the pan-democrats send Lee Cheuk-yan as “Plan B” candidate, he will consider joining the race. He said he believes he s ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-20
... ing, many prominent speakers voiced their concerns, making their unhappiness clear about the current economic policies. Ce50, a club co-founded by President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser Liu He i ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-20
... angkhut approached, forewarning the people extensively of the enormous dangers that lay ahead and urging them to be prepared for all eventualities. As the super typhoon claimed many lives in the Phili ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-19
... in common provides powerful insights into what that formula might be. From a policy perspective, all 18 of the economies on our list have pursued pro-growth policies that encouraged a virtuous cycle o ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-19
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has come under fire from both the opposition and the pro-establishment camp for not declaring an extra day off for workers on Monday in the wake of the wides ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-18
A universal basic income (UBI) would be both regressive and prohibitively expensive. Yet the idea continues to attract a motley crew of tech and labor leaders, libertarians, and progressives, who fear ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-18
... n. He was promoted to the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner and appointed as Director of Operations in 2017. According to the sources, he is likely to take over from Lo, who joined the force in 19 ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-14
... ng better protect American intellectual property, cut its US trade surplus, allow US companies greater access to its markets and roll back its high-technology industrial subsidy programs. The business ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-12
... that her pro-Beijing background has “gone off” after joining a social enterprise. It is also said that amid such speculations about Chan's plans, the board of directors of Sounds Great decided that i ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-12
... ue of its pro-independence drive in the past. As one of the provinces and territories of Canada, Quebec had been a French colony known as the “New France” before it was eventually incorporated into Br ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-11
... p and the process has been smooth, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Lau, the founder of Democracy Groundwork, said Fung had supported her plan to run in the by-election, although he now appears ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-07
... an of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party took over as Taiwan's president in the year 2000, Chang Liang-jen was made to wait for months before he was granted a visa that would allow him ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-07
... aders for promoting independence at university inauguration ceremonies for incoming freshmen, saying this violates the Basic Law and the “one country, two systems” principle. Their messages about inde ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-05
... a tender process, and mainland entities in Hong Kong will be responsible for costs of the services once they accept and confirm the tender result and the price. It is believed that bidding has ended ...More
EJ Insight2018-09-04
