A 50-year lease is being considered by the government on the Sha Tin racecourse which would allow the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to expand its footprint by 20 percent. Talks are under way to extend ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
Young Hong Kong people in their twenties and thirties are saddled with credit card debt, according to a survey. They charge an average of HK$8,200 (US$1,060) a month to their credit cards, about 40 pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
The Food and Health Bureau has allocated HK$570 million (US$73.54 million) for the Hospital Authority to undertake a rehiring progam to cope with an expected wave of retirement among medical doctors. ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
It is becoming increasingly easy to understand the motives of our government officials. Just observe how many times they deny or even preemptively deny something and you will know that reality lies in ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
Lead-tainted water is increasingly being found in boilers in schools. Two water samples taken from St. Jerome’s Catholic Kindergarten in Tin Shui Wai were found to have lead levels that exceed the Wor ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-08
West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong's largest arts and cultural project, could put some or all of its commercial and residential land up for tender, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. WKCD is in fi ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-05
Hong Kong immigration authorities are investigating suspected collusion between asylum seekers and local entities. The investigation focuses on recent incidents in which foreigners filed torture claim ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-25
A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of child abuse at his home on Robinson Road in the Mid-Levels, after he threatened to throw his son off the balcony, Sing Tao Daily reported Friday. The sus ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
Money troubles are likely to drive men to commit suicide more than women. Also, people in their thirties and forties are most affected by unemployment and other money-related problems, according to Su ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
Hong Kong police are looking for vandals who spray-painted the walls of three schools on Tuesday, the first day of the new school year. Yaumati Catholic Primary School in Hoi Wang Road had graffiti sp ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
MTR passengers were treated to a real-life drama at the Kowloon Tong station when two middle-aged men apparently married to the same woman bumped into each other and engaged in a scuffle. The woman su ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
Football fans in Hong Kong are complaining about the difficulties involved in getting tickets for the upcoming World Cup qualifier match between China and Hong Kong. Mainland authorities have alloca ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
Did Next Media get it wrong when it decided to close Sudden Weekly? People are asking barely a day after Hong Kong's best-selling entertainment magazine ceased publication, forfeiting a virtual market ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
Hong Kong has more than 10,000 pending torture claim applications from asylum seekers. More than a fifth of these claims were filed in the six months to June alone, Sing Tao Daily reports, citing the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
Dozens of alumni have taken out a newspaper advertisement in support of a decision by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) council to delay the appointment of a pro vice chancellor. They also denounced t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
The Legislative Council has urged the Hong Kong government to develop new scenic spots to attract visitors, the numbers of whom are growing at a dwindling rate, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday. A stu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
Suppliers and customers of furniture and home appliance retailer DSC, which closed shop on Monday, have very slim chances of getting back their money because they are classified as unsecured creditors ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
A passenger punched a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) driver after complaining that the bus had skipped his stop, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. The 34-year-old passenger, surnamed Shek, reportedly forgot to ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
The average life expectancy of men in Hong Kong is 81.2 years, the longest in the world, Sing Tao Daily reported, citing the latest data from the Census and Statistics Department. On the other hand, H ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
Hong Kong women are marrying mainlanders in record numbers, hitting a 28-year peak in 2014. The phenomenon is driven by a growing sex gap, with more female births each year, according to Sing Tao Dail ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
