The Democratic Party said social rifts have not improved after the new government took office on July 1 but have become worse instead. It urged Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to face up to ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
Legislator Holden Chow, vice chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), said the recent UGL saga brought him and his family a lot of pressure, but he hopes ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-10
The crackdown on the democratic camp is well underway, despite the new administration's pledge to heal the divisions in society. So far six pan-democrat lawmakers have lost their seats in the Legislat ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-19
In just a month's time, Carrie Lam will assume the helm as Hong Kong chief executive, but it is quite strange that she has been keeping a low profile in the past few weeks except to fuel some speculat ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-31
Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam plans to give out HK$30,000 education vouchers to help secondary school leavers pursue self-financed tertiary courses. The program will be funded by an additional HK$5 ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-23
Hong Kong’s next leader Carrie Lam, who has said one of her priorities after taking office on July 1 is to mend social divisions, is likely to reopen the "Civic Square" outside the government's headqu ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-20
Taiwan's Foxconn Group has offered up to 3 trillion yen (US$27 billion) for Toshiba's computer-chip business, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The bid by the wo ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
Looking back on the monumental moments of China's sports in 2016, one may recall the instant when swimmer Fu Yuanhui cutely and vividly described her exhaustion after a contest as radiation of "all pr ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
Hong Kong chief executive-elect Carrie Lam said she will pass the opinions of the pan-democrats on political reform to President Xi Jinping when they meet later this month, including objections to the ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
Now that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has been selected as our next chief executive, Hong Kong people must decide if they want to start a new chapter in dealing with the difficult issue of our divisive ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
Right after her election victory was sealed on Sunday, Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam said in her acceptance speech that she had felt humbled by the intense election campaign, and was ready to prove ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
According to a popular management theory, the first 100 days in office is critical to a new chief executive. Harvard Business Review did a study on this issue and its findings might provide some usefu ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
Call it fate. There was little doubt in Hong Kong and mainland China that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the Beijing-backed candidate, would win Sunday's election, breaking the glass ceiling by becoming ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
The debates are over but a tougher road lies ahead for Carrie Lam. With 90 percent of the questions directed at her in the second debate on Sunday night, Lam was able to recover from an early shock (s ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
Hong Kong TV viewers got a rare treat from the first and only televised debate among the three candidates in the chief executive election on Tuesday night. Former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
Beijing’s top leaders are not expected to announce their "anointed" candidate in the March 26 chief executive election. But what's surprising is that the pan-democrats, while saying that they will sup ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
Businessman Lew Mon-hung, a former member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has criticized chief executive hopeful Carrie Lam soon after walking out of Stanley Prison ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-28
China's producer price inflation picked up more than expected in January to near six-year highs as prices of steel and other raw materials extended their rally. Consumer inflation in the country also ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
