The ongoing internet boom is quite different from the dotcom bubble of 2000. Internet giants such as Google, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba have seen spiking profits, rather than mere rising click rate ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-10
... . In a meeting with officials from the Lands Department, the Home Affairs Department and the Transport Department at the Kwun Tong District Council on Monday, Ng Wai-tung, a community organizer of the ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-09
... ending continued to rise, according to official data. We can expect more second- and third-tier cities to follow suit and ease their respective property curbs in the near future. This might be good ne ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-08
Several thousand people took to the streets to denounce a court decision handing a jail sentence to a retired police superintendent for assaulting a pedestrian at the height of the pro-democracy prote ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-08
Tencent-affiliated new listings were highly sought-after in Hong Kong last year. Now, there is one more firm that looks set to join the list: C-Mer Eye Care Holdings (03309.HK). The Hong Kong-based op ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-05
... sday, pointing to cases of illegal sales of the co-called small-house rights. The Liber Research Community, a non-profit group that focuses on issues related to public policies in Hong Kong, said a st ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-05
... ice's Sha Tin division, was serious enough to warrant time behind bars. Awarding a jail term, rather than lighter punishment such as community service, is necessary, Principal Magistrate Bina Chainrai ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-04
... e to a continued decline in the birth rate and the aging of its population. There were 941,000 babies born last year in Japan, 36,000 less than in 2016. That's a fresh record low. Since about 1.3 mill ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-03
... ts, indicating its system has a good understanding of users' diverse tastes. Attention is considered the most precious resource in a world where people are overwhelmed by massive information. Therefor ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-03
The Hong Kong Economic Journal has used its database to look for words that appeared most frequently last year. The results reveal some interesting facts. In the business/financial news section, after ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-02
... ple is cutting orders with certain makers and diverting them to other factories. However, another source sent out a similar signal. The tech giant launched iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X on Sept ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-29
... o are fighting for the top city position in the region. Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chongqing have already built their dominance in north, east, south and west China respectively. But the spot of ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-28
... -share listing. (H shares refer to Hong -Konglisted shares issued by a company incorporated in the Chinese mainland.) In 2002, it introduced American beer company Budweiser’s parent AB InBev as a stra ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-22
... cities continue to lead other mainland cities in home price rises. Part of the reason is that there are a lot of exemptions. For example, the tax only applies to new purchases after the trial tax sche ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-22
Last week, the opposition lost its sting. That happened when the establishment exploited a window of opportunity to force through Legislative Council rules changes that would limit the opposition’s us ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
... ter graduating from Beihang University in 2003, he joined Huawei, the world's largest telecommunications equipment supplier. In 2011, he left Huawei and joined its rival ZTE (00763.HK). He was then pr ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
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今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2017年12月21日
... en negotiating with Alibaba. In this deal, Tencent and JD.com will buy US$604 million and US$259 million worth of Vipshop shares respectively, representing 7 percent and 5.5 percent stakes. The purcha ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
... f the Sha Tin Division, may receive a jail sentence, which is scheduled to be announced on Dec. 29. Chu, who retired on July 23, 2015, has been accused of attacking a pedestrian at the height of the s ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
... Under existing rules, internet service providers (ISPs) are not allowed to discriminate between internet traffic among different websites. That means they are not allowed to block certain websites or ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
