Former justice secretary Elsie Leung Oi-sie called for an end to the debate over proposed joint border control at a rail terminus that would serve a cross-border high-speed rail link, stressing that t ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-15
The Trump administration is likely to expand a ban on laptops on commercial aircraft to include some European countries, but is reviewing how to ensure lithium batteries stored in luggage holds do not ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-11
A video of a Hong Kong woman moving precariously on the ledge of a high-floor balcony, with her husband holding on to her legs, in a window-cleaning attempt has gone viral on the internet. Netizens ar ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
Chinese "wulin", or martial arts circles, are seething with outrage after a 38-year-old MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter made disparaging comments about Tai Chi following a headline-grabbing duel in S ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
Today Legco resumes the second reading of the appropriations bill and as expected it is time for the filibuster party again. Although the pan-democrats claimed they had exercised considerable restrain ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-26
In the past couple of years, we have heard a growing number of complaints and warnings that freedom of speech is under threat in universities in Hong Kong. However, similar charges are being made else ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-25
It's no surprise that Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai has drawn widespread criticism and ridicule for offering an unsolicited suggestion to chief executive-elect Carrie Lam. In an interview publi ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-19
On April 22, scientists from around the world will mark Earth Day by participating in an unprecedented "March for Science". The aim of the march will be to “celebrate and defend science at all levels ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Filibuster of the government’s 2017-18 budget is seen likely after pan-democratic lawmakers criticized it for not being attentive enough to livelihood issues. On Wednesday, the first day of debate on ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
The media hype over the proposed Xiongan New Area has triggered a frenzy of buying into stocks related to the development program, which officials have referred to as a monumental state project that w ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
It has been almost a decade since the 2008 financial crisis, and the confrontational politics that emerged in its aftermath remain ubiquitous in the West. But despite similarities between the United S ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
Indian lawmakers on Wednesday passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, setting the stage for the country to replace a bevy of federal and state sales taxes with a single nationwide levy. Followin ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
Much of the discussion and debate about Hong Kong's future in recent years has come back to one pessimistic assumption: the city's best days are over. This assumption feeds into the uncertainty and di ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
If Carrie Lam wins Sunday's CE election, she will have a lookalike assisting her for the next three months or so before she officially takes up her duties. We are talking about Jessie Ting Yip Yin-me ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
The debates are over but a tougher road lies ahead for Carrie Lam. With 90 percent of the questions directed at her in the second debate on Sunday night, Lam was able to recover from an early shock (s ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
Former financial secretary John Tsang said Carrie Lam, his key rival in the race for Hong Kong’s top job, will be a “three-low” chief executive if she wins, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Dur ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
“If the mainstream opinion of Hong Kong people renders me unsuitable to serve as chief executive, I will resign,” chief executive candidate Carrie Lam declared during a televised debate on Tuesday nig ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
Hong Kong TV viewers got a rare treat from the first and only televised debate among the three candidates in the chief executive election on Tuesday night. Former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
If there's one clear winner from last night's debate between the chief executive hopefuls, it's not any of the three contenders themselves but rather someone else. It's Julian Law Wing-chung, the rela ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
Hong Kong delegates to the last "twin sessions" received their newest marching orders: Go to school campuses and promote national education. The edict from China's highest political consultative body ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
