Chinese film regulators have suspended a film distributor for inflating ticket sales for the movie Ip Man 3. Dayinmu Film Distribution, also known as Beijing Max Screen, admitted to having bought 56 m ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
Since last year it has become increasingly apparent that Leung Chun-ying’s administration is getting its claws into every segment of our higher education sector in order to take full control of our te ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
... y's flagship pro-Beijing political party, who announced her resignation as a member of Executive Council, Leung's cabinet. He appointed Ip Kwok-him, a veteran DAB politician, to replace Lee with immed ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
So we have a new Executive Council member, but he doesn't like to speak English. In a surprise appointment, legislator Ip Kwok-him, 63, is replacing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
Starry Lee, leader of Hong Kong's largest political party, has resigned from the Executive Council. Veteran lawmaker Ip Kwok-him will replace her. Lee, who heads the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
... Councilor Ip Kin-yuen, who represents the education functional constituency, said he was very disappointed with EDB's solutions, describing the measures as being supplementary in nature at best. The E ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
Shifang Holding Ltd. (01831.HK), which owns rights to the Ip Man 3 martial arts film, plunged after Chinese media reported the government is investigating whether the movie’s box office receipts have ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-11
... y paying lip service. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on March 3. Translation by Alan Lee [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... Ltd.’s Alipay payments service spent as much as 800 million yuan (US$122 million) sending red packets to viewers of mainland China's widely televised Spring Festival Gala. Internet has increasingly p ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... e leadership of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). The kuk has been part of Hong Kong's political landscape for decades. It is a statutory advisory body compri ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... at Regina Ip could have a hard time forming her team, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. Tien was especially harsh on Leung Chun-ying, blaming the incumbent leader for fueling discontent in soci ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
Hong Kong is preparing to implement 15-year free education with effect from the 2017/18 school year. By that time around 70 percent of local students who are enrolled in half-day kindergartens will be ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... surnamed Ip, and a woman at Ip’s flat for suspected involvement with drug dealing. Ma and the woman were granted bail later that day, while Ip remained in detention. As Ma was leaving the station, a ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
... that the IP (internet protocol) address posted on his Facebook account was his. Chu was charged with "misleading officers by false information" and "accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest in ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... ing, principal lecturer in the department of law at the University of Hong Kong; and Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong, lawmaker for the accountancy constituency, Apple Daily reported Monday. By 8 p.m. Sunday, ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... or Regina Ip, a former security minister, played down the numbers, saying these are a short-term trend. “Hongkongers are discriminated against by the British because they might not be given any consul ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
Legislator Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee has come under fire for suggesting that wearing a mink coat is just the same as eating beef, Apple Daily reported. Ip, chairwoman of the pro-Beijing New People's Party ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... partnership with Dubai-based Al Ahli Holding Group to build a theme park, also named "20th Century Fox World", and resort in Dubai. That attraction is expected to open in 2018. "Dubai is a different ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
The police have invited bids for supply of three anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons, sparking fresh concerns among human rights activists and some lawmakers. Among other criticism being fa ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s recent policy address has put him under fire from basically all sides, including the education sector, where the grievances of workers are about to reach the tipping ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
