... ity. What makes a Hongkonger? The law recognizes the permanent resident after seven years' continuous residence. What of the thousands of non-Chinese born and living here? And do we not include those ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-05
... gislation makes America's tax system even more regressive. It is now universally recognized that growing inequality is a key economic problem in the United States, with those at the top capturing almo ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-03
... songs it makes available to users. Spotify, which is planning a stock market listing this year, has grown around 20 percent in value to at least US$19 billion in the past few months. -- Contact us at ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-03
... ent, this makes sense. Nearly three out of five investors we surveyed said that recent political events prompted them to enhance their focus on risk management, and more than two-thirds said the prima ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-02
... rm". This makes Ms. Lam something of a flawed leader forever looking at the trees but never seeing the woods. She grimly goes about her job, no doubt working diligently but also without an ounce of jo ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-29
... C when it makes a decision in respect of the HKSAR, according to HKBA. The HKBA said the co-location arrangement will “appear to be inconsistent with” a total of 11 provisions of the Basic Law, includ ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-29
... e efforts makes sense, because both initiatives rely heavily on trust. Through pre-established networks, CHWs could augment their e-health offerings with financial products, like mobile cash payment s ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-28
... iary that makes Hong Kong the stellar Asian jurisdiction. But this legal luminosity is starting to grow dim at the edges. It is not too late to rectify if and only if the PRC will stay its suffocating ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
... is doing makes perfect sense. As a Chinese saying goes, “Make your decision fast, give your guarantee fast, and when you get promoted, leave fast.” In China, there is no such thing as public consulta ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
The long-term success of a company depends on the accumulation of four things: capital, industry experience, customers and decision-making experience. The importance of the first three elements is qui ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
... while it makes little sense to focus on simple aggregate figures, both public institutions and private researchers tend to do precisely that. Consider the coverage of the Greek debt crisis. Headlines ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
... ries also makes blockchain a potential technology to revolutionize financial transactions like the issuance of bonds. Q: What's so unique about blockchain technology? A: A blockchain is basically a di ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
... regulated makes them risky to use. European Union states and legislators last week agreed stricter rules to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing on exchange platforms for bitcoin and other ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
... ctor that makes cannabis popular is its relatively cheaper price, noting that a marijuana "joint" is only a little bit more expensive than a normal cigarette. Dr. Cheung Wai-him, a psychiatrist, warns ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-18
... stable – makes sense. But why should the inflation rate always be 2 percent? And why aren’t services, new technologies, or, say, Chinese manufactured goods excluded from the measure of core inflation ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-15
... . Foxconn makes products for many companies aside from Apple. He said he understands that his firm’s technology is likely to displace factory workers but that Landing.ai is already working on how to t ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-15
... er, which makes them easy to transport around the world. According to James Law, the architect behind the Alpod concept, developers could build simple concrete structures in which Alpod owners could i ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
... rtainment makes sense for many reasons, the most obvious being that it could help Apple boost its music subscription service, whose user numbers currently lag far behind that of Spotify. Apart from it ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
... an, which makes the program even more irreplaceable. As such, I believe the Education Bureau should step up its efforts at coordinating different government departments in providing full-scale support ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
... d out who makes the buying decision. What factors would influence the decision? The whole decision-making process and buying cycle are also important. Failure is part of the innovation process. There ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
