Without realizing it, I’ve lived in Hong Kong for more than two years. I’ve had a constant love-hate relationship with Hong Kong even before I arrived from Toronto in 2014. As a young child, I visit ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
Hong Kong's public museums are sometimes referred to as hidden gems. We know they are there, but many of us rarely think about visiting them. The Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Shatin hosts a surprising ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
“Shoebox” private residential units are a growing trend in Hong Kong, with the latest project offering units as small as 60-odd square feet. A cramped living space would not only fall short of meeting ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
Most Hong Kong homebuyers, with the exception of the rich second generation, go through a mountain of debt before they get the key to their first home. This has been happening for 50 years but now the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century's greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later as the world's oldest astronaut, has died Glenn, who also had a long career as a US ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
Among all the election promises made by Donald Trump during the campaign, perhaps one stands the best chance of being fulfilled quickly -- sending Americans back to the moon again as soon as possible. ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
The feud between Leung Chun-ying and Financial Secretary John Tsang is almost an open secret in Tamar. A government source told me that when Leung shocked Hong Kong in July 2015 with his callous sacki ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
Hong Kong builder Chun Wo Property Development is trying to set a new standard for "coziness" in modern living. It seeks to answer the question: What is the smallest amount of space that could still b ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
How many small new offices can one floor of an old industrial building have? Consider K One Harbour, the new name of a Kwun Tong office building which is currently selling “workstations” for a startin ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-30
Cuba's former president, Fidel Castro, died on Nov. 25 at the age of 90. The iconic leader had been seriously ill for years, and his younger brother and successor, President Raul Castro, has been run ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
At least 14 people were injured in a flying competition organized by energy drink Red Bull at the old Kai Tak airport runway on Sunday. Four required hospitalization, with the condition of two female ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
Beijing's interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law has provided the establishment camp with the means to kick out more independence advocates from the Legislative Council. This will give Chief E ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
German auto giant Daimler AG has sacked a top executive for China after he reportedly made insulting comments about Chinese people in a row over parking space in Beijing. Accounts of the incident, whi ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-22
Page One's outlets in Festival Walk and Harbour City officially closed on Thursday, signalling the end of the struggling bookstore chain in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. A notice ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
Police officers are accused of applying excessive force on a woman stall owner who was arrested over a carton box found outside her stall in Sha Tin. The 53-year-old woman, surnamed Wan, was wailing a ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-14
On Monday, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) will announce that Sixtus Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching are barred from taking their seats in the Legislative Council because ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
Paris already has a funny name for the beneficiaries of its new initiative: les Parisculteurs, but there’s no harvest yet. The City Council has promised Parisians some 30 hectares to cultivate by 2020 ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-04
Take a look at the one of KUKA’s latest videos promoting its small robot series and you will be amazed at how good they have become. The machine highlights its two killer features -- extreme speed and ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
Nothing lasts forever. Fashion retailer Forever 21 is to withdraw from its Causeway Bay mega flagship store, billed as the most expensive commercial store by rent in Hong Kong. The iconic location on ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
One reason why mankind wants to explore space and conquer new worlds must be the skyrocketing cost of living on this planet, especially in this city. Don’t you feel a bit downtrodden to know that a tw ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
