A former co-owner of Hong Kong's "billionaires' canteen" was injured in a brawl with two masked men who pulled off the second burglary in two days on The Peak. The duo broke into a luxury home Monday ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
Former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen was charged Monday with two counts of misconduct in public office. He is accused of failing to declare he had been in negotiations to rent a luxury flat fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... e the popular India pale ales, Point the Way IPA, Wolf Among Weeds IPA and Golden Road Hefeweizen, as well as a collection of seasonal brews. Financial terms of the deal, which is is expected to close ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
Hong Kong schoolchildren are facing increasing competition for primary school places from mainlanders. Government-run and subsidized primary schools are accepting applications for discretionary place ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
The moral abyss in Chinese society is getting more shocking as reports surface regularly that motorists in the country are intentionally killing the pedestrians they hit. You didn't misread that. But ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
If you think China’s pledge to respect the status quo in Hong Kong for 50 years sounds like a faint echo from a distant galaxy, there's one place that can serve as a potent metaphor for the profound c ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... g and mainland China, according to Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, the Mexican consul general to Hong Kong and Macau. Buenrostro Massieu was speaking after a trade event in Hong Kong on Monday. More than 2 ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... e Shangri-La hotel in Tsimshatsui when Reimer and her friend were approached by the Putoghua-speaking man. Reimer, a lawyer more famously known as the actress Yung Jing-jing, recounted the encounter i ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
A Pablo Picasso painting stolen more than a decade ago from a Paris art museum will be returned to France. US officials will return “La Coiffeuse” (The Hairdresser) to French officials in a ceremon ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... The Town Planning Board is said to have received 337 letters from people expressing opposition to the project. Some petitioners called for more precise evaluations on the project before any work is be ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
... cine, two law, one dentistry and the other social science. A HKU representative said nearly 60 percent of the 689 DSE high scorers with an average grade of 5* for four core subjects plus two elective ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... of the Island Shangri-La, a luxury hotel, as their residential address, qualifying them as electors in Chung Wan constituency under the Central and Western District. Democratic Party lawmaker Albert ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
Suppliers and customers of furniture and home appliance retailer DSC, which closed shop on Monday, have very slim chances of getting back their money because they are classified as unsecured creditors ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
Dozens of supporters staged a rally outside police headquarters on Sunday to show their solidarity with a woman who was convicted last week of assaulting a policeman with her breasts. They held placar ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... a faraway land, dressed in a three-piece suit and crunching numbers. Hussain was born and raised in Hong Kong. When he turned six, he was sent to a boarding school in Pakistan, and later on graduated ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-01
... inal muscular atrophy, a degenerative disease characterized by muscle wasting and loss of mobility. It has left her paralyzed from the neck down, able only to move two fingers in her right hand, accor ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
Three of the top scorers in this year's Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination are going to medical school while another plans to take up psychology. All have democratic aspirations for ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... Vatican relations. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Taiwan and the Vatican, Beijing and the Vatican have been in a s ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
... e. But he later realized it was not enough. Wong, now 34, grew up in a humble family, and strove hard to improve his station in life. He excelled academically. He earned seven distinctions when he too ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-20
The Hong Kong government released on June 6 the central allocation for Primary One class seats in local public schools. Parents who saw their kids gain admission into top notch schools were understand ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
