I seem to have been jinxed lately. While this should be a welcome opportunity for me to stay at home and write my column, I simply couldn't focus with all the racket coming from a nearby carpark that ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
Since Leung Chun-ying announced last Friday that he would not seek a second term, Hong Kong has been in ferment as candidates step forward to take his place. But in Shanghai, China’s commercial capita ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
For the vast majority of Hong Kong people who are fed up with the intense confrontations and polarization in society under the rule of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, his announcement that he will no ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
Chief Executive CY Leung has announced that he will not seek a second term in office, citing family reasons. Leung said he has informed the central government about his decision, public broadcaster RT ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
Nearly 40 years ago, when I visited Moscow for the first time, my initial reaction was surprise. The hotels and restaurants were so poorly run that it seemed shocking that the military could be run co ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
"No more freedom of speech? No way! Hong Kong has never been so free before," says Mark Peaker. "The past two years since Occupy Central have proven that the kind of tolerance we have in Hong Kong is ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
The feud between Leung Chun-ying and Financial Secretary John Tsang is almost an open secret in Tamar. A government source told me that when Leung shocked Hong Kong in July 2015 with his callous sacki ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
For centuries, women around the world have struggled for even the most basic rights. The fight for equality has been an uphill climb -- one that is far from over. This is certainly the case in the Mi ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
A large grassy pitch is a rare sight in Hong Kong. We used to be told that whenever there’s space, it should be filled with residential buildings to help ease the housing problem. While it’s true tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
If you happen to be sitting with two other people right now, chances are one of you is malnourished. And you might not even know it. Yes, that’s right: one in three people worldwide suffer from malnut ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
The United States Federal Reserve could raise interest rates relatively soon, given the encouraging employment and inflation data, the central bank's chief said on Thursday. The results of the US pres ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
Those of you still hoping that the central government can somehow be talked into trusting Hong Kong with so-called genuine democracy, hope no more. It’s gone out the window. Hong Kong’s defenders of d ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-17
Those of you still hoping that the central government c ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2016年11月17日
For most Hong Kong people, Burma is synonymous with Aung San Suu Kyi, the influential democracy and human rights icon immortalized in a movie. Burma made headlines when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake deva ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
The State Council, China's cabinet, has issued a new climate plan that targets an 18-percent cut in carbon emissions by 2020 compared to level in 2015. The central government is said to have already d ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing's announcement of his bid last week finally raised the curtain on the 2017 chief executive race, prompting other hopefuls such as former Legco president Jasper Tsang and fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
We are seeing something we haven't seen before. After the once pro-Beijing Sing Pao newspaper fired its opening salvo against Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, Liaison Office chief Zhang Xiaoming (張曉明) ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-01
New blood is supposed to bring in new dynamics and catalyst for change. But the absurd oath-taking row triggered by two newly-elected Legco members, which really marks a travesty of decency and ceremo ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
Hong Kong’s localist and separatist groups, a loosely-knit bloc spanning a wide spectrum, have sent altogether six members to the new Legislative Council. They are Youngspiration’s Sixtus Leung Chung- ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
Something is terribly wrong with this year’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) awards. First, the awardees are not really young (Nathan Law, 25, is young but not Starry Lee who is 42) and worse sti ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-11
