Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah declined to attend a regular meeting of the Legislative Council's Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services on Monday. The development came as C ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-23
The US Congress voted to end a three-day government shutdown, approving another short-term funding bill as Democrats accepted promises from Republicans for a broad debate later on the future of young ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-23
Respected economists have long pointed out that gross domestic product is an inadequate measure of economic development and social well-being, and thus should not be policymakers’ sole fixation. Yet w ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
The US economy is likely to grow more than 2.5 percent this year, boosted by tax cuts, two Federal Reserve officials said on Wednesday. The growth would be fast enough to push the unemployment rate, a ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
Bitcoin fell below the US$10,000 level on Wednesday as a selloff continued in cyrptocurrencies amid fears of a regulatory clampdown on the units in various countries including South Korea and China. T ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
Residents of the American state of Hawaii were thrown into complete panic on the morning last Saturday after they received alert of an incoming ballistic missile on their cellphones. However, it later ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-17
As 2018 begins, things are looking up for the global economy. Over the last six months, growth projections by official institutions like the International Monetary Fund, matched or even exceeded by ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
The Buildings Department (BD) has confirmed that the home owned by newly appointed Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah contains several illegal structures, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-10
The inability of law enforcement authorities to access data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an "urgent public safety issue," the head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation sa ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-10
It is sad to see that Hong Kong's police chief is still refusing to offer an apology on behalf of his force following the conviction of a now-retired officer on charges of assault in an Occupy-related ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-09
Legislative Council chief Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen has urged lawmakers to utilize the legislature's current recess period to introspect and prepare themselves for the upcoming session with a new spirit ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-05
Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 has shut down a controversial live-streaming platform that allowed people to stream footage online from surveillance cameras in locations such as classrooms and re ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
Potential investors in bitcoin should steer clear of a dangerous gamble and not complain to financial regulators if things do go wrong, Denmark’s central bank governor warned. “You should stay away [f ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
France will propose that the G20 group of major economies discuss regulation of the bitcoin virtual currency, the nation's finance minister said on Sunday. "I am going to propose to the next G20 presi ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-18
Prime Minister Theresa May’s government was defeated on Wednesday, when MPs forced through changes to its Brexit blueprint that ministers said could endanger Britain’s departure from the European Unio ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
Legislative Council President Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen feels the tussle between pan-democratic lawmakers and the establishment camp in relation to a debate over proposed changes to the Legco's rules of ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-12
A debate on proposed changes to the Legislative Council's rules of procedure descended into chaos on Thursday as pan-democrats did everything they could to disrupt the discussion and engaged in fierce ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-08
At least since Mary Shelley created Victor Frankenstein and his iconic monster in 1818, humans have had a morbid fascination with man-made beings that could threaten our existence. From the American t ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-08
Many Hongkongers abhor politics, but it is something that cannot be ignored as it affects our daily lives. From education to social welfare and medical care, all these issues have political dimensions ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-07
According to Legislative Council President Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, the joint debate on the proposed amendments to the Legco rules of procedure can start in the next council meeting on Dec. 6 at the ea ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-01
