Seven employees' unions under the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) are demanding 17 days of paid general holidays per year, Metro Daily reports. At present, their frontline workers are ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
... Lee told Metro Daily that the DAB has a "suitable" candidate for the chief executive election but added it was too soon for her to consider the matter. She said the DAB will aim to maintain or increa ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) said four to seven tropical cyclones could come within 500 kilometers of Hong Kong during the second half of this year, Metro Daily reported Wednesday. Annual rainfall ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... problems, Metro Hong Kong reported. Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man responded that the Hospital Authority will continue to make every effort to ease the workload for front-line medical staff ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
Washington's troubled Metro subway system will undergo an unprecedented 29-hour shutdown for an emergency safety investigation of power cabling, officials said Tuesday. The second-biggest US subway sy ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... Shui Wai, Metro Daily reports, citing district councilor Roy Kwong. Last week, residents of Kingswood Villas warned that a massive dumpsite near the residential estate could collapse any time and caus ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
... ectators, Metro Daily reports. Netizens hailed the rarely seen phenomenon as “beautiful”, “magnificent” and “splendid”. However, many residents in the New Territories said such a sight has been seen m ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... workers, Metro Daily reports. He is free on HK$5,000 bail. The case stemmed from an incident in which the defendant hurled a bag from the family flat. The bag contained two 10-pound dumbbells, magazi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
An online photo showing a man working at his tablet computer at a table in a fast-food restaurant drew mixed opinions from netizens, Metro Daily reports. In the photo, uploaded Monday, the man, who ma ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... n Friday, Metro Daily reports. Police became suspicious when the woman, looking stiff and struggling to move about, refused help with her luggage on the X-ray machine. Instead, she hurriedly walked pa ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... , he told Metro Daily. His aimless wanderings stopped when he went into boxing five years ago. With his single-minded chase of boxing glory, Tso has little time for trivial pursuits. “Your physique ca ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... ies East, Metro Daily reported Friday. Chow, vice chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), became emotional when he was cornered by rival candidate Alvin ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... of style, Metro Daily reports. Fans started hunting him down on the streets, and several fashion retailers sought to hire him as their image representative. He never profited from his instant fame, ho ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... rolled by Metro News Media owner Kenny Wee. The decision was like a slap in the face for Lai, who has dominated Hong Kong’s gossip magazine market since the late 1990s but is now left only with his fi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... redients, Metro Daily reported. Turpentine is flammable, fertilizer contains ammonium nitrate, and silicon dioxide can be found in dehumidifier packs, Chan noted. Citing other examples, he said a DVD ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
A four-year-old boy died in Union Hospital in Sha Tin on Sunday, a casualty of Hong Kong's winter flu season. The boy had been suffering from flu symptoms for a week, Metro Daily reports, citing a hos ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
A 23-year-old man diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) as a child died in his sleep Thursday, Metro Daily reported Friday. The young man, surnamed Ho, was an only child and lived in Kam Yi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... ed. Also, Metro Broadcast Corp. Ltd. has a pending renewal application, the report said. The Communications Authority said it submitted its recommendations to the Chief Executive and the Executive Cou ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... ding to a Metro Daily report. The backlash came after a photo was circulated in online forums that suggested that the mainlander had demanded a refund of his membership fee from the HKBU students unio ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
... nds meet, Metro Daily reports. Tsang, 56, moved to the premises from the Kweilin Street Night Market where he earned his moniker selling steamed rice rolls from a stall on many a Lunar New Year holida ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
