... one year. Two friends, also Hong Kong nurses who had moved earlier to Taiwan, received PR four months after filing their applications, even though they were not working as nurses in Taiwan and were no ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-05
... the past two weeks, officials at the world’s most powerful and influential central bank have signaled a range of possible actions, from hiking rates again to “pausing” or “skipping” this round and re ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-02
... unds have two distinctive characteristics. First, foreign funds play a significant role in the sector, offering international expertise and market reach. The problem now is that, amid rising geopoliti ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-02
... that the two countries share a long border, much of which is disputed. Thus, even if India does not become a formal ally to Western countries, it will continue to position itself as an independent, r ...More
EJ Insight2023-06-01
A megadrought – the worst in 1,200 years – has been ravaging the American West for two decades, fueling wildfires and exacerbating the region’s chronic water shortages. As global temperatures continue ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
... then used two years with razor-thin legislative majorities to pass generational changes in policy that promise to affect the country for years. The Republicans want to revisit some of these changes. D ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-30
... ound that two out of five families could cover their expenses for less than a month if they lost their main source of income. One in five could cover expenses for less than two weeks. As the bottom fe ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-29
When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
The recent failure of two smaller banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, has raised concerns about whether we are on the brink of another financial crisis, similar to the 2008 global financial ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-25
Heavy rain poured again this morning in Guangdong and I was stuck at a building near the East station to catch the first high-speed train back to Hong Kong. A security guard approached this puzzled ba ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... of coffee two blocks away, which helps you reach your daily goal of walking 30 minutes, or it will encourage you to have dinner before eight o'clock so as to fulfil the weight loss plan. The app incor ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... es of the two world wars to the callous destruction of human lives at the hands of genocidal dictators, the world has witnessed a few too many tragedies for us to not take such episodes seriously. On ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-24
... ibuted to two primary factors. First, mortgage rates have stabilised, albeit at elevated levels. As a result, financing costs and housing affordability are at least no longer deteriorating. Second, th ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-23
... uple with two children, frolicking in the idyllic afternoon sunlight. The ‘Chinese Dream’ is undergirded by a thirst for growth and progress, despite the absolute paucity and utter post-war destitutio ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-23
... hat these two indices would move in opposite directions for long. Service industries either will ultimately stimulate other forms of activity, or they will be dragged down by their own dependencies on ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-18
Bad news does not come singly in Happy Valley! Days after Hong Kong Jockey Club suspended the two jockeys Vagner Borges and Silvestre de Sousa for their betting offences, more shocking news came from ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-17
... uary, our two NYUAD undergraduate classes traveled to Kathmandu to learn about the geopolitical and ecological implications of these melting mountains. The students participated in a conference where ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-16
... oint to a two-pronged approach to tackling the lack of jobs: fighting corruption and nepotism and improving the education system. Both require policymakers to implement long-term reforms. While it is ...More
EJ Insight2023-05-15
