Seating arrangement in any political gathering and formal group photograph is always tricky, especially so in China where authorities constantly use official events to send signals to the outside worl ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
Police will stop Occupy Central protesters from reentering key areas in Hong Kong's main business and financial district if they break up to skirt a seven-hour window when they could be liable for obs ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
Hong Kong pan-democrats have been warned to return to the "normal track" if they want to have a political future, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Tuesday. Wang Guangya, chief of the Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-16
Investors in Hong Kong can have the chance to take part in Alibaba's mega share offering for as little as HK$200,000 (US$25,803) as the Chinese technology giant prepares for its trading debut on the N ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
A pro-establishment group is distancing itself from a controversial reporting hotline aimed at discouraging students from taking part in a class boycott, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday. The Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
Beijing finally closed the raging debate over political reform in Hong Kong when the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Aug. 31 approved a conservative proposal for the 2017 chief ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-10
The operator of the Peak Tram, which ferries people from Hong Kong's Central district to the popular tourist attraction of Victoria Peak, has proposed to replace the system's rail coaches with larger ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-03
It is never easy to raise children, and it surely is not cheap to support them until they finish college. According to the latest calculation by the Bauhinia Foundation Research Center, a middle-class ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
Discarded fluorescent sticks are a health hazard because they contain toxic chemicals that cannot be easily reused or recycled, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. Half of these toys, typically used durin ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Fifty percent nomination support, four sectors, three or two candidates, one framework. Hong Kong's media have a field day reporting on Beijing's universal suffrage framework. A scan of the local pape ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Tired of having a dog or a cat for a pet? Why not try a sugar glider, a fennec fox or a chipmunk? These exotic animals are now traded online. Some of the sellers are licensed pet shops, while others a ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
A government-commissioned study released on Wednesday proposes to grant all Hong Kong people aged over 65 a pension of HK$3,000 (US$387.06) a month, but Ming Pao Daily and Sing Tao Daily said in separ ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
Concerns are growing in Guangzhou about potential Ebola cases in the metropolis, given the significant number of African expatriates and visitors in the city and their alleged poor living conditions a ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
Two tour guides were attacked by mainland tourists over smoking issues on Tuesday. In one case, local guide Chiang Lai said she was leading 15 visitors from Hebei province to Hung Hom for shopping on ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
The ice bucket challenge is taking Hong Kong by storm and some government officials are getting in on the act. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So Kam-leung will pour icy cold w ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
Renaissance College, a private independent international school in Ma On Shan managed by English Schools Foundation (ESF), and Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD) will jointly offer the Interna ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
Some prepacked fresh food sold in Hong Kong supermarkets and grocery shops are up to 19 percent underweight, Sing Tao Daily reported Friday, citing a Hong Kong Consumer Council survey. The survey exam ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
Over 90 percent of Hong Kong people have little knowledge of “sustainable seafood” and only 6 percent consider how seafood is caught when making a purchase. Sustainable seafood refers to catching or f ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
A man living along the coastal Siu Lam area in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun district said he spotted a five-foot-long crocodile at the waters near his villa Sunday morning. As he was standing in his balcony a ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
A growing number of pan-democrats will reject universal suffrage if the nomination procedure for Hong Kong's next leader does not meet their expectations, according to a new survey. About 46.6 percent ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-08
