To begin with, it’s imperative that we differentiate between the following terms – the nation, and the state. The state denotes a geophysical fixture – an entity that is recognised by international la ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-04
... warnings were unnecessary. Unlike five years ago, there were no opposition rallies. The national security legislation imposed on Hong Kong in mid-2020 resulted in the flight, imprisonment or intimida ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-04
... Jerome Powell and his colleagues are accused of failing to spot the early signs of an inflationary threat last year. As late as last autumn, they were arguing that price rises were “transitory.” With ...More
EJ Insight2022-07-01
I’ve been asked this question many a time – how do we keep faith? How do we remain hopeful? How can we see light at the end of a tunnel that repeatedly refuses to end? That’s the question of the centu ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
... on the answers to six questions. First, will the rise in inflation in most advanced economies be temporary or more persistent? This debate has raged for the past year, but now it is largely settled: “ ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
The website of the Trinity Church in Sutton, southwest London, is written in English and traditional Chinese – 歡迎香港人, Welcome Hong Kong people. “The middle of a pandemic is not an easy time to arrive ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-30
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今日信報時事評論EJ InsightMark O’Neill2022年06月30日
讀研究院時，同學之間經常談論一篇文章的以下內容： We offer evidence that legaliz ...全文
The nightmare of staying in a hotel for three full weeks might hopefully be over. Yesterday the National Health Commission announced to shorten the hotel quarantine period for people arriving in the m ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-29
Copper prices surge by 148% between its low in March 2020 and high in May 2021 powered by a global manufacturing boom resulting from a lockdown-induced shift in consumer spending towards durable goods ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-29
The world is facing a triple crisis of food, energy, and water scarcity. While its immediate triggers were the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war, its roots run much deeper: a culture of relentless ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-29
... survey showed that respondents’ expectations of inflation over the next five years had risen sharply from 3% to 3.3%. This is worrisome, and it is a blow to those (like me) who have been arguing that ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-28
Abnormal and even extreme weather has become more frequent. The Observatory forecasts that tropical cyclone incidence and total rainfall this year will be "normal to high". To be well-prepared, the Ci ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-28
With the ECB’s hawkish shift, we recently turned more constructive on our outlook about the European common currency. Nonetheless the renewed sell-off in bond and equity markets has virtually erased t ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-27
... rutiny, however, this is merely the result of the Government’s stopgap measure of swiftly consuming existing spade-ready sites. We have recently released the Annual 10-Year Housing Supply Forecast, an ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-24
... drawn between the restaurant and the city – well, look, one can read into historical and contemporary events whatever they want; the rumours of Hong Kong’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, to pa ...More
EJ Insight2022-06-24
... drawn between the restaurant and the city – well, look ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年06月24日
