... dominated by an extremist faction whose prominent members claim (or have claimed) not only that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election, but also that climate change is a hoax ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-28
... onfronted by the frustrations and futility embedded within the vicissitudes of life. It’s odious, but it’s also part and parcel of existence. To embrace the fact that we are not smart, to accept that ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-28
... of polio by more than 99%, prevented paralysis in more than ten million people, and immunized 2.5 billion children. We seem to have forgotten these lessons. In contrast to the concerted global push t ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-27
One of the questions I get asked most frequently is, “How can we help the youth of Hong Kong?” Alternatively, “Is there hope still for the youth of Hong Kong?” The standard answers by many to such que ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-27
Hong Kong continues to be a giant in global trade, according to a report by KPMG, with an annual freight traffic volume (11,739 million mt-km) greater than that of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malays ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-27
... i dropped by Hong Kong last week for his first visit in three years. The Italian honcho met with 300 staff and visited three major flagship stores in Landmark, Harbour City and K11 Musea. Apparently H ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-26
Judging by the reporting from the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress, Xi Jinping, newly anointed to an unprecedented third term as president, is tightening his political grip and streng ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-25
... taken on by American households and repackaged into securities that were bought by global financial institutions. The recession and capital losses following the late-1990s technology and telecommunic ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-25
... y plagued by sluggish economic sentiments. Noteworthy is the government’s intention to facilitate cross-border data transfer between the Mainland and Hong Kong. Since the dawn of the digital era, the ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-25
... increased by more than 200 million since 2019. Key global objectives like the second United Nations Sustainable Development Goal – which commits countries to end hunger by 2030, and to improve nutriti ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-24
... extended by Britain to holders of BNO passports. Last Tuesday, the UK government opened the door even wider, when Jesse Norman, Minister of State at the Foreign Office, said that a law would come int ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-24
... ientists, by the end of April this year, there were more than 5,000 satellites in orbit around Earth, six times the number in 2007. Among them, LEO satellites accounted for 86%. The number of satellit ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-24
... view thereby discards the fundamental importance of a k ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年10月22日
... ndex rose by 8.2% in September – it is the country’s highest rate since 1991. This has put serious pressure on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, which has made fighting inflation and ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-21
... proposed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) by year-end. After which they are expected to become mandatory for listed firms on the local bourse. The intentions behind these re ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-21
The recent further relaxation of Covid-based restrictions by the current, belatedly enlightened Hong Kong administration came as welcome news to a society that has felt increasingly incarcerated by th ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
While the end of the COVID-19 pandemic may be “in sight,” as the World Health Organization recently declared, the world faces numerous emerging health risks. Some are exacerbated by climate change, ot ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
... view thereby discards the fundamental importance of a key element – the people. We care for the people of a nation, not only because they are vital to the survival and success of the state, but also b ...More
EJ Insight2022-10-20
