Hong Kong health officials are warning about the booming online sales of affordable but potentially illegal Botox injections. The warning came after reports a 15-year-old girl spent HK$8,000 (US$1,031 ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
University of Hong Kong (HKU) law dean Michael Hor Yew Meng is defending the faculty against claims of poor performance. HKU has sought to produce high-quality research and publications which have a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital (GHKH), a private institution funded jointly by Singapore’s Parkway Pantai Ltd. and NWS Holdings Ltd., will target the mass-market when it becomes operational in 2017, ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
With ample surplus expected in government coffers, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang is considering fresh "giveaways" to the public, possibly through tax refund or rates concession, Sing Tao ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
About three-quarters of a million Hong Kong employees work 50 hours a week, five more than the recommended standard for weekly working hours. Nearly three in four work overtime without pay, Sing Tao D ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
Hong Kong will launch discounted film tickets to attract a new generation of moviegoers, especially students. The Hong Kong Film Development Council is holding talks with the International Film Festiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
The Hong Kong government will subsidize primary and middle schools that seek alliances with mainland counterparts, a move aimed at promoting educational exchanges across the border, Sing Tao Daily rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
The Hong Kong government is about to propose a youth business fund under HK$1 billion (US$128.95 million) with the aim of helping young people start their own business, Sing Tao Daily reported Friday. ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
The government will kick off the second phase of the public consultation on political reform as soon as Wednesday, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. First, the newspaper said, the government would submi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
An eight-year-old girl was injured when her right leg was caught in the door of a crowded passenger bus. She was brought to a hospital and was discharged with no injuries except for a slight swelling ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
Even before the West Island Line extension of the MRT opens on Dec. 28, Kennedy Town, which the new line will link to Sheung Wan district, has been experiencing a sea change. With their eye on the fre ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
Raphael Hui Si-yan may have spent more than HK$2 million (US$260,000) on his music collection, but experts and collectors say it is of mediocre quality and may now be worth less than a quarter of what ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
What will they think of next? Occupy protesters have occupied streets, unfurled yellow umbrellas on the graduation stage, hung a giant banner on Lion Rock, and done countless other gimmicks to promote ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
Most Hong Kong pan-democrats have no plans to surrender to the police, breaking ranks with top protest figures who are set to turn themselves in on Wednesday. Fifteen said they don't intend to surrend ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
Plastic debris tops the list of marine garbage along Hong Kong's coast, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday, citing the Green Council. The council launched a coastal clean-up campaign at 40 points in Se ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
A Hong Kong deputy to China's legislature has criticized student protesters for lack of respect and intolerance for others. Executive councilor Fanny Law, who is also a delegate to the National People ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
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
