Oh, well, it happens sometimes when our Octopus card is out of load and we're in a hurry to get off the bus. Some are liable to plunk in more or less than the fare -- in this case, even a HK$500 note, ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... et’s best guess already incorporated into the exchange rate, the US dollar is as likely to fall as it is to rise. The second risk is that, even based on current growth expectations, investors may have ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... anyone's guess but there is one thing that I am sure about: the reason why Cheung Kong has come up with such a deal now is because it wants to boost its control over Hutchison. If Alibaba made Jack M ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... years. So guess who's having the last laugh. -- Contact us at [email protected] BK/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-08
... anyone's guess how the markets will move. Many believe the central bank may further cut rates next year as China's economy shows growing signs of slowing. Such cuts could help the nascent stock marke ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
Here comes the bride -- but where is the groom? You wouldn't need one if you're among a growing number of Japanese women who are signing up to become "solo" brides. The idea is the brainchild of Cerca ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
Guess who is the highest-paid public servant in Hong Kong? It may come as a surprise to many, but the answer is Fred Lam Tin-fuk, who has been chief executive of the Airport Authority (AA) since Octo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
... ers and I guess many Taiwanese think alike. Those born in the 1980s and 1990s harbor some profound dislike of the country. (Respondent 2) And it may be confusing to see that 30 years ago when most Chi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
... m Cook. I guess if brown-nosing is good enough for Zuckerberg, it's good enough for everyone else. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... easonable guess" the Fed will begin raising rates in mid-2015. Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank president Dennis Lockhart agreed. "For my purposes I am not in a rush to drop it," he said. In October, the ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... anybody’s guess, but what we can say for sure is that people are itching to get on the ride. Some Shanghainese have a theory that the stock and property markets usually have a negative correlation: as ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... 0 each, I guess buyers have no right to complain. One thing is for sure: the prize gap between the two sets of raffle tickets has nothing to do with the quality of education offered by the two school ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... er era. I guess we have to blame the defeat on the absence of the right environment. China is a rapidly rising economic power. Even many countries that advocate democracy would have to balance their q ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... he issue? Guess what, they are quite open to it. In fact, Zhu Jun, deputy director of the international department of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, said just that in July but ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
... pacity, I guess my classroom will extend to London, which means flying a few more hours to get to the country we miss dearly for its governance. -- Contact us at [email protected] BK/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Tim Cook was hailed as a gay icon when he came out last week -- but not everybody is celebrating the announcement. Not Russia. On Friday, the former imperial capital, St. Petersburg, demolished a memo ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... olence. I guess Lam, who prefers a strategy to wait out the protests, knows too well that the bunch of pro-government radicals can be more of a hindrance than a help (just think about the recent stree ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
... finished, guess who would come right up to the same counter but the burglar himself. He was trying to make a withdrawal. The teller, identified as Ye Lu, became suspicious when the man entered the pas ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-22
... e happy. Guess what? Now you need just four basic things -- umbrella, water, mask and tent and you will be equally happy. Of course, a Starbucks coffee or a McDonald fish o-filet would be nice. Most ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
... go-ahead. Guess who's the boss? In Wednesday's Legislative Council meeting, Security chief Lai Tung-kwok implied that police officers on the frontline wouldn’t have used a higher level of force if th ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-16
