Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit said Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying should stop being a political bruiser if it is his goal to bring harmony to Hong Kong, Ming Pao Daily reported Friday. Leong' ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche was in the middle of a media interview in Hong Kong when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25. As news of the tragedy arrived, the renowned Buddhist scholar and te ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
Cathay Pacific Airways is said to have launched an investigation after finding that drinking water supplied from on-board tanks on some of its planes contained excessive bacteria. The carrier is worki ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
Hong Kong people are too busy to fall in love, so New York-based online dating app Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB) is targeting them in its first overseas outing. With 10,000 registered users, the app is in ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
A cup of espresso in Hong Kong is double the price in London. And for the price of a pair of jeans in the city, you can buy at least two in New York. Indeed, prices are going up in Hong Kong, which ha ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
Taiwan plans to send people to Hong Kong and Macau next month to publicise a new scheme to attract entrepreneurs and innovators to emigrate to the island. On June 11, the Ministry of the Interior anno ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
A couple of new China fast-food industry headlines reflect the rapidly changing and increasingly competitive environment in the sector. Let's start with the more humorous headline about KFC suing thre ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
At the start of last year, Chinese stocks were cheap, and only 200 were valued highly enough — had they been American — to have qualified for the blue-chip S&P 500 index. Today, Chinese stocks ar ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
Pacific Coffee has been forced to remove tables and chairs in its Flower Market Street shop in Prince Edward, leaving surprised customers to ponder their drink on their feet or their behind. The shop ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
Less three in 10 Hong Kong people have knowledge about fair trade, according to a survey of 1,000 consumers. Nearly half of the respondents cannot tell a fair trade product, Sing Tao Daily reported Fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
Yum Brands Inc, owner of KFC and Pizza Hut chains, said on Tuesday that its business in China is recovering after a setback last summer due to problems related to a meat supplier. Yum is making "conti ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
China Resources Enterprise Ltd. (CRE, 00291.HK) announced Tuesday that is selling all its non-beer businesses to its state-backed parent for HK$28 billion (US$3.6 billion) in a bid to improve its prof ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
The recent article “Is Jetstar Hong Kong push worth it?” struck me as a little odd. Not only because the processing of the airline’s application has been dragging on for several years but because the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
Hong Ning Dairy, known as Hong Kong’s only licensed organic milk farm, has lost its license and is selling milk products made from formula as fresh milk, Apple Daily reported Tuesday. Once popular amo ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
A 68-year-old Chinese painter has been found guilty of common assault and fined HK$6,000 (US$774) for throwing coffee at an airline stewardess. Li Yifeng angrily protested his innocence when the verdi ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
A man charged with attacking an airline stewardess while on flight received a stern warning from a judge over his behavior inside the court. Li Yifeng, a 69-year-old Chinese painter, pleaded not guil ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
With the swelling ranks of Chinese students on US campuses, the impact of geopolitical tensions on interpersonal relations can't be ignored, a new study suggests. Imagine you're 17 or 18 years old, 7, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
China Resources Enterprise (00291.HK) has announced a well-anticipated loss following its profit warnings earlier. But what has caused some surprise in the market is that the company has increased the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
Remember the Jordan shop space that was offered in January to young entrepreneurs for a monthly rent of HK$1? As expected, it drew an enthusiastic response. Applications closed last week to a record 1 ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Maxim's Group, Hong Kong's largest restaurant and bakery chain, has been fined HK$7,500 (US$967) after a plastic glove was found in a loaf of bread from one of its shops. Judge Yu Cheuk-man accepted t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
