... directors may be liable under Singapore law for breaching their duties to act in the best interests of the company if they fail to take into account climate-related risks in their decision-making proc ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-22
The furore over Mayer Brown rescinding their retainer to represent Hong Kong University’s demand for the removal of the memorial to those killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre raises some interestin ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-22
The United Kingdom’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, may not appeal to everyone – especially European Union leaders put off by Brexit. But the UK is hosting the latest round of global climate negotiati ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-22
... very). By May 2021, workers with college degrees had fully recovered their pandemic job losses, whereas the cohort without college degrees, accounting for more than half the unemployed, remains 4.5 mi ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-22
... rism, one may ask? And one would be forgiven in thinkin ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightA Hong Konger2021年10月22日
... ans there may be strong pressure within the LDP itself to open the fiscal taps. Though Kishida campaigned on proposals to introduce progressive tax rates for interest, dividends, and capital gains, he ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-21
... Families may not be able to buy the toys, sweets and turkeys they normally enjoy at Christmas. The price of meat is going up because of a lack of workers. The British Meat Processors Association said ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-21
... Families may not be able to buy the toys, sweets and t ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2021年10月21日
... rism, one may ask? And one would be forgiven in thinking that it is part and parcel of politics – indeed, to swear and pledge loyalty, could well be a prerequisite in one’s seeking to access and obtai ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-20
... ative. In May 2021, ride hailing and payments giant Gojek and marketplace Tokopedia, Indonesia’s two biggest startups, merged to form payments and e-commerce giant GoTo. With more than 100 million act ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-20
... challenge may seem daunting. But, with an incremental approach, progress is possible. Next month, at the World Trade Organization’s 12th ministerial conference in Geneva, trade ministers will have an ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-19
... of itself may well be justified, but the hassle, stress ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年10月19日
The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed the global economy in 2020, but the “care economy” was working harder than ever. For too long, economists and policymakers have ignored this segment. Economic mod ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
... of itself may well be justified, but the hassle, stress, and turmoil posed as a result of these arrangements and rearrangements? These strike me as rather superfluous and unwarranted. No one stands to ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
... re, there may be instances of over-diagnosis and the ri ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年10月16日
... re, there may be instances of over-diagnosis and the risks of over-medicalising mental health conditions, but these instances call for us to be more prudent in diagnosing mental health issues – as opp ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-13
... in Africa may not receive enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations before 2023 at the earliest. So, while acknowledging that addressing climate change is a long-term imperative, the immediat ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-12
... evelopers may gradually become a thing of the past. The latter would be in line with the Chinese government’s goal – to bring down leverage in the property sector, increase housing affordability and t ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-12
In May this year, it was reported that another unicorn (a startup company with a valuation of at least US$1 billion and having been established for less than 10 years) has joined the Cyberport communi ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-11
... d that it may take four-five more months of negotiations to secure quarantine-free reopening. Last Thursday Gao Fu, chief of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said that moving to ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-11
