After the phenomenal success of its Ice Bucket Challenge, the ALS Association finds itself in the middle of what could be a major PR crisis as it parries growing criticisms from various quarters about ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
The Ice Bucket Challenge may be boosting awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and helping raise funds for victims of the neuro-muscular disease, but please keep children away from takin ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
It's already happening -- and catching on. The ice bucket challenge to raise awareness of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is inspiring spin-offs aimed at bringing attention to conflict and hunger ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
... n the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and also dwarfed the news surrounding MTR's rail project delays and its first-half results. It also turned the spotlight away, at least for now, from the more serious is ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
Chan King-cheung, deputy publisher and executive director of Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent of ejinsight.com, on Friday led a dozen colleagues to take the ice bucket challenge. A donation was ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
The United States has prohibited its officials from taking part in the ice bucket challenge although the game originated in the country. Clifford Hart, the US consul general to Hong Kong and Macau, sa ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
... ue to the Ice Bucket Challenge, Metro Hong Kong reported. The money raised in the four days was five times the amount the group normally received during an entire year in the past, according to the re ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
The crux of universal suffrage may not be who nominates but who gets nominated. That's the lesson of the ice bucket challenge, which poured into town this week. Whether you are the girlfriend of Asia' ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
The ice bucket challenge is taking Hong Kong by storm and some government officials are getting in on the act. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So Kam-leung will pour icy cold w ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
Over 28 million people have joined the conversation about the ice bucket challenge on Facebook, including posts, comments or likes about the popular charity drive, according to data released by the so ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
The ice bucket challenge that went viral in the United States has arrived in Hong Kong. Solina Chau, co-founder of Horizons Ventures and a close associate of tycoon Li Ka-shing, was among the first lo ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
If it's not for charity, who do you want to pour an ice bucket over? Without further ado, we call out a few people who are making headlines. 1. Jackie Chan. How can this guy still be China's anti-drug ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
An ice bucket challenge has soaked Chinese internet celebrities including Youku Tudou chief executive Victor Koo, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun and Guokr.com chief executive Ji Xiaohua. The challenge involve ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-18
An ice bucket challenge may be what Hong Kong needs to cool the political temperature. Nice to see a local version of the viral charity fundraiser making the rounds, with more local celebrities report ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-18
An ice bucket challenge has been issued to Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos: Will they take it? Business leaders from Mark Zuckerberg to Microsoft Corp’s Satya Nadella have joined the social ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
... Travel Choice Awards. “No longer a hidden gem, Nan Lian Garden is now regularly considered a top 10 attraction in Hong Kong,” TripAdvisor said. The Chinese classical garden, which has an area of 3.5 h ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-13
... eat. Grab ice out of the freezer and you feel how cold it is. Thermoceptors in your skin are what sense those changes in temperature. 4) Nociception. This is your ability to sense pain. “Nociception a ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
Cold chain storage is hot in China and logistics companies offering the service are making sure customers can tell the difference. Mid-sized courier SF Express does it by delivering fresh lychee acros ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
... y. The officers seized 8.55 metric tons of heroin and 9.7 tons of ketamine, an increase of 17.4 percent and more than 100 percent respectively from 2012. They also confiscated 19.5 tons of "ice", or ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
... sing, and ice is melting.” This accord came four months after the US and China issued a statement agreeing to work closely together to combat climate change. These two agreements reflect a new attitud ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-24
