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
It's the height of luxury and privacy with the price tag to boot. At HK$175,735 (US$22,674) per square foot, an uber luxury mansion on the Peak, Hong Kong's most exclusive enclave, sets a domestic rec ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
Have you ever paid HK$500,000 (US$64,267) for a subway ticket in Hong Kong? That, unfortunately, was the cost of a MTR journey for a hapless Chinese merchant. The merchant, surnamed Chen, 34, had exch ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
A group of academics has proposed a middle ground with regard to selection of candidates for Hong Kong's 2017 chief executive election, but the suggestion failed to win backing from both the democrats ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
A redevelopment project in Hong Kong's Kwun Tong district has been withdrawn from auction by the government after it failed to attract the minimum price of HK$8 billion (US$1.03 billion), Ming Pao Dai ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
Trampoline was invented 78 years ago but Case Lawrence thinks it's an idea whose time has come -- again. In fact, he believes it can rise above young people's predilection for smartphones, tablets and ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-25
The Education Bureau will subsidize 13 self-funded undergraduate courses from 2015 to help plug employment gaps, Sing Tao Daily reported Friday. The bureau will help pay for an extra 940 undergraduate ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-25
Vacancy rates in some of Hong Kong's busiest shopping areas have soared to a decade high as mainland tourists lose interest in visiting the city, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday, citing commercial r ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
