A Nigerian man was arrested after police found a fake HK$1,000 (US$129) banknote on him in the room of a prostitute in Yau Ma Tei, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday. The suspect speaks fluent Putonghu ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-18
About 1.1 million tourists from Hong Kong visited Japan in the first three quarters of this year, a 70 percent increase from the same period last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) s ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-13
Phone scammers are relocating to Europe, the Caribbean and small African countries after the arrest of hundreds of suspects in Indonesia and Cambodia. They operate with undiminished impunity from thei ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
Two Nepali men were sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for manslaughter by the High Court, Sing Tao Daily reported. Magar Sagar, 23, a chef, and Gurung Roshan, 27, a bartender, pleaded guilt ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
A 66-year-old grandmother who helped her mainland-born grandson stay illegally in Hong Kong for nine years has been given a suspended jail sentence after the judge exercised leniency in what he consid ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
Hong Kong Disneyland has raised its ticket prices for the third consecutive year even as the local tourism industry struggles with slowing visitor numbers and reduced spending by mainlanders. Effecti ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
Two police officers were injured by a middle-aged expatriate who they saw driving unsteadily in Sai Kung, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. At 9 p.m. on Saturday night, a police patrol car spotted the d ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-09
A Shenzhen woman was arrested for trying to use her daughters to smuggle 80 Apple iPhones into mainland China, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday. After she picked up her daughters from a school in Hong ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
The University of Hong Kong will soon launch a global recruitment process to fill the post of pro vice chancellor for academic staffing and resources, HKU president and vice chancellor Peter Mathieson ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
Virgin Atlantic has laid off 50 mostly senior cabin crew in Hong Kong to save costs, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday. Those let go, including 17 supervisors, accounted for over half the British airl ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
Families in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai responded coolly to the end of the country’s one-child policy, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. The Chinese government, which announced the change Thurs ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
Hong Kong is spending more than HK$644 million this year to process 10,450 applications from asylum seekers, Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said. In a written reply to a Legislative Council inqu ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
An investigation is under way after a leading US medical journal retracted two studies on liver transplant by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) medical faculty. HKU launched the inquiry after the Amer ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-28
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
