Next time you tell a cabbie to take you to Citibank Tower in Hong Kong Island, don't be surprised if you are greeted with a perplexed look. It is because the 51-storey commercial building that you had ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Shenzhen customs officers arrested seven men attempting to smuggle 580 smartphones, estimated to be worth over 1.3 million yuan (US$197,300), into China. The men, aged between 40 and 50, were found to ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
Taxi operators have threatened to burn tires and deploy more than a hundred cabs to surround the Government Headquarters and the Legislative Council building next week to oppose a government scheme in ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Property is a pillar of Hong Kong’s economy. The city's billionaires have all made fortunes in the property market. Small businessmen who bought store spaces for their own use and paid off the mortg ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
Netizens have dubbed a subdivided flat in Yau Ma Tei the "most inhumane" accommodation in Hong Kong. Located at Wah Tak Building on Waterloo Road, the flat is being rented out for HK$2,500 a month, ac ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
“I assume that the police are listening to my telephone calls,” the reporter said. “So I say nothing that does not appear in my articles or is not already public information. "If I have other things t ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
It's said that one square foot of land in Hong Kong is worth its weight in gold. That's why many people live in a shoebox. Despite a falling market, we are no better off than a car, according to a Fac ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
As G7 leaders convene in Ise-Shima, Japan, the global economy’s fragility is a top concern. But instead of focusing on currency wars, the leaders of the major developed economies should be discussing ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
The aging of our society is in many ways a sign of human success. For the first time in tens of thousands of years, most human beings in the world can expect a life without major fear of hunger or dea ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
According to an early May opinion poll by ARD DeutschlandTREND, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's popular support now stands at 15 percent, up from around 5 percent a year ago. Can t ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
About 50 residents of Lantau Island took to the streets to protest against the government’s recent decision to open up some of the restricted road space on the island to tourists, the Hong Kong Econom ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
A female shopper has complained that she saw a man attempting to take pictures of her while she was inside a fitting room at an H&M store in Hong Kong late last month. The woman, who gave her surn ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
For the first time in a century, American newspapers are making more money from street sales and subscriptions than from advertising. It seems selling ad space to subsidize circulation belongs to an o ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
What does the Hong Kong Philharmonic's board of governors think about the orchestra's chief financial officer allegedly offering over HK$1 million (US$128,860) in contracts to her daughter's firm? Unl ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
Thanks to Hong Kong's gentrification, the place where you work indicates your standing in the social pyramid. If you commute to Central each day, you are probably a banker, a stock broker, a lawyer or ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
If memory serves, the Moon is America’s turf. Over the course of six manned missions, the United States sent 24 astronauts to the Moon, 12 of whom actually walked around on the lunar surface, planting ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
A goods truck stopped across both lanes of the Tseung Kwan O tunnel on Sunday afternoon, putting the traffic going to Tseung Kwan O to a complete halt for more than an hour, news website hk01.com repo ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
It boggles the mind as to why the police, who have always been so obsessed with preserving public order, would give permission to the Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union to stage a large si ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
Classified ads may not sound like the sexiest area of the internet, but they've provided some strong growth for the acquisitive 58.com (WUBA.US), which is fast emerging as a leader in the space and is ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-20
Hong Kong had an Internet Finance Summit in the city last weekend, with top industry players in attendance. Now, it's time to ask this question: what progress has the territory achieved in financial t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
