Who could have predicted the spring blossom and the summer crash? What happens in autumn? What lies beyond? It's a shame that tycoon Li Ka-shing won't come out and meet the press today during the firs ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
Desperate times, desperate deal. We are talking not about Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation but the record-breaking HK$1.5 billion (US$190 million) that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. chairman Jack Ma Yu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
Cable television provider i-CABLE Communications Ltd. (01097.HK) must submit by the end of the month supplementary information for its affiliate's application for a free-television broadcasting licens ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
The widespread use of smartphones and tablet devices has changed the habits of newspaper and magazine readers. Many of them have access to massive amounts of news and information from the internet and ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
Swire Properties has just sold a super-deluxe duplex apartment at its Opus tower for nearly HK$500 million (US$80.5 million), setting a new record as Asia’s most expensive apartment in terms of price ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
LeTV, the largest online television network in mainland China, has pledged to pour HK$6 billion in the coming three years to produce and buy content for Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
The integration of CSL and HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. (06823.HK) will show up more synergies in the coming two years, HKT chairman Richard Li Tzar-kai said. Part of the benefits of the merger is alread ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
Hong Kong Television Entertainment Co. Ltd. (HKTE), the free-to-air television arm of PCCW Ltd. (00008.HK), will launch its channels as per plan without delay, group chairman Richard Li Tzar-kai said. ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
The High Court found in favor of Hong Kong Television Network (01137.HK) Friday in a judicial review of the government's rejection of HKTV's application for a broadcast license. The court ordered the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
Hong Kong’s longest-serving mobile chief will call it a day at the end of summer. SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. (00315.HK) chief executive Douglas Li will take his helmet off at the end of ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
China is generally considered a technology follower rather than a leader, but new data shows an exciting trend that could result in the country finally emerging as a global innovator in internet-conne ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Hong Kong's Executive Council (Exco) has decided not to renew ATV's free-to-air television broadcast license which will expire in November this year, a top government official said on Wednesday. Grego ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is to blame for Hong Kong's messy terrestrial television industry after he refused a license to Hong Kong Television Network (HKTV) two years ago. It's almost poetic ju ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
PCCW Ltd. (00008.HK) is looking for acquisition opportunities in India, Europe and the United States to grow its overseas business, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Wednesday. BG Srinivas, who ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
More than 640,000 Hongkongers chose to watch Hong Kong Television Network on Wednesday. The birth of Ricky Wong Wai-kay's new online TV platform sends a strong signal that the government's regulatory ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
A homegrown manager is set to take the helm of a 1.8 billion pound (US$2.86 billion) London-listed hotel group with over 100 properties worldwide. Starting March next year, Aloysius Lee Tse-sang will ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (01137.HK, HKTV) is outpacing i-Cable Communications Ltd. (01097.HK) and PCCW Ltd. (00008.HK) with the launch of its new television service set for Nov. 19, the Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
A delegation of Hong Kong business tycoons and professionals led by former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa started a three-day visit to Beijing on Sunday. The delegation includes Cheung Kong’s ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
Former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan said he was invited to be the financial secretary in 2001 by then chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, but he declined the offer, am730 newspaper reported on Thursda ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
As hype builds for the iPhone 6, telecommunications carriers in Hong Kong and mainland China are going all out to attract customers. SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. (00315.HK), Hutchison Wha ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
