... ture's president to prevent him from passing certain motions. He said he has also evaluated some methods of "uncertain legitimacy" to filibuster or to halt voting or meetings in Legco. Leung admitted ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
Four months after Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United Kingdom was hailed by both countries as heralding a new "golden era", the British government unexpectedly accused Beijing of commit ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... rnment considers it inappropriate to make direct comparisons between the incident and the Mong Kok riot." Readers should note that the government used "disturbances" to describe the 1967 riots, while ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... ist Third Side party, questioned fellow candidate Edward Leung Tin-kei, spokesman for radical localist party Hong Kong Indigenous, about his advocacy of violence. Leung -- who is on bail after having ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... norary president of the Hong Kong Tourism Practitioners’ Union, who took part in the march, said while there is no data to suggest the Mong Kok clashes will have a negative impact on the tourism indus ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... opposite side of the people's interests. It seems that government officials still do not realize that the deep-rooted conflicts between different levels of society have transformed Hong Kong into a c ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
... nd on the side of the egg” -- even if the eggs are armed, the union said. Condemning excessive use of force by police during the clashes, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Students' Union urged the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
To predict the movements of the renminbi this year, we need to consider three key factors. First, the internationalization of the renminbi has enhanced the impact of its exchange rate on emerging-mark ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-10
In our first article we challenged the assumption that the elderly only present a burden to the economy and considered the potential to create new business services to meet the diverse needs of senior ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-09
... nd the president block transactions it deems compromising to national security. ChemChina and Syngenta officially announced the US$43 billion tie-up plan on Wednesday. The companies will make a volun ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
... er on the side of the bus door was overly sensitive and could spring the doors open suddenly. The problem prompted a suspension of all electric buses for inspection and the service only resumed on Ja ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... American side takes, China's military will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and security," it said. The US Navy conducted a similar exercise in October in which th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... e sitting side by side do not even bother to take a look at each other." His project, though straightforward enough, didn't run as unimpeded as the trains where the social experiments took place. In E ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
... hed non-resident city-gate natural gas prices by 0.7 yuan on Nov. 20. As a result, Shanghai’s city-gate prices fell 24.3 percent to 2.18 yuan (33 US cents) per cubic meter. Average prices in each pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
Big data is meant to bring innovative products and improve lives, but in the real world, sometimes the opposite happens. A Hong Kong Economic Journal column quotes an example given by a Harvard Busine ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
... opposite side’s strategy. The quorum for Legco is half of its 70 members, which means that meetings can go on with just 35 members in the chamber. It is true that the democrats have been doing more t ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... r hours inside a building, instantly turned a staunch supporter into a harsh critic. In those four hours, Mathieson and Li, who are rarely seen together outside of their official duties, might have bo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... er supply-side or demand-side measures are most likely to restore growth. The US experience and many other cases provide some answers. For starters, supply-side measures can best be undertaken when th ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... tion this side of the known universe. They will be joined by Japanese sensation Hello Kitty in the 21st running of the annual Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade. The HK$33 mill ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... tely is a side effect of the currency's internationalization. His solutions are 1) move slowly on the internationalization in order to maintain a stable currency; and 2) do not peg renminbi with the d ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
