Spare a thought. Spare a thought for the long queues of forlorn souls, lining up in solemn, groveling silence, as they trudge towards having their noses pricked and throats swabbed, in identification ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-25
For centuries, the streets of Cairo have been festooned with traditional lanterns to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. In recent decades, the domestically produced lanterns were replaced by cheaper ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-24
First, it was the driver of Executive Council member Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee. Then the drivers of three-bureau secretaries, as well as those of Legco President Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen and Henry Tang Ying ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-23
The inflation data for January were shocking. Instead of falling from 5.0% YoY to 4.4% YoY as predicted by the Bloomberg consensus, consumer prices increased 5.1% from last January. Consensus estimate ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-23
So far this century, the US Federal Reserve has been relentlessly gradualist about increasing the federal funds rate. Since its last 50-basis-point rate hike in May 2000, the Fed has increased its pol ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-23
The European Union and the governments of two member states, Hungary and Poland, have been on a collision course for years now. The broader dispute is about what, if anything, the EU may do when a mem ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-22
... ounger age. In face of Hong Kong’s ageing population, the Government should offer Three “Highs” screening for the middle-aged as early as possible for disease prevention, lessening the burden on the m ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-22
In an oil market that is increasingly globally interlinked, there is a consistent battle from producers in the Atlantic basin and the Middle East vying for market share in Asia. Crude oil trade flows ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-21
... es to come. For financial institutions in China, AI is no longer a “nice-to-have”. It has become a necessity in order to remain not just competitive but relevant at all in an increasingly digitised wo ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-18
Argentina is about to enter another dysfunctional stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund – its 22nd SBA since it joined the IMF in 1956. While the details have not yet been settled, w ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-18
There are few better things to do during a self-imposed retreat amidst a pandemic, than to re-watch old movies with nostalgia. So that’s exactly what I did, a process that allowed me to re-visit the c ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-17
The 2019 Oscar-winning film Parasite attracted a global audience for its arresting portrayal of South Korea’s stark income inequality. The movie’s rendering of a low-income household’s acute sense of ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-17
... followers. The pseudointellectual massing followers th ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年02月17日
The charlatan preaching from the pulpit of devout followers. The pseudointellectual massing followers through a popular podcast – or, indeed, YouTube channel. The buffoon projecting his insecurities t ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-16
We don’t need to be climatologists to notice the extreme temperatures and frequent natural disasters in the news. With more extreme weathers on the rise, there is no surprise why the UN's Intergovernm ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-16
... ment model. Their Rio Declaration affirmed that “human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.” Tod ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-15
One in four consumers will continue to shop from foreign online stores, even after the pandemic, according to a recent Ipsos survey of 13,000 respondents across the world’s biggest eCommerce markets. ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-14
The Omicron outbreak is very severe. In early January, many people listed as close contacts were sent to Penny's Bay for quarantine. The blunders and hiccups of the quarantine camp have left many resi ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-14
The government of London has sent a “final termination notice” to the developer of the biggest Chinese real estate project in Britain. There has been no construction work on it since April 2019. In Ma ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-14
