Local and foreign business chambers in Hong Kong issued statements recently calling on the government to take concrete action to defuse the ongoing political crisis. The suggestions included official ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-07
... Peter Law Tak-chuen, who is overseeing the case, barred 43 bailed activists from leaving Hong Kong, making an exception only for a 30-year-old who works as a Cathay Pacific Airways pilot. Prosecutors ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-01
Eddie Yue Wai-man will replace Norman Chan Tak-Lam as the new chief executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority in October. Looks like Yue has his work cut out for him to safeguard the city's financial ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-29
... trick Nip Tak-kuen said the defense ministry just pointed out relevant provisions in the Garrison Law and relevant arrangements in the Basic Law. Nip added that he believes the government has responde ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-25
... te of Kai Tak airport. Cycling is both environmentally friendly and good for health. I hope the community and the government can actively promote biking and improve the existing bicycle support measur ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-23
... n and Kai Tak Station, the official said. That means the current Ma On Shan Line, which runs from Wu Kai Sha Station to Tai Wai Station, will be extended to Kai Tak Station. At a press conference that ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-19
... Deanie Ip Tak-han, 71, who has been supporting the pro-democracy movement since the 2014 Occupy protests, also joined the march. Ip praised the young activists for having done the right things in rece ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-18
... igible to take part, from the screening of candidates to the voting process, constitute only a tiny fraction of the population. In other words, there is no such thing as a ‘civic nomination’. There ar ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-21
... e Council takes its annual summer recess in July, the government said. That means the debate on the bill will have to resume in the next Legco year, which begins in October. Secretary for Constitution ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-20
5G services are getting rolled out in many places in the world, and telecom operators are racing against each other to take a lead in the unfolding era. Hong Kong, too, is witnessing some activity. HK ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-19
... al in Kai Tak despite winning the rights for the property in a government auction in May. The firm gave up the land parcel even though it meant it would forfeit a HK$25 million deposit it had put up f ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-13
Amid widespread concerns over the government's extradition bill, a local financial company has decided to walk away from a land deal in Kai Tak and forfeit HK$25 million as a result. In a stock exchan ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
... House to take a tough stance on Soviet aggression. The document laid down the theoretical foundation for Washington’s “containment” policy against Soviet expansion. In March this year, a bunch of far ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-30
... and 2006. Taking the witness stand for the prosecution on Monday, Albert Lee King-shing, ICAC’s principal investigator in the case, told the court that Fung revealed in 2016 when making an oral statem ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-28
