Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simula ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-05
Hangzhou has become a leading city thanks to Alibaba, and Shenzhen has been at the forefront of innovation and technology thanks to Tencent and Huawei. Outside China, we have seen how a cluster of tec ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-23
Something outgoing development secretary Eric Ma Siu-ch ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2017年06月30日
The 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong is a time for the media to look back – and especially to make comparisons between life in 1997 and 2017. There is a pattern to much of the commentary. ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-29
Something outgoing development secretary Eric Ma Siu-cheung said last week not only infuriated me, it also exposed how out of sync some of our senior officials are with ordinary Hongkongers. It is thi ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-29
Something outgoing development secretary Eric Ma Siu-ch ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2017年06月29日
Late is better than never. More than ten years after the government implemented a five-day work week in the civil service, we are finally seeing our property firms waking up to the merits of giving e ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-02
Health or family. That's the usual excuse a beleaguered politician gives when he is forced to bow out of office. In March 2005 then Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa said the “acute leg pain” he had been ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-14
When a company has done something wrong, and is named and shamed by Chinese authorities, the best response is probably to accept the penalty, correct the mistakes and move on. That is exactly what Suz ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
It's boom time for lawyers dealing in intellectual property cases in China, given the flurry of copyright infringement and technology lawsuits in the country. From mobile giants Apple and Samsung to s ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
The Chinese government has devoted a lot of effort and resources to promoting clean energy and implementing tougher environmental protection rules. Such initiatives have, however, unfortunately led to ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
People are becoming more aware of their wants and needs. For the majority, those might finally align and become the same thing. Today, people are prepared to live with less while living more. In the n ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Police chiefs from across the United States called for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions. The pro ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
“Lost in Hong Kong”, a Chinese comedy set in the city, raked in more than 800 million yuan (US$126 million) within five days of its release in mainland China. The megahit is the latest example of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
For the welfare of community, the Hong Kong government should come up with a good, nurturing and forward-looking cultural policy, instead of its usual approach of promoting art as a tool of entertainm ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
If there is a bright side to the turmoil that has roiled the global economy since 2008, it is that not every part of the world has erupted simultaneously. The first blow was the subprime mortgage cris ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
To help young people in the fashion industry, Hong Kong has set aside HK$500 million to boost the sector and provide more opportunities for local design talents. However, people in the field are not q ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
Online video superstar Leshi Internet Information & Technology (LeTV, 300104.CN) is quickly learning the lessons of gravity. Its formerly surging shares have suddenly shifted into reverse amid cla ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
Joanne Wong, executive vice president and portfolio manager of Templeton Global Equity Group, talks to the Hong Kong Economic Journal about three underdogs -- China, Europe and the oil sector. Q: Inve ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
