The Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA ) will acquire an equity stake in Zhuhai airport, the Chief Executive said in her policy address. Is this a good idea? Last year Zhuhai airport handled 12.3 m ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-21
Sixty years ago next May, President John F. Kennedy put the United States on a mission to the future. “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, ...More
EJ Insight2020-12-02
Americans don’t agree on much of anything nowadays. Yet they are largely united in their belief that China represents an existential challenge to their country and the international order it has long ...More
EJ Insight2020-11-27
When it comes to tech adoption, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry has typically lagged behind other sectors. However, over the past few years the industry has begun to take property technology ...More
EJ Insight2020-11-25
Joe Biden’s apparent victory in the US presidential election marks an end to months of political uncertainty and turmoil. While both Mr Biden’s victory and the outcome of the Senate races have yet to ...More
EJ Insight2020-11-17
All over the world, the COVID-19 health pandemic has caused unforeseen disruption to industry and business. From the financial sector and logistics companies to manufacturing and the service economy—e ...More
EJ Insight2020-11-02
Hong Kong is a fast-moving and cosmopolitan city, home to regional and global headquarters of many huge companies with a work culture that embraces the rapid pace of its economic activity. With waves ...More
EJ Insight2020-11-02
Early this month, on the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen’s designation as a special economic zone (SEZ), Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a blueprint for building the city into a trade, finance, and ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-29
While much of the hand wringing over China has abated somewhat during the COVID-19 crisis, the fears animating Western attitudes toward that country have not disappeared, and could resurface at any mo ...More
EJ Insight2020-10-14
Life for many of us has changed beyond recognition compared to just a few months ago – and one of the biggest changes has been the need to do electronically what we have historically done face to face ...More
EJ Insight2020-09-18
Decentralized finance, or DeFi in short, which refers to an ecosystem of financial applications that are built on top of blockchain networks, has taken the cryptocurrency market by storm. While tradit ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-27
The coronavirus pandemic has taken equity and fixed-income investors on a roller-coaster ride this year – first with a remarkably rapid downturn, and then with a pronounced rebound. But the US stock m ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-25
The ambitions of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) has been badly hurt by the Sino-U.S. Trade War, COVD19 pandemic and year of protests in Hong Kong. The GBA remains the strategy of the central government fo ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-17
The COVID-19 pandemic caused companies across the globe to adapt the new, remote working model to ensure employees’ wellness and safety. The office will continue to be important for many companies and ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-14
During the first wave of COVID-19 global outbreak, Hong Kong clearly excelled most of its competitive rivals, including Singapore, in controlling the epidemic. As one of the more successful textbook c ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-13
It’s been more than six months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Prof. Yuen Kwok-yung, chair of infectious diseases, faculty of medicine, HKU, has noted publicly that the pandem ...More
EJ Insight2020-08-12
Fiction is becoming fact in Hong Kong. It was supposed to take ten years but has taken only five. When the Hong Kong-produced movie Ten Years came out in 2015, I found it entertaining but implausible. ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-30
Fiction is becoming fact in Hong Kong. It was supposed ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2020年07月30日
In a very broad sense, the unthinkable happened as Covid-19 broke out - most of the world decided nearly simultaneously to suspend all activity. Lockdowns have started to be eased in certain parts of ...More
EJ Insight2020-07-29