... momentary gap of silence. I envisioned the ghostly spirit of my grandma returning and joining us for dinner. Her blurry limbs now charged with the exact silence that conjured her. She sat across me, s ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... the door gap and shouted at the crowd behind him to ask if anyone wanted to see council chairman Arthur Li Kwok-cheung, the court heard. Several protesters came and attempted to pull the glass door o ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... education gap that keeps widening. When asked about the education system here, I say two things that sum up my feelings: 1) Life planning starts at two years old, and 2) Education in Hong Kong is made ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... age-point gap could be closed by making mobile banking and digital wallets a reality. But a gender gap will also have to be closed: worldwide, about 200 million fewer women than men have mobile phone ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-15
... e.g., the gap between his forecasts and actual budget deficit/surplus has risen to about HK$400 billion over a period of nine years) than for his work attitude (many think that he's putting less than ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... d the big gap arise? The answer lies in the revenue composition. Up to 70 percent of Ocean Park's revenue was generated from ticket sales, while goods sales and restaurant revenue made up only 9 perce ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-12
Hong Kong dropped to ninth place in science and second in reading and mathematics to trail Singapore in the latest rankings of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Ming Pao Daily ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
... he rising gap between property prices in Vancouver and Hong Kong, there is no going back. For many migrants who did not keep a home in Hong Kong, it is the same. Even if they wish to return, they cann ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
... ng wealth gap and the unequal distribution of wealth. According to a 2005 study by the US Congress, the rich (i.e. those making more than US$91,705 a year) held nearly half of the total wealth in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
... ridge the gap between millennial employees and your organization by focusing on corporate culture, being social and speeding up the recruitment process. With this, you might be well on your way to get ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-30
... ng income gap and uneven wealth distribution as the major causes of social unrest. Ironically, five decades later, Donald Trump was voted into the White House largely because of his pledge to redress ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-29
... ng wealth gap and sluggish pay rise in the job market have led to deepening social divisions and mounting public grievances across America in recent years. In particular, many middle-class families ar ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
... that the gap is continuing to widen. According to government figures, only 92,000 new residential units will be available over the next five years. Among these new homes, 71,000 are PRH flats, just s ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-15
... ment. The gap is 19 times the current supply. Since it would be wishful thinking for the government to build a sufficient number of public rental units to meet the huge demand, shouldn’t it consider r ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
Most people may find legal documents complicated and difficult to comprehend. Thus, when there is a gap in our understanding, such as the intent of a particular clause, we tend to fill it with somethi ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
Toblerone has drawn mounting criticisms from British consumers who are upset over the bigger spaces between the distinctive jagged peaks of the chocolate bars sold in the UK. US manufacturer Mondelez ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
... the time gap between China and South Korea. But the restaurant employee rejected the demand, prompting the students to fly into a rage. Three of the students began threatening the worker and threw ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... ng wealth gap among its citizens. The rich are becoming richer, and a hike in taxes doesn't bother them. Meanwhile, the number of emerging wealthy Chinese on the mainland is so huge that even if a sma ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... here is a gap of 8 to 10 mm between the train and the track. Because the maglev train is suspended above the rail track and does not have wheels, it is able to climb slopes and cross low-lying barrier ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-04
