While some observers complain that the June 4th candlelight vigil at Victoria Park has been following the same pattern every year, I have no problem whatsoever with the way the event was held this yea ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
She is not the first person you would think of when asked to name a pan-democrat. She looks like a world-famous politician, but her face is often blocked from view by her party's other members. So, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
China is open to improvements to the electoral reform package, contrary to claims by pan-democrats, according to the top Beijing official responsible for Hong Kong and Macau. Wang Guangya, director of ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
Unprecedented security measures are in place in the Legislative Council Wednesday hours before lawmakers begin deliberations on a Beijing-backed election reform bill. Police have been allowed into the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
It is impossible to know whom American voters will choose as their next president. But it is certain that the choice will have profound consequences, for better and for worse, for the entire world. Mo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
As Hong Kong's lawmakers prepare for a debate Wednesday on the government's electoral reform proposal ahead of a crucial vote, public support for the universal suffrage bill has risen, according to a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
The police have arrested a total of ten people so far in an alleged bomb-making plot after a raid on an abandoned building in the city Sunday night. A 58-year-old man was detained as he was trying to ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
It's now the endgame in the battle for the vote on the government's proposal for the 2017 election for chief executive. Both sides will continue to leverage "public opinion" to urge the other side to ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
To what extent should governments regulate or tax addictive behavior? This question has long framed public debate about alcohol, tobacco, gambling and other goods and services in many countries worldw ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
Pilot screening and mental health measures aimed at preventing a recurrence of the Germanwings crash are rife with complications that will make them tough to implement, Reuters reported, citing airlin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
Is the Basic Law a sacrosanct document that cannot be criticized or opposed in any way? Many Hong Kong people were taken aback when student leaders from four local universities burned copies of the Ba ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
The Hong Kong government has made a surprise announcement declaring Sept. 3 a statutory holiday to commemorate Japan's surrender in the Second World War 70 years ago. As to be expected, the city's wor ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
Recently a dating specialist's inspiring views on “the secret behind our local single women’s unwillingness to get married” sparked heated debate on the internet. In short, her theory is that women in ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
It’s been almost a year since the temporary marketplace at Tung Yan Street in Kwun Tong has been open to the public. However, media reports say the market is a total failure, because very few people c ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
Sing Tao News Corp. (01105.HK) is seeking compensation of at least HK$1.57 million (US$200,000) from three protesters who disrupted a schools debate last month, Ming Pao Daily reported Friday. It has ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
In performing their function as the Fourth Estate, media should exercise the highest degree of fairness and level-headedness. In monitoring the actions, words and performance of officials and politici ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
For the past 26 years, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China has been playing an important role in reminding Hong Kong people and the whole world of the horrific ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
Immeasurable losses! Endless internal friction! An end to the stock market rally! All that could be the outcome if Hong Kong's political reform bill fails to get passed in the legislature later this m ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
The US Senate on Tuesday passed legislation reforming a government surveillance program that collected millions of Americans' telephone records, Reuters reported. The bill will now go to the White Hou ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
For soup dumpling lovers everywhere, XLB is short for xiao long bao, a type of steamed bun associated with Shanghai. By whatever name you call it, they’re eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even t ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
