I still remember my childhood days when my parents would wake me up on weekends. When they said Café de Coral, I would jump out of bed. The price of a double egg and ham breakfast was HK$6 in the firs ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
El Niño, a weather pattern in the Pacific that is blamed for devastating droughts in the region, is likely to make a comeback later this year, forecasters said. Climate models indicate the central Pac ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-01
Dear electors, I am crediting you with a modicum of intellect and, even though I have grave reservations based on past performance, a moral conscience. Neither of these attributes automatically connot ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
It only took a breeze to bring me back to the years of my youth. Those days in Hong Kong had sat in the nooks of my memory, the brooks of my brain for the last decade -- untouched and quickly fading. ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
People going to Lamma Island from Central have the option of taking a ferry either to Yung Shue Wan or Sok Kwu Wan from Pier No. 4. Yung Shue Wan, situated in the north of the island, is close to popu ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
For Hong Kong people, there is one "king of drinks" and that is a steaming hot, irresistible milk tea. You will find locals sipping a cup at cha-chan teng with a sandwich, egg tart, French toast or in ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
In recent years I have abstained from acquiring expensive “toys” for my own pleasure. But this year is an obvious exception. I took full advantage of my birthday by treating myself to a pump-driven es ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
It's not the likeliest venue for it, but Pacific Place was engaged in a cat-and-mouse game against a rodent. The luxury mall in Admiralty was thrown into chaos when the foot-long mouse ran out of a re ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
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
