The United States and the world entered recession a year ago. Normally, economists can’t predict the onset of a downturn. But because this recession stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic, they could reli ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-26
Hong Kong Ballet’s latest production “Five by Six” is a highlight of its current “turn(it)out festival”. This production featuring five premieres by six choreographers was originally scheduled to be p ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-26
Swire is pleased to announce that it has injected an additional HK$150 million into Swire Trust, the Group’s philanthropic arm, to fund around 30 inspirational projects that drive lasting and positive ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-25
The OECD is projecting an uneven K-shaped economic recovery from the pandemic in 2021. Richer countries with more extensive vaccine rollouts that can afford to reopen and reflate their economies will ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-25
The middle finger is the least functional of all five fingers. That’s what I have concluded. Some people use their forefinger to pick their nose. Others use their little finger. The middle finger is t ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-25
... ingers. That's what I have concluded. Some people use t ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2021年03月25日
Two notably economic miracles emerged in Hong Kong, where most retail businesses lost their heartbeat. First, Tai Nan Street, the New Brooklyn in Hong Kong. The Sham Shui Po district has turned into a ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-24
I was a Foreigner, with a capital F, in London. 17-year-old me – bushy-eyed, cherubic, and, obviously, daunted by the prospects of interviewing at Oxford. That was the first time I ever set foot upon ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-24
Humanity’s consumption of fresh water has long exceeded the rate of replenishment. Now, researchers are warning that this essential natural resource is running out. If we are to reverse this trend, in ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-24
... portant that dialogue and conversations – frank, unrese ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年03月24日
With the acceleration of transforming into a digital economy, several markets have seen upbeat earnings forecast of tech companies driving stock prices to new highs in the beginning of 2021. The progr ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-23
Central banks’ unconventional policies undoubtedly rescued financial markets in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height. But those actions now leave central banks joined at the hip with cred ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-23
... portant that dialogue and conversations – frank, unreserved, and as purged of bias as possible – are held between different political camps, across generations. Conversations act as a means of bridgin ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-23
In the last lesson of my teaching in smart city Master’s degree course at the University of Hong Kong, students presented the characteristics of different smart cities. These governments have implemen ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-22
The Latin phrase Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori translates roughly as ‘It is a sweet and glorious thing to die for one’s country.’ But why would you want to die for your country? Especially if i ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-22
Last year Alan Chan, manager in a large insurance company, decided to take advantage of the BNO offer and emigrate to UK with his wife and three-year-old son. Last August, he flew to Heathrow airport ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-22
Swire Pacific Limited announced that it has made an investment in Shenzhen New Frontier United Family Hospital, marking the Group’s second investment in the rapidly growing sector. New Frontier Health ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-20
Last November, something happened in the middle of the South Atlantic that was unusual enough to make a local northern rockhopper penguin raise one of its long spiky yellow eyebrows. The tiny archipel ...More
EJ Insight2021-03-19
