The highly anticipated Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was finally unveiled by the Chinese government on Monday. A Hong Kong government spokesman has noted ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-20
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said bitcoin could be a valuable way to transfer money, but clarified that he would not want to get involved in the digital currency. “Bitcoin’s structure is brilliant but I ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-20
Up to 620,000 mainland visitors flooded into Hong Kong during the first three days of the Lunar New Year holiday, a 37 percent increase from a year ago. The influx, however, failed to give retailers m ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-12
There’s something perplexing, though disconcertingly engaging, about social media and the way it randomly throws up stories that sit uncomfortably alongside each other. In the space of a few hours rec ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-08
The SoftBank-led Vision Fund is in talks to invest up to US$1.5 billion in Chinese used car trading platform Guazi.com, Reuters reports, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. That would mark ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-04
A public hospital in Tai Po has drawn the ire of Hongkongers after it made some unusual, temporary arrangements with regard to storage of human corpses in its mortuary. Online forums are abuzz with ch ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-31
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has found herself in the firing line as both the pan-democratic and pro-establishment camps questioned the way her government is handling certain livelihood ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-30
Mohsin Khan is still at his job repairing aircraft hydraulics parts although the Singaporean turns 75 in a couple of months. His technical skills are prized by his employer, and as his eyesight deteri ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-18
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will open a virtual reality (VR) theme park in Hong Kong on Friday, fueling market speculation that it plans to exit the smartphone market and focus on the VR business. ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-17
As Mark Twain never said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you think you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Over the course of this year and next, the biggest econom ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-14
The Hong Kong government is set to open up more of its data resources to the public, creating an opportunity for private firms and individuals to utilize the information and build smart-city solutions ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-04
The Task Force on Land Supply submitted eight recommended land supply options to the government on December 31. The option of "Developing Brownfield Sites” received 87 percent public support. The seco ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-03
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Taiwan independence would lead to “disaster” and pledged to pursue efforts for peaceful “reunification” with the self-ruled island while warning that Beijing would no ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-02
With the presidential election just a year away in Taiwan, the race has begun to heat up. Last week, Eric Chu Li-lun of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) became the first politician to throw his hat in ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-31
With the deadline for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union fast approaching, many British officials and citizens are dismayed by the stalemate over the Brexit deal. The British Parliament r ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-21
The United States and three allies chastised China for economic espionage, Reuters reports. US prosecutors also indicted two Chinese nationals linked to a spy agency on charges of stealing confidentia ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-21
After investing in the emerging marijuana industry, Altria Group Inc., maker of Marlboro cigarettes, is poised to make a huge investment in e-cigarette startup Juul Labs Inc. to combat the decline in ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-20
