A minibus driver was killed and more than a dozen passengers were hurt after an accident in Tin Sum in Sha Tin district on Monday. At around 8:30 am, a green minibus serving route No. 403 crashed into ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
Chinese officials are again attempting to talk up the stock market, just like what they did in 2015. So, the question arises: are authorities trying to create another bull market through manipulation? ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
... TEUs, putting it in the 7th place as Guangzhou moved into the sixth position. Hongkong International Terminals, Modern Terminals, COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong), and Asia Container Terminals have no ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-14
Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses slumped 25 percent and 34 percent respectively last year. Amid the equities slide, some brokerage houses and media have been suggesting that the People’s Bank of China (P ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-11
The fresh round of vice-ministerial-level trade talks between US and China had a good start this week. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He made a surprise appearance at the meeting, sending a positive signal ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-09
Threatening or insulting a bus driver should be treated as a criminal offense. This was one of the dozens of recommendations made by an expert panel set up to look into a fatal bus crash in Tai Po las ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-09
... heme targeting first-time homebuyers in 1998. Back then, the housing price was skyrocketing, and many residents were anxious to buy their own homes. Tung also announced that the government would bu ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-09
How do you turn a 1,000-room hotel into 5,000 housing units? CK Asset Holdings (01113.HK) chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi has the vision to turn the company's Harbour Plaza Resort City in Tin Shui Wai ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-08
... icy by cutting the reserve requirement ratio, the problem with banks is not the lack of liquidity, but rather the lack of good lending targets. Given the importance of the property sector and the rel ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-07
... l use. Getting the approval from the Town Planning Board and the land premium negotiation are both big hurdles. Lack of infrastructure facilities was a key factor why authorities had been reluctant to ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-03
Hong Kong has witnessed the first batch of starter homes at the "eResidence" project in Hung Hom, Kowloon, being launched for sale at HK$11,692 and HK$13,969 per square foot. The “starter home” scheme ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-02
... is forecasting game will continue and guys like Wang Hanfeng will continue to pocket handsome rewards for doing that. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Dec 31 Translation by ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-02
Various surveys show that Japan is constantly the top holiday destination for Hong Kong travelers. Among the 10 most popular cities Hong Kong people plan to visit during the New Year Holiday, four of ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-31
Mainland Chinese tea chain Heytea spawned a three-hour-long queue when it opened its first Hong Kong shop in Sha Tin recently, showing how pop culture on the mainland is getting widely accepted among ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-28
... le for setting long-term policy direction, it is a cross-department setup to ensure that policy recommendations will be implemented. Meanwhile, there is also the Task Force on Land Supply, established ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-27
Soon after Chinese developer Greentown China Holdings (03900.HK) announced its plan to spend 2.72 billion yuan (US$393.98 million) to acquire an 11.55 percent stake in Aeon Life Insurance, investors v ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-24
In assessing the prospects of Hong Kong's housing market, one hears all sorts of theories and various speculations. Cutting through the noise, we can say there are two "gray rhinos" that will determin ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-21
MTR passengers will get fare concessions amounting to HK$8 million in total, which represents the penalty imposed by the government on the railway operator for the service disruptions that triggered w ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-20
... al of boosting its earnings and hopefully reselling it at a good price. As long as the team can secure a spot among the top four teams in the lucrative UEFA Champions League, the club will get handso ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-20
... up not getting the goods even after making the payments. These gangs would also tempt people to sell their bank accounts, which they would then use to receive payments or launder money. Hong Kong’s ov ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-19
