Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing has slashed the number of proposed amendments to the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014, approving only 52 items for the second reading of the bill on ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
Just as the bitter row over the appointment of a new chairman of the University of Hong Kong council seems to have come to a halt after alumni voted by a landslide against widely tipped candidate Arth ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
There has been a lot of debate about why Hong Kong has been lagging behind Singapore in economic growth in recent years. A Hong Kong Trade Development Council report points out a simple reason—the num ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
Legislators are set to resume debate on controversial changes to the copyright law and already, the government is saying the amendments will pass no matter what. It's adamant Wednesday's deliberations ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
Joseph Sung, the vice chancellor of Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has never been shy about wading into politically charged issues and offering his comments on topics he deems important. In ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, in an appeal court ruling that could see him sent back to prison for at least 15 years. The Supr ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
A Philippine court found a US Marine guilty of killing a transgender woman, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in its former colony ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
Pro-democracy nativists have emerged as the new stars in Hong Kong's district council election. They belong to a younger generation that was born and brought up in the city and has a lot of will and s ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
Tackling global climate change is central to competition and innovation. Countries representing 85 percent of the world’s emissions have signed up to national emission reduction targets before the Pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
An exchange between University of Hong Kong vice chancellor Peter Mathieson and council member Lo Chung-mau is the highlight of the latest leaked recording from the HKU council's Sept. 29 meeting, App ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
After months of preparations, the district council elections are now on our doorstep. On Sunday, Hongkongers will be asked to choose 431 representatives for 18 district councils, which are consultativ ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
Our Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying looked happy enough after shaking hands with his boss, Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the APEC summit in Manila on Wednesday. It many seem like a perfunctory gest ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
There was a debate last week in LegCo over a motion that calls on the government to intensify the development of vocational education in Hong Kong in order to enhance the diversity of our workforce. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-19
On Nov. 5, the Legco debate over a motion by pan-democrats seeking to amend the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance to make it applicable to the Chief Executive was brought to a halt when the council meet ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
More than one and a half years away from the next chief executive election, Leung Chun-ying appears to be busy preparing the policy platform for his second term of office. This time, he is seeking to ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
Japan has told China it's concerned about increased capital outflows from the country and that Beijing should move slowly in reforming its capital account. Capital flight is in the hundreds of billion ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
Pope Francis, in a visit to Rome's Lutheran church Sunday, said Catholics and Lutherans should seek forgiveness for past persecutions. "There were terrible times between us," he said in improvised com ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
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
Let there be no mistake, the Hong Kong chief executive is above the rest of us. He cannot be charged under the anti-bribery law, which aims to maintain a fair and just society. But many of our legisla ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
The passage of the funding request for the establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau through the Legco finance committee last week officially marked the end of the long and tedious battle ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
