Manufacturing used to account for a quarter of Hong Kong's economic output at one time, but its share has now fallen to just around one percent. To revive the sector, businessmen are calling on the g ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
So how was the response to G.E.M.'s concert in London, the last stop of her World Tour? "G.E.M. Get Everybody Moving X.X.X. Live” was a tough act to follow, considering the Hong Kong pop diva charged ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
With the results being declared in Sunday's district council elections, political groups in Hong Kong will now begin a post-mortem in earnest. Although the overall outcome was along expected lines, wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
Hong Kong manufacturers that operate production lines on the mainland are facing tough times due to intensifying competition. However, they still hold an advantage over their mainland counterparts, sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
Leiji Matsumoto (松本零士) is highly regarded as a master of Japanese anime and manga. Born in 1938, the artist began to show talent in manga making in his early years. In 1954, Matsumoto, at the age of 1 ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
A gross act of official vandalism is in the works -- but, rather unusually, no less a person than Hong Kong’s chief executive has proffered an early warning of what’s to come. In some ways Leung Chun- ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-14
The Education Bureau (EDB) is investigating Lifelong College, founded by Alex Lee Ye-lick, a member of the Lingnan University council, in response to allegations the college is a diploma mill, Ming Pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
Two US B52 strategic bombers flew near artificial Chinese-built islands in the South China Sea this week and were contacted by Chinese ground controllers but continued their mission undeterred, the Pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
A three-bedroom flat at City One Shatin is being offered for a monthly rent of HK$14,000, back to the level five years ago, the Sky Post reported on Wednesday, citing sources from Midland Realty. Acco ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
A strong, vigorous handshake that lasted more than a minute marked the historic first meeting between the leader of the People’s Republic of China and the leader of Taiwan, which has been the home of ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is launching an innovation project in Hong Kong to facilitate student exchanges and turn abstract concepts into commercial products. Under the Innovation Node pro ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
A cancer-care center has opened at Citibank Tower, a 50-floor skyscraper in Hong Kong's Central business district. Equipped with biopsy facilities, body scanners, and quiet "VIP" chemotherapy rooms, i ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-09
In recent years, the acute land shortage, stemming from poor planning by previous administrations, has substantially clipped the wings of the Hong Kong government in different policy areas, from housi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-07
You don't need to be a tech expert to tell that data center operation is a great business. Just look around, and you see people everywhere fixated on their mobile phones and tablets, be it on MTR trai ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
A meteor looking like a blue-green fireball streaked above the sky in Hong Kong Wednesday night, according to video footage captured by some motorists as well as the Observatory. A person named Chris ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
A company that offers a cure to a common sex problem among men is set to debut in the Hong Kong stock market. Regent Pacific Group (0575.HK), an investment holding company focused on the biopharma and ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
People are becoming more aware of their wants and needs. For the majority, those might finally align and become the same thing. Today, people are prepared to live with less while living more. In the n ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Hong Kong police stopped 15 sports cars in a space of three hours on Sunday in a clampdown on illegal road racing ahead of the Macau Grand Prix. The police operation was held from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. alo ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Britain's biggest-selling newspaper the Sun is to take down its online paywall, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid failed to win enough readers in its latest digital experiment. The scrapping of t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Just hours after China announced the end of its one-child policy, related stocks surged in Hong Kong. On Friday, companies that make milk powder, children's trolleys, baby clothes, children's healthca ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-30