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
Sky-high property rental costs are a big hurdle for any young person in Hong Kong seeking to start his or her own business. But now some relief is at hand thanks to the concept of co-working spaces, w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
McDonald's introduced a breakfast sandwich in its Taiwan menu and quickly came under fire for being stingy with the ingredients. Customers complained that the ingredients -- ham, egg and lettuce -- ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
Noble Group is vigorously defending itself against allegations by a shadowy research group that it has been fabricating profits. Asia’s biggest commodity trader by sales said it “completely rejects” t ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
"Big data" may sound like a fancy buzzword, but the fact is that the technology that it underscores has already begun to change, among other things, the lives of shoppers and retailers. When a person ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
More Hongkongers were willing to roll up their sleeves and donate blood last year, but the number who were rejected also rose, and the trend toward drinking tea or coffee with meals is the culprit in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
When Clara, the Hong Kong wife of a Taiwanese, went to the immigration office to apply for her residence permit, the officer asked: “Is yours a fake marriage?” It was one of many unpleasant surprises ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
Hong Kong people who have migrated to Taiwan advise those who want to follow them to think very carefully. They said it is hard to find a job, wages are stagnant and below those in Hong Kong and socie ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
Figures released by the Hong Kong government this week on the flow of people across the border show a flood of mainland visitors. Everyone knows that. But, surprisingly, they also show that an even la ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
Hong Kong software engineer Benson Chiu has broken the local record on Kickstarter, the world's largest fundraising website for start-ups, with his smart coffeemaker, the Arist. Even Starbucks, the US ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Does this mirror Hong Kong society? We hope not, but the fact someone even thought of it is telling. That's why this see-through infant changing room in Metro City Plaza II in Tseung Kwan O has become ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
More than 9 in 10 Hong Kong residents were found to be having less than enough intake of calcium in their daily diet, raising the risk of osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become weak and b ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
If President Barack Obama is on a coffee mug and Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou is being pitched as a doll, surely there's a place for a Xi Jinping memorabilia teacup and umbrella. Zhang Hongming, a Chinese en ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
Scuffles broke out and objects were thrown at police as about 5,000 students marched through central London Wednesday to protest against a rise in fees for higher education, Reuters reported. A small ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
What can you accomplish in 180 seconds? Make a cup of coffee? Use the washroom? Or have a quick snog with your honey? Wait, you can buy a flat in Hong Kong. Thanks to the Consumer Council, we now kn ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
As robots that take care of elderly people or sell coffee machines emerge, could technology put you out of a job? Nestle will start using 20 robots, called Pepper, next month to interact with customer ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
For a long time robots have replaced humans in many humdrum functions along assembly lines such as welding or turning nuts and bolts. But a new breed of these artificial-intelligence workers is being ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-30
China plans to amend its counter-espionage law in a bid to enhance state security, People.com.cn reported. Foreign organizations and individuals who conduct espionage activities or who instigate and s ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
