Mainland investors find the trading account threshold in the Stock Connect scheme too high, slowing capital flow into Hong Kong, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday, citing Hong Kong stock exchange chief C ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
Jimmy Heung Wah-sing, a prominent film maker from Hong Kong, died in Beijing Thursday at the age of 64 after suffering from esophageal cancer. Heung and his elder brother Charles founded Win's Enterta ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
More than 100 Chinese policemen were sent to the Lo Wu border checkpoint Wednesday after reports hundreds of democracy activists were planning to enter the mainland from different control points. The ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
The government is open to the idea of opening more sea transport services to Lantau islands, Sing Tao Daily reported, citing sources close to the Transport Department. In particular, it is willing to ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
Our Hong Kong Foundation, a think tank recently established by former Hong Kong leader Tung Che-hwa to come up with plans for the city's long-term development, cannot offer fresh and creative ideas be ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
A plan by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) to revamp the Central Market is facing another obstacle after the Land Department said a land premium would have to be paid for the site because part of it ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying on Monday offered some pro-establishment groups details on the 4-million-pounds (US$6.4 million) payment agreement that he had signed with Australian engineering fir ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
Crowd dispersal rehearsals involving up to 1,000 police officers were conducted at the Wong Chuk Hang police academy on Saturday and Sunday, raising speculation that authorities are gearing up to clea ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
A prominent pro-Beijing campaigner is facing withering criticism after he compared the street protests by pro-democracy activists to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Robert Chow, a spokesman for ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
The Central government could direct Hong Kong authorities to clear the Occupy protest sites by use of force once the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) meeting in Beijing ends, according to Ng Ho ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
Hong Kong has seen an increase in the inflow of mainland tourist groups this month despite the Occupy pro-democracy protests that have blockaded parts of the city since late September. About 380 tou ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-24
Masked men poured soy sauce on stacks of Apple Daily newspaper at three distribution points in Hong Kong in the early hours of Wednesday, rendering the copies unsellable, Ming Pao Daily reported. The ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
A consensus will not be easy to reach in the first round of talks between the Hong Kong government and the student leaders over the issue of universal suffrage, Sing Tao Daily reported on Tuesday. Rep ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
A mainland student accused of attacking a university lecturer pleaded not guilty and sought assistance from the Chinese government. Liu Lu, 26, who says he is a student of Tsinghua University in Beiji ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress Rita Fan Lai-tai said the NPC is unlikely to change its decision on the arrangements for the 2017 election in Hong Kong unless there are new and powe ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-08
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has discovered new Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) materials that will help produce better-quality fingerprints compared to the existing m ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
The seating plan says it all and the body language is even more telling. Here, China's rigid communist protocol is cleanly laid out for all to see. It's a delicate art in which what is said is sometim ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
Executive councilor Bernard Chan has stoked rumors about a potential run for chief executive in 2017 after giving an extensive interview about Hong Kong's political development. Chan's father Robin, c ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
Is Asia Television (ATV), the smaller of Hong Kong's free-to-air TV broadcasters, poised for an ownership change? And if so, who is the buyer and what is prompting the interest? Well, rumors regardin ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
President Xi Jinping said China will reconsider its policy on outbound tours in response to concerns in Hong Kong, Sing Tao Daily reported Tuesday. Xi made the comment during a meeting with a Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
