A two-year immediate custodial term versus five weeks in jail plus release on bail. The yawning difference between Hong Kong judges' sentencing for the seven policemen who beat up pro-democracy activi ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-22
The trial of Donald Tsang is being conducted by Queen’s Counsel from London, both for the prosecution and for the defense. Both counsel had to apply to the High Court for leave to appear, a process th ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
Most people may find legal documents complicated and difficult to comprehend. Thus, when there is a gap in our understanding, such as the intent of a particular clause, we tend to fill it with somethi ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
China is the least generous country in the world, according to a worldwide survey on generosity by the Charities Aid Foundation. The 2016 CAF World Giving Index is based on a poll of 1,000 respondents ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
Investors are operating in a world where they want a "new normal", based on an expectation that their managers should prioritize transparency and ethical standards. No longer do investors simply deman ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
Do away with Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA) after 2047 and leave it all to the Court of Appeal (CA)? Henry Litton, an eminent ex-CFA judge who made off-the-cuff remarks earlier this month in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
Hong Kong football fans have been allocated 2,195 tickets for the World Cup Asia Division qualifier game between Hong Kong and China on September 3, with the tickets priced at 480 yuan (HK$600) each. ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
Hong Kong football fans will have to cough up at least 800 yuan or HK$1,000 to be able to watch the first leg of the 2018 World Cup qualifier between China and Hong Kong on Sept. 3 in Shenzhen, Apple ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
The Shanghai Composite Index could bounce back and reach the 4,500-points level this year on the back of corporate earnings and the Chinese government's "one belt, one road" initiatives, according to ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has apologized for a poster that was widely criticized for showing racial prejudice against the Hong Kong football team. Brian Leung Hung-Tak, chairman of the Ho ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) never thought that its promotional poster for the World Cup qualifier match against Hong Kong would generate so much controversy in the city. The poster, which w ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
Months before the start of their qualifier game for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the battle between the Chinese and Hong Kong teams is already raging – in the promotional posters for the matches. The Chin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
The number of mainland Chinese candidates in this year's certified financial analyst (CFA) tests is up sharply this year amid rapid developments in China's capital markets, the Hong Kong Economic Jour ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
Global fund managers are warning of a bubble in the bond markets as valuations of several instruments are seen stretched, Financial Times reported. In a survey conducted by CFA UK, four out of five fu ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Political instability is seen by investment professionals as the biggest risk to the local market as tensions over electoral reform persist after the Occupy protests. According to the CFA Institute's ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
After the global financial crisis, emerging market debt was a rising star. Yet, since last fall these markets had steadily lost ground. Now that these markets appear to have stabilized in recent month ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
