Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung is likely to hand in his resignation next month and leave the post in January as he plans to return to private law practice, Apple Daily reports, citing source ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-23
Café de Coral, Hong Kong's biggest fast-food restaurant group, has seen its share price tumble to a 52-week low. The company has suffered a setback in mainland China expansion, prompting several store ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-21
Many primary school students in Hong Kong suffer from depression as they try to cope with enormous pressure from schoolwork, a survey finds. The finding was based on the answers to questionnaires sent ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-20
"Fearsome Plague Epidemic Strikes Madagascar." That recent New York Times headline might sound like the synopsis of a horror movie. The epidemic gripping Madagascar is not just any plague, and it cert ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-16
With the government completing a consultation exercise on the development of the Lok Ma Chau Loop, environmental organizations have again expressed their opposition to the plan, citing threats to the ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-15
Billionaire hedge fund legend and former Fortress executive Mike Novogratz said mainstream institutional investors are about six to eight months from adopting bitcoin, Reuters reports. “The institutio ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-15
The Housing Department said the long-awaited border mall in Lok Ma Chau, called The Boxes, has been issued a temporary occupation permit. Legislator Wong Ting-kwong, the initiator of the project, said ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-07
Finding a place for a bite to eat or a quick drink when you’ve got the dog with you is a lot easier than it used to be, and a lot more diverse too. Hong Kong isn’t the greatest city in the world for p ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
Recent tax cuts for SMEs announced in the chief executive’s first policy address will provide a boost to the economy, and further cement Hong Kong as a place to do business. The government should now ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
With co-working spaces gaining in popularity, an industry player believes such shared and flexible facilities could amount to almost a third of the Hong Kong office market in less than 15 years from n ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
Facebook is testing a new update that would shift non-promoted posts out of its news feed, an initiative that spells bad news for publishers who rely on the social network for their audience. Under th ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-25
Beijing and the Hong Kong government are keen on turning the next generation of Hongkongers into patriots or loyalists of the Communist Party. But is it really necessary to teach schoolchildren these ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
With the limited supply and soaring prices of parking spaces in Hong Kong, some owners have adopted the sharing economy model to rent out their parking lots on specific days for a fee. In Tsuen Wan’s ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
Name a business that can charge customers double the previous price even though new competitors are entering the fray almost every day. Property? Sure. Small units? Bingo. Let's talk about Swire Prope ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan has a theory about the rise in private car sales in Hong Kong. Answering questions about his boss Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's policy address in a ra ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-16
On November 5th, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is hosting the Sasa Ladies Purse Day at the Shatin racecourse, the biggest hat-wearing event on the Hong Kong social calendar. Sasa has for the first ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-16
British billionaire Richard Branson on Thursday placed another bet on the future with an investment in Hyperloop One, which is developing super high-speed transportation systems, Reuters reports. Hype ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-13
With its latest satellite launch, Japan is taking a leap in technology to keep its self-driving cars in their highway lanes, land delivery drones on matchbox-sized targets in the country, and potentia ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-10
After a tumultuous year, politics seem to be stabilizing across Europe. Though the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gained almost 13 percent of the vote in Germany’s recent federal election ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
As Carrie Lam was giving her speech to mark National Day, William Leung was wondering about his future. “In 20 years, we will have to use renminbi because the Hong Kong dollar will have been abolished ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-04
