Foreign businesses in China are counting the rising cost of the worst Covid outbreak and are asking the government for an exit strategy, as they lose production and expatriate staff. Japanese bank Nom ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-11
Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine has awakened the European Union to the urgent need to reduce its reliance on Russian fossil fuels. But, as the EU attempts to escape the Russian energy yoke, it m ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-11
There are few immutable economic laws, but to my mind there’s at least one: Nothing is free. Everything has a price, even though the cost might not be clear at the time of purchase. Such was the case ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-08
... relations. The first summit since September 2020, it w ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年04月08日
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine hijacked the 23rd China-European Union summit last Friday, exposing deep divisions that marked a further deterioration in relations. The first summit since Septemb ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-07
Physical infrastructure has a critical role to play in supporting the post-pandemic recovery and in laying the longer-term foundations for green, resilient, and inclusive development. A growing body o ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-07
... ut of beds. Fortunately, the first community isolation facility, sometimes referred to as a mobile cabin hospital, in Tsing Yi was completed in only 7 days, providing 3,900 beds for the isolation of a ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-04
As the global population continues ageing, there are more and more people suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD, or dementia). According to an Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) report in 2019, ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-04
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are the talk of the investment world these days. But despite the trillions of dollars of investments that have been labeled “ESG,” this form of in ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-04
... ynical eye. Perhaps the misconception of ‘we don’t handle high volumes of personal sensitive information’ was a convenient argument for boards to dismiss this new class of insurance out of hand. Anoth ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-01
The global economy has suffered two large negative supply-side shocks, first from the COVID-19 pandemic and now from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The war has further disrupt ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-01
... scars 2022. And the rest, was – well – history. Will Sm ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年04月01日
The Chinese (offshore) equity market has suffered heavily over the past year, dropping by more than 30%, which is the sharpest 12-month decline since the global financial crisis. This, however, largel ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-31
Chris Rock decided to go off-script with a joke at the Oscars 2022. And the rest, was – well – history. Will Smith’s physical assault (slap?) on Chris Rock will go down in modern television history as ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-31
Cyber risk is growing for businesses across the world. Our analysis has shown that 2021 was a record year for vulnerabilities, and our latest Kroll Quarterly Threat Landscape Report found a 356% incre ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-31
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe. Among other things, it has renewed policymakers’ focus on energy dependence as a ke ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-30
The majority of political analysts and commentators, myself included, did not expect Putin would engage in an all-out invasion against Ukraine. The invasion seems too risky, in that the goal - the ful ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-30
Despite concerns about the recent volatility of the equity markets and its impact on MPF return, the long term performance of the MPF System has proved to be robust. The MPF System aims to provide bas ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-29
