Ngau Tau Kok? The name doesn’t easily trip off the English-speaking tongue. It has neither the quick understanding of Kowloon Bay – which everyone knows how to pronounce – nor the rising recognition o ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
How does Hong Kong fare in terms of walkability? I joined a group of volunteers to score the walkability of four districts, using a number of criteria including pedestrian safety, waste management and ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
Twenty-five-year-old Yau Wai-ching, Hong Kong’s youngest female legislator, promises not to succumb to pressure even though she is beset with controversies. At her swearing-in last week, she triggered ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
I will always be wondering why Uber decided to quit Hong Kong when this is the place where its service is most needed. After all, Hong Kong car owners are among the least privileged, long-suffering gr ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
China launched a two-man space mission, Shenzhou 11, on Monday, taking the country closer to its ambition of setting up a permanent manned space station by 2022. After Monday's launch at 7:30 a.m. in ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
Four in 10 Hong Kong people want to live overseas, but most of them are unable to make up their mind and act on their plans because of various difficulties, a survey finds. In the survey conducted by ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
US President Barack Obama says efforts are under way to build habitats that could help humans live long-term far from Earth, highlighting his pledge to send people to Mars by the 2030s. The mission is ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
Hong Kong's older generation apparently finds it hard to understand the youth's pessimism about the future. A recent survey conducted by AIESEC, an international non-profit organization for leadership ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-11
In these times of weak retail sales, an estate agent relied on creativity and humor to come up with an unconventional way of promoting a shop space in Central for lease. It worked. Using “Kongish”, or ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
To put it mildly, the choice of words was, ahem, inelegant. But no. It was coarse and unladylike, according to critics of legislator-elect Yau Wai-ching, who will soon have "honorable" tagged to her n ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
The government has confirmed that it plans to utilize for a public housing project a site in Shek Mun in New Territories that currently houses a football training center. Under the plan, the land that ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
The retail market has finally cooled after years of record-high prices. Now may be the perfect time to acquire new retail space at a more reasonable price. Here are some tips on how to make the best i ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
UBS is wrong. It does not take 18 years to buy a 600-square-foot flat in Hong Kong. It takes much longer or involves smaller units -- or both. In its annual UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index, the S ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
Today, data is all around us and the term “big data” is equally ubiquitous. At its core, big data is about extracting intelligence from the vast amounts of data available to an organisation. Internall ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
“Having lived in Tseung Kwan O for a few years, I can honestly say that living in prison is probably more bearable.” That’s my friend's tongue-in-cheek response when I, a Kennedy Town resident, told h ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
Contrary to popular belief, new mobile payment methods often gain popularity faster in developing countries. This is because their underdeveloped banking sector creates ample room for adoption of new ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
The Society for Community Organization (SCO), a non-governmental organization that focuses on human rights and community issues, is preparing to hold a photo exhibition that will throw a spotlight on ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
HSBC recently rented more than 300 desks in a co-working space in Causeway Bay for its digital and transformation team. The facility, which is located in Tower 535 in Jaffe Road, is operated by WeWork ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
Hong Kong has the potential to become a pedestrian-friendly city by connecting small parks into long pathways for walkers and joggers. Government House should spare some space to allow a pathway that ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
Sidewalks have been widened, new crosswalks installed and signaling adjusted at 34 different locations in Kowloon Bay, Ngau Tau Kok and Kwun Tong. Even the area’s back alleys have been decorated with ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-23
