It is impossible to predict for sure what the technologies of 2050 will be. However, with the emergence of 5G, we can say that the era of Megatech has undoubtedly begun. The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Ol ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-22
A domestic helper lost Hong Kong's first judicial review of its "live-in" rule on Wednesday, but the reality is that given the exorbitant property prices, providing a separate room for foreign domesti ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-15
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world’s most powerful rocket, won an endorsement from the top US communications regulator to build a broadband network using satel ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-15
The Trump administration wants to have private entities take over operation of the International Space Station (ISS), which costs over US$3 billion a year to run, according to the Washington Post. Cit ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-13
One year after the first bike-sharing firm began operations in Hong Kong, several new players have entered the market, igniting a fierce competition in the city. In the meantime, complaints about comp ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-09
The Internet of Things (IoT) has long been billed as the next big thing – and for good reason. We’re in an era of always-on connectivity, where traditional barriers to communication are crumbling by t ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-09
There is a saying that when housewives start chatting about stocks while walking through a wet market, it's time for investors to head for the exit. The same rule also applies to artificial intelligen ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-08
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), a federation of non-governmental social service agencies, promised to offer more low-rent housing units under its flat-sharing scheme after those that ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-07
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, seen as the world's most powerful rocket, roared into space through clear blue skies in its debut test flight on Tuesday from a Florida launch site, in another milestone for bil ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-07
The wet market along Graham Street offered a plethora of vivid scenes in the afternoon light. Next to walls of wooden boards wrapped in white cloth, colorful fruits and vegetables of all shapes and si ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-05
As dominant operators in China such as Alipay and WeChat Pay gear up to penetrate the lucrative Hong Kong mobile payment market, the scope of mobile payments, as well as fintech industry in general, i ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-02
Explosives experts on Sunday defused a massive World War II-era bomb that was found buried at a site in Wan Chai, an operation that took almost 30 hours and prompted several road closures and the evac ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-29
Israel is known as the 'startup nation' and more and more entrepreneurs there are turning their creativity to the FinTech arena. With the exception of Silicon Valley, Israel is the world's top incubat ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-29
The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Students' Union will launch a protest march on campus on Friday, calling on the university bosses to revoke the temporary suspension of two students who had bee ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-26
SoftBank's US$100 billion Vision Fund is leading an US$865 million investment in Katerra, a technology startup that uses an assembly-line-like system to construct houses and commercial buildings, the ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-25
Aerospace technology has become an integral part of global telecommunications, and many companies and countries are competing for a slice of the market. The downside of this development is the growing ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
Hong Kong has been a laggard relative to other mature markets in the region in latching onto the e-commerce trend, but the territory is now trying to catch up as consumer shopping habits change. Th ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-17
Hong Kong's new justice secretary, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, needs to reassure the public about her personal integrity following the controversy surrounding illegal structures at her home, a senior lawye ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-15
