The Royal Ballet in London has a heritage of masterpieces created by its two legendary choreographers -- Sir Frederick Ashton and Sir Kenneth MacMillan. This world-renowned company opened its 2016-17 ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
Many brands and types of skin moisturizers are available in the local market, but although their prices vary significantly, those with higher prices do not necessarily yield better results, the Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
A lady doctor has sued her boyfriend after learning that he is married, demanding the return of more than HK$22.5 million representing the cash, personal gifts and a flat she had given him during thei ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-04
With the registration process having begun for people seeking Primary One places for their children for the 2017/2018 school year, government and aided schools in the city saw a flood of anxious paren ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... surnamed Lau was said to be listening to music with earphones while crossing Waterloo Road in Kowloon Tong at around 1 a.m. when the truck hit her, throwing her several meters away, police said. Lau, ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-23
... Director Lav Diaz has described Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) as a testimony to the struggles of the Philippines after centuries of colonial rule. "This is for my country, for the Filipino ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is warning that a law banning the full-body "burkini" swimsuit is unconstitutional, ineffective and will only ratchet up tensions between communities. The Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, whose sophisticated, playful designs and colorful knitwear helped redefine Parisian luxury in the 1970s and 1980s, has died after a long battle with Parkinson’s d ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
... ks about blazing a new trail. The city’s civil servants, while upright and professional, somehow lack the vision to move forward. After all, they are mere implementers rather than policymakers. There’ ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
Chinese fashion house Trendy International Group Co., owner of the Miss Sixty jeans brand in Asia, is planning a domestic initial public offering as soon as the end of next year, Bloomberg reports, ci ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-25
The word “mainlandization” has appeared more often than ever in Hong Kong media over the past few years, and all for the wrong reasons. When many fear that the city is being consigned into the obscuri ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-29
Fuelled by a delicious Hong Kong-style breakfast with Chef Mok Kit-keung -- executive chef of the Shang Palace restaurant in the Kowloon Shangri-La hotel -- we started doing some serious shopping insi ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
I was honored to be able to hang around with Mok Kit-keung, executive chef of the two-Michelin-star Shang Palace restaurant in the Kowloon Shangri-La hotel, at Tai Po Market from 9 a.m. on Saturday. M ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
... ow fiber glass boxes stacked together, the entire structure resembles an 'unzipped wall', offering curious spaces and movements both within and without. The Danish firm has a vision for practical and ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
India is set for the highest monsoon rainfall since 1994 as the odds of La Nina increase, Bloomberg reports. Farmers are increasing the planting of rice, corn and oilseed crops as a result. Weather wa ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
It might not be too far-fetched to imagine an Alibaba or Wechat logo on the jerseys of players in the English Premier League now that we have the first mainland Chinese owner of an English football cl ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
An internet storm has been brewing in mainland China over the death of Lei Yang, 29, a native of Hunan province, in police custody. Lei left his Beijing home between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday to p ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
... eets of Milan and Rome. The move reflects China's growing status as a global tourism superpower. It's aimed at more than three million Chinese visitors to Italy feel safe. Four officers, wearing Chine ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
The discovery of three planets that circle a small, dim star could bolster the chances of finding life beyond Earth, astronomers said on Monday. The Earth-sized planets are orbiting their parent star, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
... from mainland China is all too likely to be adulterated, chemically modified or contain toxic insecticides. Recent studies of international food fraud identified China as one of the top achievers in ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29