According to official data, the average life expectancy of women in Hong Kong in 2016 was 87.3 years and that of men was 81.2 years, putting the place at the top of life expectancy rankings in the wor ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
The closure of Lee Yuen Congee Noodles in Causeway Bay was a nightmare for congee lovers like me. Where am I supposed to go when I crave rice porridge? The place was where I had my very first bowl of ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... FC, Hysan Place and Festival Walk and at the biggest phone exchange in Sin Tat Plaza, people were trying to trade the phones at a hefty profit. But the trading price was no more than a HK$1,000 or 10 ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... ally took place against the backdrop of the sudden disintegration of the former Yugoslavia in the post-Cold War era. As far as Kosovo is concerned, its bid for independence was only taken seriously by ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... Yeltsin replaced Gorbachev and remained president of Russia until 1999. He oversaw sweeping privatization, the sale of precious state assets to a small number of oligarchs and widespread corruption. A ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... the only place where a balcony can still be found on a Tong building. The project started about four years ago and is the first time that Hong Kong has tried to revitalize a building while allowing t ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
... dent took place on Sept. 4 last year, the day of the Legislative Council election. As Leung went to a polling station to cast his vote, Ng confronted him and threw a sandwich with rotten fish inside a ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-01
... hanism in place to provide support for them or follow up their cases. Even though at present the Social Welfare Department is providing temporary care service for the elderly on the community level, t ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-01
... re taking place which could dramatically change the balance of sporting power in Asia. – Contact us at [email protected] BN/RA ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
... home as a place to live but not an asset with investment value, then Lam can push forward her home ownership policy through government subsidies. The government can even set a price cap for flats to a ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
... ey put in place more human oversight of content. The German parliament in June approved a plan to fine social media networks up to 50 million euros if they fail to remove hateful postings promptly, a ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
Finding a place for a bite to eat or a quick drink when you’ve got the dog with you is a lot easier than it used to be, and a lot more diverse too. Hong Kong isn’t the greatest city in the world for p ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
... become a place for rich people to live in rather than worship. Yuen Chi-yan, a member of Save HK Heritages, pointed out that the land lease forged between the church and the government way back in 19 ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
... nting the place after the landlord suddenly sought a rental fee hike, by HK$300,000 to HK$ 1.9 million per month. After the seafood restaurant said it was unwilling to meet the demand, ClubONE is said ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
Recent tax cuts for SMEs announced in the chief executive’s first policy address will provide a boost to the economy, and further cement Hong Kong as a place to do business. The government should now ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
The murder and attempted suicide incident that took place recently at a Hong Kong housing estate has brought into focus family tragedies involving senior citizens, chronic patients and their caretaker ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
... ness as a place to work, invest and do business. The challenge, however, is that the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau each have their own tax policies, which at times may compete with each other. Given t ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
... re put in place after the Lehman Brothers mini-bond debacle. (StanChart had been a major distributor of some securities issued by Lehman, the US investment bank that went bust in 2008). The call was r ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
