EU lawmakers have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc’s two-decade old copyright rules, which will force Google and Facebook to pay publishers for use of news snippets and make them filter out protected ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-27
Boeing will provide airlines that have bought the 737 MAX with free software upgrades, the US aircraft maker said on Monday, as it tries to cope with the fallout from two deadly crashes. The company h ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-26
British Prime Minister Theresa May held crisis talks with senior colleagues and hardline Brexiteers on Sunday trying to breathe life into her twice-defeated European divorce deal after reports her cab ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-25
I am currently on a visit to Washington, D.C. and New York along with my Legislative Council colleague Charles Mok Nai-kwong and former Chief Secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang, making the trip at the ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-22
Negotiations to resolve the Sino-American trade conflict have so far centered on soybeans, natural gas, and an assortment of commodities and manufactured goods. Yet, an increasingly important compon ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-21
The European Union’s aviation safety regulator suspended all flights in the bloc by Boeing’s 737 MAX, joining other nations in grounding the aircraft's operations following Sunday’s deadly plane crash ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-13
In his 2007/08 Budget, the then Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah first laid out a proposal of offering some “sweeteners” to the public. Since then, questions such as how the government should h ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-12
Donald Trump's hitherto failed 'maximum pressure' approach to Iran, as well as for that matter North Korea, begs the question what the US president’s true objectives are and what options he is left wi ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-12
Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to humanity, one that appears increasingly likely to reduce global standards of living dramatically within our lifetime, and cause untold damage in the lon ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-12
Former chief secretary and financial secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen said he does not agree with the approach used by a government-appointed expert panel to consult the public over options to increase l ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-08
We have long known that the accumulation of plastic in the world’s landfills and oceans represents a growing environmental risk. More recently, we have come to understand that plastic poses an urgent ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-07
Apart from some routine sweeteners, such as property rates concession and tax rebates, the budget unveiled by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday was a lackluster affair that didn't conta ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Last week, the government announced that it would accept the recommendations put forward by the Task Force on Land Supply, including the one that suggests taking back 32 hectares of land within the Fa ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-27
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told US lawmakers the US central bank is in “no rush to make a judgment” about further changes to interest rates, Reuters reports. In two hours of testimony to t ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-27
As always, a key priority for the Hong Kong government after the Lunar New Year holiday has been preparation for the annual Budget announcement by the Financial Secretary. And as usual, at this time t ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-26
Over the years, I have been involved in several bodies concerned with Hong Kong’s built heritage. I have served on the Antiquities Advisory Board and the Advisory Committee on Revitalization of Histor ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
China’s Huawei Technologies on Sunday welcomed comments from President Donald Trump about the future of US mobile communications and asserted the company's position as a world-leading smartphone produ ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
Almost immediately after the government had announced that it would partially claw back land from the Fanling golf course as recommended by the Task Force on Land Supply, the Hong Kong Golf Associatio ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-22
The recent breakdown of Hong Kong’s public healthcare system as a result of patient overcrowding has once again reignited the debate over one-way permits (OWPs) for mainland residents. Unfortunately, ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-21
British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a defeat on her Brexit strategy on Thursday that undermined her pledge to European Union leaders to get her divorce deal approved if they grant her concessi ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-15
