... 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
... orms were taken for application for HOS flats on the first day they were distributed, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. It was noticed that most of the prospective buyers were young students and ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-24
... began to take root and flourish. According to news reports, at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos back in January this year, guest speakers and luminaries spent a lot of time discussing ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-22
... alth Chui Tak-yi revealed that cleansing and disinfection work at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse was completed the previous day and that the facility would resume operations. Meanwhile, disinfection w ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-20
... EHD) will take stringent enforcement actions to achieve the purpose of the campaign, such as by aggressively cleaning all sources of rat infestation, he said. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) un ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-20
... rman Chan Tak-lam said in a statement. He said the launch of virtual banks in Hong Kong, which is a key component of the Smart Banking Initiatives, will certainly facilitate financial innovation, enha ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
... rman Chan Tak-lam warned this week the overheated market is beyond the affordability of ordinary Hongkongers. The think-tank Our Hong Kong Foundation forecasts that private housing completions will d ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-09
