... lifetimes. Not only has COVID-19 left an indelible mar ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年10月19日
... themselves. And why should they be? It is a basic principle of modern economics that governments mandate the terms of operation for business. The real question is how governments can best exercise thi ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed the global economy in 2020, but the “care economy” was working harder than ever. For too long, economists and policymakers have ignored this segment. Economic mod ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
We’re in the midst of arguably one of the worst pandemics in our lifetimes. Not only has COVID-19 left an indelible mark on global politics, international relations, and, indeed, our average lifespans ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-18
... reness Day. That we opt to "remember" or – dare I say – ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年10月16日
A climate-resilient future requires public finance. But strong, long-term strategies for financing climate action have, so far, received little attention. One often-overlooked route to meeting this ne ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-15
Misfortune never comes singly. We had two rare typhoons soon after entering the final quarter of the year. What made it special this time for Kompasu, currently at No.8 at the time of writing, was the ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-13
October 10, 2021 was World Mental Health Awareness Day. That we opt to “remember” or – dare I say – ritualise – our understanding and attention paid to mental health awareness is a welcome first step. ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-13
The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the planet will warm by 1.5º Celsius by 2040 unless urgent measures are taken to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions. Aft ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-12
... community. According to the analysis of unwire.pro, a local online media, the total number of unicorns in Hong Kong is 12, mainly distributed in five areas: logistics (GoGoX, Lalamove), finance (WeLa ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-11
The words from Hymn No. 275 spin round one’s head: “The prisoner leaps to lose his chains.” You shall find out what they mean when you are in quarantine. What sort of civilised society compels its cit ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-11
Second chances are not common in this world, but one is arriving now. The scope and scale of government support for businesses and workers during the COVID-19 crisis of the last 18 months have swept a ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-08
... keholders”. Yet a year later when the campaign concluded with a claim that the city has a “secure and dynamic environment for business” , it was branded a “waste of money” by Legco lawmakers for “stat ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-08
In 2011, when still vice chair of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen reassured her colleagues that drama around the federal government’s debt ceiling “usually turns out to be just theater.” Theater ...More
EJ Insight2021-10-07
