Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who chairs the New People's Party, apologised Friday for her comments about Filipino domestic helpers, which sparked a protest by about 40 people Thursday. "I wish to tender my ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
“We need a true water cannon vehicle.” “We need water cannon vehicles even though we don't get our salaries.” “We need water cannon vehicles even if I don’t have my meals.” “I need a water cannon vehi ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
The proportion of couples in Guangdong who are allowed to have a second child and want one is higher than elsewhere in China – testament to the province's good quality of life and the traditional thin ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
Andraw Tang Shek-tung is an ardent toy collector, having spent anywhere between one and two million Hong Kong dollars over the past fifteen years to build a collection of 10,000 Japanese toys and acti ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
A woman protesting against the European Central Bank leaped onto a desk in front of ECB President Mario Draghi on Wednesday as he spoke at a news conference in Frankfurt, disrupting the usually somber ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
I wrote last week that investors should shed their inhibitions and make some short-term speculative bets in the Hong Kong market this month. The rally of the past few days has validated my view. As ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
With China set to lead a new US$50 billion international financial institution, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), most of the debate has centered on the United States’ futile efforts to ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
Marcopolo Tam Siu-cheong is a prestigious antique map collector, whose private collection comprises over 280,000 items. Like the adventurous traveler Marco Polo, Tam has dedicated himself to making di ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Retirement planning is one of the most important aspects of personal financial planning. It takes into account how one spends his/her money in the next decade or two. If people don't plan well ahead ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Like their imperial predecessors, the government in Beijing presides over a vast empire; it has never been so large and so complex – 1.4 billion people, including 55 minorities with their own language ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
I've travelled to Nanning in Guangxi and the border area between China and Vietnam last week. Let me share with you some of my observations. Currently, China and Vietnam are yet to build close politic ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
This year marks the 35th anniversary of City Forum, the longest-running program produced by public broadcaster RTHK. Joseph Tse Chi-fung, the show's host since 2004, will turn 60 this October. "I have ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
Lai See, the longest-running column of Hong Kong’s largest English newspaper, may soon have its last run. South China Morning Post's highly popular business gossip column will end when Howard Winn, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
The prices of long-term government bonds have been running very high in recent years (that is, their yields have been very low). In the United States, the 30-year Treasury bond yield reached a record ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
A celebrity television journalist, who resigned from her job at the state broadcaster last year to take care of her sick daughter, has produced a deeply personal film about China's worsening air pollu ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Greece must implement immediate economic reform demanded by its creditors if it is to receive much-needed access to emergency funds. Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who led a eurozone grou ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Western economies, as a whole, are on the verge of deflation. Advances in artificial intelligence, information technology and 3D printing have been remarkable, but investors are largely overwhelmed by ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
A researcher in the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party reveals interesting details in a 2011 paper about political donations and financial aid to the party durin ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
If you're a celebrity, you have to do it in style. What would the paparazzi say if you didn't? And so when Chinese rock star Wang Feng finally popped the question to his girlfriend, actress Zhang Ziyi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
Do so-called “foreign forces” really exist in Hong Kong? Do they really constitute a serious threat to the city's social stability and economic prosperity? It goes without saying that the answer is a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
