Medical experts are debating how best to use a limited supply of promising experimental drugs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak that has killed almost 1,000 people. They warned the virus could sp ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
It's rather late in the day but the lateness of the hour is not stopping the Hong Kong government from a last-minute campaign to get Hong Kong people to accept an electoral reform package that is less ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-08
Following the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were shot dead by a 20-year-old student, many would think Americans had stood unit ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) was said to have considered hiring Norman Chan, then deputy chief of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, as a consultant in 2002, but Walter Kwok, serving as chairman of t ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
The Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou high-speed rail project could see its cost rise significantly to between HK$70 billion (US$9.03 billion) and HK$80 billion from the HK$68.4 billion budgeted by MTR Cor ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
In a taxi to the China ferry terminal, the driver is eagerly sharing his ideas on political reform and blaming the government for the soaring property prices, saying his newly married son cannot affor ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-31
We are not sure what to make of reports that Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and some of his cabinet ministers have joined or are going to sign on to a campaign against Occupy Central. But w ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
The proximity of the 70th anniversary of the Bretton Woods conference, which established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, to historical anniversaries like the Allied landings in Nor ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-28
Ask any Hong Kong person about the city's core values and they'll speak of the need to defend virtues like fairness, openness and justice. But ask people about their support for political parties and ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-25
When a death row convict takes two hours to die, does that make the execution inhumane and society cruel? The answer has been lost for years somewhere between moral indignation and the law, but it has ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-24
China's Xiaomi has fired another round in its battle with Apple in the smartphone market, sparking a fresh debate over the prospects of the four-year-old upstart in the fast-saturating business. At a ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-24
Ukrainian rebels had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and it could have come from Russia, Reuters reported Thursday. Alexander ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-24
Central authorities in Beijing are said to be willing to meet moderate democrats in Hong Kong through various channels to solicit their support for the 2017 chief executive election proposals, Ming Pa ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
A new front has opened in China’s tobacco war – the Ministries of Health and Finance are lobbying the government to raise taxes on cigarettes in order to raise state revenue and cut consumption. This ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
European nations will face heavy pressure to impose tougher sanctions on Russia as foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the attack on the Malaysian jetliner last week. A UK-led gr ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
Speculation about an early exit for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying should be quelled, at least for now, with National People's Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang giving a positive assessment of Leung's ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
Beijing is sending out signals that it will shut the door to public nomination while insisting on a screening process to make sure all candidates in the 2017 chief executive election are loyal to the ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is grappling with a question writ large over an entire nation. Why? It is as much about Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, missing for more than 130 days, as it is ab ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
Liberal Party lawmaker James Tien has hit back at suggestions the public should nominate and vote for chief executive candidates, saying such a system would be no different from independence, Metro Da ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
Hong Kong commuters are generally known to be considerate, giving up their seats on trains and buses when they see an elderly or a pregnant person or a woman with baby in arms. But every now and then ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-16
