A young mother went to her local supermarket to buy milk powder for her baby son. Jessica Hay saw four people pushing carts containing 50 cans of one of the best brands toward the checkout counter. Sh ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
This week, I am in Hong Kong to meet ministers, regulators and businesses. My goal? To discuss how we can build on the strong links we already enjoy between the European Union and Hong Kong. The EU i ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
During the British colonial era, Hong Kong's civil servants led by a team of administrative officers were widely recognized for their competence and integrity. They played an important role in transfo ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
Nothing describes the US Federal Reserve’s current communication policy better than the old saying that a camel is a horse designed by committee. Various members of the Fed’s policy-setting Federal Op ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
I wrote in my previous column that the A-share market was headed for a fresh correction. Well, that was exactly what happened on Monday, when the Shanghai benchmark index shed 1.7 percent. About 1,800 ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
Ignoring Beijing’s harsh objections, Washington sent its guided missile destroyer USS Lassen into the disputed waters surrounding the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea last week. The area has ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai said he will not seek a judicial review on the decision by the Hong Kong University's governing council to punish him over donations handled by the professor. Altho ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
I could not believe my eyes when I came across Chief Executive CY Leung’s lame excuse for his late arrival at the Hong Kong Association luncheon in London, which he highlighted at the start of his spe ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
Hong Kong's real estate market has started to cool down recently, arousing heated debate on whether the trend will continue. In this article, rather than expressing my opinion on the property market, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
After a year’s delay, the Department of Justice finally pressed charges against the seven police officers who were caught on camera beating up Ken Tsang, a pro-democracy activist, in a dark street cor ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
Britain is increasing efforts to encourage Chinese trade and investment in the country while welcoming more mainland tourists and students, a senior official said. “In recent years, we have attracted ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
Depending on your temperament, the October chill is either welcome or a yearly annoyance. And depending on your tastes, so too are the month's big beer shindigs, namely last weekend's Beertopia slosh- ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
In the wake of China's much lower economic trajectory, prices of commodities -- from aluminum to zinc -- have declined. First to feel the impact have been neighboring countries such as Korea, Taiwan a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
Opinion polls consistently show Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to be a highly unpopular leader. Many polls show him to be even more unpopular than Tung Chee-hwa, making him the least-liked of the thr ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
I predicted in early September that the Hong Kong market will consolidate in the 20,000 to 22,500 points range on the benchmark index. Last week, sentiment became more fragile ahead of the week-long ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-06
I’ve noted earlier that the US Federal Reserve should have announced the liftoff in its meeting on Sept. 17. That should have removed the uncertainties relating to the rate hike and probably helped th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-03
Tourism in Hong Kong is at the crossroads. Golden Week no longer glitters much for retailers because mainland tourists are no longer coming as often as we want. For the first time we have seen a susta ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-01
After the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Beijing followed in the footsteps of the United States and adopted a quantitative easing monetary policy. ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city’s de facto central bank, is warning about “uncertainty” in the all-important housing market, where transactions plunged last month. But Michael Spencer, Asia ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
In a major speech to the sixth Central Tibet Work Conference in Beijing in late August, President Xi Jinping said one key policy was to promote the use of Putonghua and simplified characters. He was r ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
