Laying giant concrete and steel modules beneath Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor, one of the world’s busiest fairways, is quite an engineering challenge. With technology so much a part of our lives these d ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-28
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong offered a public apology last week for an embarrassing feud between him and his siblings over family matters, including the future of their late father's hom ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-26
On the backdrop of the press conference introducing incoming Chief Executive Carrie Lam and her cabinet were the words “Innovative”, “Interactive”, “Collaborative” and “We Care”, “We Listen”, “We Act” ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-22
While stories like JD's record sales in its June 18 shopping festival always grab the headlines, apart from the online shopping boom, rosy prospects in hardware such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) an ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-21
US President Donald Trump, with the help of a Republican-controlled Congress, is undermining many of the fundamental values that Americans hold dear. He is jeopardizing their access to healthcare by s ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-19
Many things have changed since Hong Kong returned to China on July 1, 1997. The city has gained 1.5 million new citizens from the mainland – they account for 20 percent of the population. Family reuni ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-19
“What’s your view on New World Development (00017.HK)?" "How about China Life Insurance (02628.HK)?” I was facing a roomful of people asking for stock tips during the Q&A session of a seminar rece ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-07
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a powerful cable giant that transformed both American television and politics, has died at the age of 77, Agence France-Presse reports, citing an announcement from ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-19
In the early 1990s, when emigration from Hong Kong was at its peak, Alan Leung was offered a job in Hawaii with the promise of a US green card at the end of five years. He accepted and moved to the ho ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-10
Former immigration chief Eric Chan Kwok-ki has been appointed to head the chief executive-elect office, more than a month after Carrie Lam was elected to Hong Kong's top post. Some quarters have quest ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
During her trip to Beijing earlier this month to be officially anointed the territory’s next top leader, Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam reportedly had two lengthy, closed-door discussions with mainl ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
On April 22, scientists from around the world will mark Earth Day by participating in an unprecedented "March for Science". The aim of the march will be to “celebrate and defend science at all levels ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker abruptly left the US central bank on Tuesday after admitting that a conversation he had with a Wall Street analyst in 2012 may have disclosed confiden ...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
Now that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has been selected a ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2017年03月30日
Activist Ken Tsang said on Monday that he has decided to drop his appeal against a five-week jail term for assault on police officers and resisting arrest, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. “I h ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
In less than a week's time – on Sunday, March 26, to be exact – we will know our next chief executive after the votes of the 1,194-member Election Committee are tallied. But why is the government acti ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
Not long after Tung Chee-hwa came into office as Hong Kong’s first chief executive, I floated the idea of having a top consultant from Beijing to assist the top leader, in particular in handling relat ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
When the Election Committee gathers on March 26, it will do two things. Hong Kong people with one eye open will see only the process of the committee's 1,194 voters selecting a new chief executive. Bu ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
