Lawmakers from the so-called functional constituencies have often been accused of being out of touch with reality and divorced from the needs and concerns of ordinary citizens. Representing special in ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
For the hoi polloi, winning the Mark Six is the answer to all their prayers. But even if you had won last night's Mid-Autumn Festival jackpot, you still would not be able to afford a new holiday home ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... e not usually in the top ranks of their companies, and so their stories might be less interesting. And lastly, even some feminists denounce the women covers, accusing the publications of propagating s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
... k, they will be disappointed. First, Zhang and CY won't really care about the number of "dislikes" they get in Hong Kong. What matters to them is only "likes" given by Beijing. Specifically on CY, if ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... US$8.7 billion to fund his White House campaign, said in an interview with CBS's Face the Nation that it was hard to tackle the question of corporate pay because too many corporate boards lacked inde ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
A Republican-backed effort to kill the Iran nuclear agreement was narrowly blocked in the US Senate, clearing the way for the deal's implementation. It was perhaps President Barack Obama's greatest fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
... w nice it'll be if there are more players in the industry, especially online broadcasters that will offer a range of programs and allow people to watch the content on mobile devices, they say. Well, t ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
As Floyd Mayweather Jr. tried Tuesday in Las Vegas to convince skeptical fans that the upcoming bout on Saturday will be his final fight, he found himself with a problem. It didn't have anything to do ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
Too bad for September brides. They'll have to have their rustic wedding pictures taken elsewhere while the Nam Sang Wai jetty undergoes repairs this month. The famous wooden structure, christened "Wed ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
A local columnist once said: “DGS is famous for talented girls. Maryknoll is famous for beautiful girls. St. Mary’s is famous for nuns.” The columnist studied in one of those schools, but not St. Mary ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... er son still asleep in the flat. They later took him to the police station. In the afternoon, the boy was accompanied by relatives to a funeral ceremony, where he was heard saying, "Mama, I'll study h ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
In Hong Kong, space is money, no matter how small it is. We are now talking about the tiny safety deposit boxes rented out by banks to help us store valuables such as jewelry and important documents l ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... f faking illness so he could enjoy the convenience of a wheelchair during the shoot of their journey to Russia. The two star in the series with Bowie Wu, 80, and Joe Junior, 68. During a joint interv ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
US department store chain Macy's has formed a joint venture in China with Hong Kong-based Fung Retailing that will start by selling products on Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd's Tmall Global marketplace. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... ational College English Test, you may not be able to secure your Bachelor's degree, even if you do well in your own major. By the time young freshmen start their college life, they may probably have s ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
Pretty soon, you'll have stop using this popular expression if you want to humor someone. It's no longer funny. Facebook says lol (laugh out loud) is dying as more users switch to more graphic tools s ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
President Barack Obama told US Jewish leaders it was likely rockets would fall on Tel Aviv if a nuclear deal with Iran was blocked and military action ensued, Reuters reported. In a separate appeal to ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
Standing outside Henry Yau’s umbrella store in Sham Shui Po, we were amazed by the endless flow of customers. “Good business,” we marveled. But the wife said it was even better the day before. “Umbre ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-28
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not above gimmicks if these can sell his defense policy to leery voters. He is using anime cartoons, show-and-tell TV appearances, complete with a mock-up of burn ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... said she'll give them to her seven-month-old niece so that she can cultivate her reading habit even at a tender age. Before buying the two sets, Lam said she went through a lot of reviews of children ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
