Bilateral deals are not always fair when it comes to Hong Kong. A case in point is the long-awaited air bubble arrangement with Singapore. For a change, Hong Kong visitors to Singapore must be fully v ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-28
Globally, extreme poverty is increasing for the first time in 20 years. Although some poor countries are now receiving COVID-19 vaccines, the pandemic is set to drive nearly 150 million people into ex ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-27
Hong Kong has a housing crisis. In 2016, an estimated 2.8% of the city’s population was living in subdivided apartments – housing in squalid, dilapidated conditions that featured egregiously expensive ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-27
... n a planet. The Moon is a moon; the spade is a spade; H ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian YS Wong2021年04月27日
To term the Hong Kong ruling class as ‘politicians’, would be a misnomer on a scale comparable to terming the Moon a planet. The Moon is a moon; the spade is a spade; Hong Kong ‘politicians’ are no po ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-26
... ons Expo”). The alumni are all very excited about the good news. HKU has won numerous awards over the years. What is so special about this award? Founded in 1972, the Geneva Inventions Expo serves as ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-26
Many governments, aiming to foster a green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery, have embraced the slogan “Build Back Better.” So far, policymakers have focused on increasing public spending in ways t ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-23
The US government needlessly escalated its rhetoric against China by claiming that a genocide is being mounted against the Uighur people in the Xinjiang region. Such a grave charge matters, as genocid ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-23
Three important recent initiatives from US President Joe Biden’s administration illustrate America’s reengagement with the world and support for inclusive global multilateralism. The big question now, ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-22
... ble future. For instance, in December 2020, the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced its strategic plan to strengthen Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-22
With COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out and supportive fiscal and monetary policies fueling aggregate demand, the US economy is poised to return to its pre-pandemic output level later this year. The l ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-21
... 英國經濟學家米爾（J. S. Mill）提出燈塔的經典例子：「要使航海安全，燈塔的建造及維修就需要政府的親力親 ...全文
... ast Friday. Husband to the Queen for seven decades, Phi ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年04月21日
Once largely out of reach to foreign investors, China’s equity markets have opened up as the country’s economy transforms. From Shenzhen and Hong Kong listings to the Nasdaq-like STAR board, Chinese c ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-20
Relations between the United States and much of Latin America are recovering after hitting rock bottom under former US President Donald Trump. But while President Joe Biden’s administration is focusin ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-20
The University of Hong Kong (HKU), my alma mater, announced good news recently. It has reaped a total of eleven awards including Gold Medals and Silver Medals at the Special Edition 2021 Inventions Ge ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-19
One would be living under a very, very large rock – to have missed Prince Philip’s passing last Friday. Husband to the Queen for seven decades, Philip’s death marked the end of one of the longest tenu ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-19
“Holding the 2022 Olympics in Beijing whilst China carries out genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim people is not compatible with the Olympic principles.” So ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-19
