Once upon a time there was a small hill standing between Ho Man Tin and Hung Hom. People wanting to travel between the two areas could either make a detour or take a trail uphill. Many would hesitate ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
An L-shaped growth for China, as predicted by an "authoritative figure", is not necessarily a bad thing. The forecast calls for a sharp fall in economic growth and a slump lasting more than two years. ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
... g Kong in Tin Shui Wai, called the boy's father Sunday evening and said his son was doing poorly in English, the mother, surnamed Lee, said. Lee’s husband accepted Wong's offer of private lessons for ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
A mainland woman who is accused of assaulting a Hong Kong mother and daughter at the MTR Sha Tin Station on Monday, was escorted in a government car when she left court on bail Wednesday. Police said ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
... s will continue, the person said. That is a difficult issue involving people and money, which means employment and debt. Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli hinted in a conference in late March that the economy ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
... in Ho Man Tin during a fierce rainstorm. The man and his 64-year-old son, surnamed Tang, were brought to hospital. No injuries were found. The elderly passenger regained consciousness in the emergenc ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
A mainland woman will go on trial Wednesday in a magistrate's court in Sha Tin for allegedly assaulting a Hong Kong woman who may have suffered a stroke as a result, the Hong Kong Economic Journal rep ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
A Vietnamese man was sentenced in a Sha Tin magistrate's court Monday to 15 months in prison. In a joint operation codenamed "Champion" with Hong Kong police April 13, immigration officers carried out ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
... the relisting of Chinese companies already listed overseas. Rumors have circulated on WeChat since Thursday afternoon that an official of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said at an ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... y rain continued to hit the city, the warning was changed back to red at 11.20 a.m. The Observatory said more than 100 millimeters of rain fell in Sha Tin and Tai Po. Gusts of wind of 80 km/h were rec ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
A private hospital in Sha Tin has apologized to a pregnant mainland woman for wrongly informing her that she had contracted the HIV virus. Union Hospital said it regrets the distress caused to the wom ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... inesses dating back to the 1970s –present a horrendous picture of the tax evasion, grey market trading, money laundering, corruption and other activities engaged in by the world’s rich and powerful. P ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
As in real life, the most interesting developments in the stock market are the unexpected ones. Many individual investors chased US-listed Chinese stocks last year, hoping to make a risk-free profit ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田梓), which literally means “little salt field”, is a small island in Sai Kung. It is accessible by private ferry service. Around 200 years ago, a couple surnamed Chan moved in and start ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
Many of my young friends are interested in starting their own business in internet technology. I always remind them that the survival rate of the internet startups, those that operate over three years ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... b in marketing, and its founder, Elon Musk, is dubbed “Iron Man”. Its cars were considered toys for the rich, like the iPhone of the car industry, and attracted celebrity customers including George Cl ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
... and generating advertising income. In the mainland, however, Baidu has no foreign competitors, thanks to the “Great Firewall of China”. As a result, the company has been increasingly building up its ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... om The Austin, a high-end residential complex. The mall has four stories and a floor area of 20,000 square feet. It was built by a local developer in 1992 and divided into 160 ministores. In recent ye ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
... g Kwan O, Tin Hau and Mong Kok had to halt operations. Signs saying that the shops were closed "due to system issue" were put up at the entrance of the shops. A supermarket employee said bar code scan ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... while the tiny insects help the pollination process in flowers. The mutual cooperation has thrived for millions of years. Meanwhile, human beings have benefited from the labor of both parties. Techniq ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
