John Lee’s administration unveiled on Monday a series of measures designed to reopen Hong Kong to the world. As I have repeatedly written and called for previously – this is not only a sensible and hu ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-09
Top Gun is playing at cinemas across the country and Kate Bush is climbing up the charts, but it is not only popular culture that is seeing a 1980s revival. Today’s macro scenario also mirrors that of ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-09
Volatility has propelled high yield bond spreads to their highest levels since November 2020, but we believe the asset class’s fundamentals remain solid, however, and that current valuations do not re ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-09
The former Deputy Director of Lands Department, Mr. Hak Chan, passed away on 18 July. During his career, he had committed to promoting digitisation of geospatial data in Hong Kong, which laid a solid ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-08
When it comes to the United States Congress, nothing is ever over until it’s over. But as of late July, it looks as though two major pieces of legislation will soon be on President Joe Biden’s desk, a ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-08
“What is your sexual orientation?” In Brazil, where queer people have historically been ignored and excluded from official statistics, this question holds special significance for the LGBTQ+ community ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-08
The current escalation of multiple, overlapping crises – climate-related disasters, a pandemic, war in Europe, and stagflation – is intensifying anxiety and uncertainty the world over. Conventional so ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-05
At this year’s Aspen Security Forum (which I co-chair) in July, China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, appealed for better understanding of his country. But there was considerable debate a ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-05
Last October’s G20 Leaders’ Summit – held in Rome, and hosted by then-Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi – produced a declaration brimming with promises to “address today’s most pressing global chall ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-05
Life throws at you many opportunities. Opportunities to ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年08月05日
Life throws at you many opportunities. Opportunities to climb, to earn, to gain and learn. Opportunities to further one’s fledgling career, to preserve a crumbling legacy, or, indeed, to find what it ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-04
... d to entreaties with disdain. Their media proxies threaten to blow up Europe one day and, when rebuked, to destroy the world the next day. And now Russia is choking off the supply of natural gas to Eu ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-04
Edible oil prices have hit record highs this year driven by strong demand. The diversification of the use of edible oils into a biofuel has led to the commodity becoming an increasingly important part ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-04
Well, if you are lucky enough to get a piece of AMTD Digital, a US-listed Chinese Fintech initial public offering rather unknown in the investment world but suddenly became as big as Alibaba Group in ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-03
As the Central Government has clearly shown its support to Hong Kong to develop as an international innovation and technology (I&T) centre, we should seize this golden opportunity. I would like to ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-03
Recent price- and wage-growth data make it increasingly clear that the US economy’s underlying inflation rate is at least 4% and more likely to be rising than falling. Although the Federal Reserve has ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-03
... 門稱為Wealth at Work，招攬對象是會計師行與私募基金辦公室的較年輕僱員，期望其客戶日後成為富有人士 ...全文
Less than a month after assuming office, Chief Executive John Lee faces a major stumbling block in his much ballyhooed campaign to promote Hong Kong in the international community by “telling a good H ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-02
Recent large interest-rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank suggest that monetary policymakers are intent on moving forcefully to bring down inflation. But where are the s ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-02
War – an event that rips through populations, wreaks extensive havoc, and that leaves few capable of recusing themselves from its tentacles or destruction in its wake. War – a nefarious experiment per ...More
EJ Insight2022-08-02
