... ncompetent. Ma Ka Kin was an unsophisticated, simple minded employee in a noodle shop, easily duped into unwittingly being made a party to illegal trafficking in dangerous drugs. Any lawyer with commo ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-17
Politics is by no means easy in the contemporary era. O ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightA Hongkonger2021年08月17日
When Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open an office in its capital using its own name this month, Beijing could have cut diplomatic relations with it for crossing this taboo red line. But it did not – ins ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-16
... humanity". The official IPCC statement declared that " ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年08月14日
Politics is by no means easy in the contemporary era. On one hand, politicians – especially in electoral or semi-democracies – must answer to the will and whims of their audience; they must entertain ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-13
With less than three months until the United Nations climate change summit (COP26) in Glasgow in November, formal and informal discussions and pre-negotiations are now in full swing. A new US administ ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-13
The UN Secretary-General termed it a “code red for humanity”. The official IPCC statement declared that “climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying.” Above all, evidence ranging from the fl ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-12
Institutional investors are increasingly embracing the effort to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Some are already implementing portfolio measures and incorporating climate fac ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-10
... the region. It was only in December 2019 when news started emerging of a mysterious new virus that had first been detected in China. By June 2020, six months after the first case was detected in China ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-10
... ue to grow. But is monetary policy to blame for this problem, and is it really the right tool for redistributing income? Recently, a steady stream of commentaries has pointed to central-bank policy as ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-09
The world is facing two disasters that are making the COVID-19 crisis doubly worse than it ought to be. The first is the rise of the Delta variant, which is twice as contagious and 1.5-2 times deadlie ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-06
... collective. From the sociopolitical unrest and large-sc ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年08月06日
The past few years have seen Hong Kong weather some of the most difficult moments in its history – as a city, but also as a collective. From the sociopolitical unrest and large-scale protests, to the ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-05
In the previous column, we introduced various forms of digital assets with a particular focus on security token offerings (STOs), a new, promising and regulated means of capital raising. In this colum ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-05
... Can't Buy". In it, he makes the argument that the intro ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年08月05日
Anyone who risks a visit to Canada these days needs to take care. Canadians are threatening six months in jail, and up to $750,000 in fines, for disobeying testing and quarantine rules upon arrival. I ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-04
Michael Sandel once penned a book, named “What Money Can’t Buy”. In it, he makes the argument that the introduction of money and the market into particular spheres would inevitably corrode the integri ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-04
Hong Kong’s economy is showing signs of recovery as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic eases. The unemployment rate in Hong Kong fell to 5.5% in the second quarter, from the record high of 7.2% since ...More
EJ Insight2021-08-03
