As soon as we arrived in Shanghai, we headed to Hong Chang Xing (洪長興), a halal restaurant famous for its mutton dishes. Their hotpot follows the Old Beijing tradition. In front of us was a charcoal-fi ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-04
"Call me a nag, dude, but you have already had two bo lo yau. For goodness sake, can you try to be more health conscious and take care of your body?” When I got this friendly piece of advice from my c ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
Not every company is Google or Facebook, but increasingly, more of them are turning into social media workstations. Gone are the days when you worked at a fixed desk in the financial district. Thanks ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
HSBC recently rented more than 300 desks in a co-working space in Causeway Bay for its digital and transformation team. The facility, which is located in Tower 535 in Jaffe Road, is operated by WeWork ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
Second Draft, a newly-opened gastropub in Tai Hang, might be mistaken for a vintage Hong Kong café at first glance, given its white and fern green wall that is partially decorated with mosaic black an ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
Mystical, evocative and joyous, the Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival comes just as Hongkongers start to enjoy cooler weather. The holiday is an important time for families and friends to gather, eating sph ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
It made perfect sense that Marco Lee had visited Vietnam before the opening of Miss Saigon Vietnamese Cuisine in Hong Kong. As the restaurant's head chef, Lee faced the challenge of replicating authen ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-09
The charismatic Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, paid a flying visit to Hong Kong recently after his official state visit to China and the G20 summit in Hangzhou. It was Trudeau's first trip t ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-09
High living costs, stalled political reforms and poor social mobility in Hong Kong are blamed for a noticeable uptick in the number of locals emigrating from the city in recent years. Among the place ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
Kanazawa, capital of Ishikawa Prefecture on Japan’s central Honshu Island, is not a golden city for nothing. It produces 99 percent of the country’s high-quality edible gold leaf used as toppings and ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
Britain's new prime minister, Theresa May, has a monumental task ahead of her: fulfilling British – or, more accurately, English and Welsh – voters' demand to "Brexit" the European Union, and managing ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
Recently my friend and I tried to come up with some explanation as to why those living on Hong Kong Island seem reluctant to travel to Kowloon peninsula for shopping or dining, while Kowloon dwellers ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
Corporates are recommended to seek legal advice before setting up a big data system to help make human resource decisions as their actions may lead to labor disputes, DLA Piper Hong Kong said. A compa ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-25
The Hong Kong government has launched a crackdown on illegal premises in industrial buildings. Some units in these buildings are being used as cafes, clubhouses, restaurants, mini-warehouses, and even ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
In this stifling heat and annoying humidity, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't crave something cold and dry. If it's chilly and sweet, it would be a tremendous bonus. For the best chil ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
The famous “Big Mac index” was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted, easy-to-understand guide to determine whether currencies are at their “correct” level. It's not really my concern if ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
Helena Storm, consul general of Sweden in Hong Kong and Macau, doesn't have to go very far to explain what it is like to live in her country. She takes herself as an example. Storm is a mother of two. ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
If you're hiking or vigorously exercising and wilting, stop now. And if you have a job out in the sun, move it indoors or to a cooler time. The Center for Health Protection (CHP) is putting out these ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
