... ay, saw a two per cent drop in revenue in the first half, according to the interim result by its parent Wharf REIC. Worse still, Wharf chairman Stephen Ng remarked that overall retail sales may contin ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-09
... the near-two-hour screentime. And hence, in ‘Barbie’-style, here are a few loosely conjoined, scattered thoughts on the movie. The first, was the emphatically philosophical undertones (overtones in p ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-09
... ility are two sides of the same coin, and their fates are intertwined. Conserving and restoring biodiversity is essential for limiting greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, while uncontrolled global warming ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-09
... sionals Network (YPN) and the GIS Academy I established last year in which they can interact with other talented and professional users around the world and advance their knowledge and career opportun ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-09
... t spotted two weeks ago - a rare Bryde’s whale, a baleen whale known for its moderate size, twin blowholes with a slow splashguard, and teethless-ness. Bryde’s whales are fairly long, and are dorsally ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-08
... n July 3, two days after Lee talked about economic recovery at full speed, Hong Kong’s national security police issued arrest warrants for eight activists now living overseas, along with a reward of o ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-07
... the next two. The next question centers on asking “why” you are especially vulnerable to the particular risk you are trying to protect against. For example, why are you so sensitive to an equity draw ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-04
... turns are two points above the inflation rate. If stocks are such a good deal over the long run, why are US stock-market investors not richer? One answer is that some of them are: just look at Warren ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-03
... the last two years, the PLA has intensified air and naval exercises around and above Taiwan to a level not seen since 1949. Xi has said that reunification is an issue that cannot be delayed.But Xi of ...More
EJ Insight2023-08-01
... se of the two World Wars and the Cold War - are leading ‘better’ or ‘improved’ lives as compared with in the somewhat distant past. The empirics of this statement must be probed further -- I’m unconvi ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-31
... ore these two dimensions come together - they are not ‘balanced’ or ‘hedged between’, contra the views of those who believe in a carefully managed equilibrium between the two. The horizontality of the ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-28
... hic and network of support companies. Wang Mei-hua, Taiwan Minister of Economy, said that the island occupied an extremely important place in the global production of semi-conductors, especially the m ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-27
... ever. The two countries have recently begun partnering more closely on several fronts, including defense manufacturing and technology innovation. We believe this makes it an opportune time to pay clos ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-27
... t on just two markets, the United States and Brazil, for its soybean imports. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine, and its impact on agricultural commodity prices, has further highlighted the benefits of be ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-26
... More than two million smallholder farmers are already growing drought-resistant maize varieties, raising their yields by 20-30%. The African Rice Center has produced more than 80 new rice varieties. T ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-25
... n between two distinct approaches to stimulating the economy, resulting in a rather indecisive policy response. While the government seems inclined to revert to the top-down stimulus measures it emplo ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-24
... alism are two sides of the same coin, and can co-exist across democracies and non-democracies alike. I’d like to think the mundaneness of this all, the seemingly innocuous nature of this all… is a dir ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-21
... At least two would stay in Hong Kong for further studies, according to local papers. Medical schools are always the choice for top local students, at least for 40 years. I was from a boys’ school who ...More
EJ Insight2023-07-20
