A 35-year-old man jumped to his death from Lion Rock Mountain after losing his job which he blamed on his body odor. Police who had been searching for the man since Tuesday morning found a body on a r ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
The South China Morning Post is set to spend up to HK$445,000 in referral fees to recruit staff before its new owner, Jack Ma Yun, takes over. Hong Kong-based Kerry Group's sale of the English-languag ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
Hong Kong's Education Department will host an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the recent spate of student suicides in the city and find ways to tackle the issue. To be chaired by Education Secre ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
Secretary for Education Eddie Ng Hak-kim is inviting school administrators, parents, teachers as well as psychologists to an emergency meeting to discuss how to prevent more teenage suicides. The meet ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
As Miss Hong Kong, Louisa Mak Ming-sze gets lots of privileges such as getting invited into exclusive parties, but joining a bash at her alma mater is probably not one of them. We almost fell off our ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
A 15-year-old is believed to have jumped to his death early Monday in Hong Kong, the second such case in three days involving the student community in the city. Henry Chow Yu-hang, a Secondary Four st ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
For university students, is pursuing the dream of buying a 600 square foot flat worth sacrificing their youth and happiness? That is the question Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) vice-chancellor ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
A customs official was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head at the Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the 52-year-old man, surnamed Chan, was an apparent suicide, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
A 30-year-old man killed himself by jumping off the Stonecutters’ Bridge in Kwai Chung in the early hours of Monday, police said. He was the third person to die by jumping off a cross-harbour bridge i ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
A second man in five days has committed suicide by jumping off Ting Kau Bridge, Apple Daily reported Wednesday. The 57-year-old man, surnamed Yeung, got into a taxi in Tin Shui Wai on Tuesday afternoo ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
A police officer is in critical condition after he shot himself in the left side of his chest inside Ngau Tau Kok Police Station, Apple Daily reported Sunday. It was the second time in two weeks that ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
The father of a 16-year-old student who committed suicide has called on young people to cherish life and not to take extreme actions when confronted with problems, Apple Daily reported Friday. The stu ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
The political polarization seen in the past few years is no good for Hong Kong as it hinders society's progress, said Tim I Gurung, a Nepal-born writer in Hong Kong. "Hong Kong has seen many social an ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
Mexico, the world’s 15th-largest economy, is seeking to strengthen its connections with Hong Kong, in line with China’s "One Belt, One Road” plan, which involves land and marine routes linking China t ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, a unit of media giant Twenty-First Century Fox, is looking at opportunities that may allow it to build a Fox-branded theme park in China, following previous mo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
A Filipino domestic helper killed herself Monday morning in the flat where she worked. The 35-year-old maid, named Janette, hanged herself with a scarf in the toilet of the flat in Tower 3 of Rambler ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
Ireland, which has won accolades for getting its economy back on track after a post-2008 downturn, is now aiming to expand its external trade by strengthening links with China, particularly in food in ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-24
A middle-aged man would have succeeded in an attempt to kill himself if not for the intervention of his domestic helper. The 49-year-old man, surnamed So, tried to commit suicide by burning charcoal i ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
A Filipino domestic helper committed suicide at her employer's home in Shui Chiu San Tsuen in Yuen Long district Monday evening, Apple Daily reported. The woman, a 38-year-old who bears the first name ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
A 14-year-old Singaporean student killed himself by jumping out of the window of his home in Tai Tam after an argument with his father over schoolwork. The teenager, identified as Lin Yang Kai, had a ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
