The world's top central bankers gather in Jackson Hole, their confidence bolstered by a sustained return to economic growth that may eventually allow the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan to ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
The major headline for the market from the ECB minutes was the comment about the euro exchange rate. The ECB’s comment suggests it was fine with a EUR/USD exchange rate rising to 1.15. However, since ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a controversial Muslim quick divorce law "unconstitutional", a landmark victory for Muslim women who had long argued that it violated their right to equality, Re ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
The Court of Appeal's decisions last week to hand out jail terms to young activists and student leaders over 2014 civic and pro-democracy protests have caused widespread dismay in Hong Kong. The rulin ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
The alleged abduction saga involving Democratic Party member Howard Lam Tsz-kin took an unexpected and nasty twist when he was arrested by law enforcers early on Tuesday for deliberately misleading th ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
The recent racial riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, have shocked the world, and everyone, including US President Donald Trump, have condemned the violence, even though he has obviously pulled his pu ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
To enhance the capacity of the Medical Council of Hong Kong to protect the public from dysfunctional doctors, reforming the council’s composition and speeding up its complaint-handling processes are n ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-15
Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu said police investigation will continue into claims by a pan-democratic activist that he was abducted and tortured by mainland agents last week, although no sub ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
The Brexit debate is an endless source of mirth for anyone with a dark sense of humor. My own favorite quote is from Michael Gove, currently Britain's environment secretary. Just prior to the June 201 ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
The recent disqualification of four more democrats from the Legislative Council and the controversy over the co-location arrangement for the Express Rail Link mean that Chief Executive Carrie Lam Chen ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
Eddie Ng Hak-kim, Hong Kong's former education secretary, has again become the subject of social media chatter, this time over his purported rejoinder to nasty Facebook messages from a netizen. An int ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-10
More than 40 percent of Hongkongers support the government's co-location arrangement for the Express Rail Link, according to the results of a survey released earlier this week. If that is the case, th ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-10
The debate on “net neutrality”, the principle that internet service providers should treat all data on the internet the same, has been a broad one, ranging from regulatory concerns to freedom of speec ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-09
What happened in China in 1949? Was it "liberation" (解放) from a corrupt regime and two centuries of foreign domination? Or was it a "catastrophe" (淪陷) that led to a one-party dictatorship whose polici ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-08
Hong Kong people are lucky to have a government that is willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build two major transport infrastructure projects -- the Express Rail Link and the third air ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-03
The government appears to be having a hard time winning over the public a week after it announced the co-location arrangement for the Express Rail Link. Officials obviously underestimated the public’s ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-01
North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two US officials tell Reuters. The as ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-01
Facebook Inc. will provide initial funding of US$500,000 for a non-profit organization that aims to help protect political parties, voting systems and information providers from hackers and propaganda ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-27
As debate rages over the proposed "co-location arrangement" at the West Kowloon Terminus, the fears and apprehensions of Hong Kong people can perhaps be summed up in this one simple question: Can we u ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
