How much is too many? Secretary for Education Eddie Ng is throwing the question back at his critics who accuse him of taking too many overseas trips last year. Ng defended his 15 foreign travels in 20 ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
... ing non-slip tiles in public toilets. In other words, Leung simply failed to get his priorities right in his latest Policy Address. No wonder it was a huge letdown for the public and received the lowe ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has sparked a firestorm just hours after announcing a HK$1 billion (US$128.5 million) scholarship program for overseas students in support of China's plan to build a mo ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
... er Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, then the secretary for security, told him in 2012 that Leung would do something bad to people he did not like. This prompted him to write a letter to Leung, asking him to sto ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
... rs Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee and Michael Tien Puk-sun have been trying to downplay Lee's disappearance, noting that since he called his wife from the mainland, he must be safe and at liberty to do anythin ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
... or Regina Ip who did her best to defuse the issue by making misleading and largely irrelevant statements about what is permitted under the immigration laws as a way of avoiding the crucial issue of ab ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-09
... er Regina Ip was making a speech. Fan left the meeting room after requesting the final quorum bell, and the meeting lapsed as there were only 33 people present, two short of the required number. The H ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
... he asked. Ip Kwok-him, a legislator from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong who chairs the panel on security, tried to interrupt Ng while he was reading out the text ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-06
... Sun Kian Ip Group, and his assistant, Jeff Yin, were initially arrested on charges of making false statements to customs officials about why they brought US$4.5 million into the United States from Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... convenor Ip Kin-yuen said they will set up a special task force to closely monitor each and every move of Arthur Li during his tenure. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... convenor Ip Kin-yuen, are out of town. A referendum organized by the HKU Academic Staff Association and Alumni Concern Group showed that 95 percent of the 753 teachers, staff and graduate students wh ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... Christine Ip, chief executive of UOB Hong Kong, said OBOR would encourage Chinese companies to access new markets such as Southeast Asia. She said she observed a growing appetite for overseas expansio ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
... t active. Ip Chun-wing, detective chief inspector at the Airport District, said thieves mainly come from the mainland and southeastern countries, who travel quite frequently but only stay briefly in e ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... lawmaker Ip Kwok-him asked the government to be prudent before introducing the requirement on address information, given the fact that voting is not mandatory in Hong Kong. In a response to different ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... a Comcast IP address had access to the security key. On its own, Uber investigated that address and determined that it had been assigned to Lambert, Reuters reported in October. -- Contact us at engli ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
Jan Yumul, a Filipino who has lived in Hong Kong for most of her life, has strong views about issues related to race relations and the treatment of ethnic minorities. She talks agitatedly about the co ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Hong Kong education authorities are being accused of destroying their "cooperative relationship" with schools over their decision to cancel make-up classes and training sessions for the Territory-wide ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... ctor Nick Ip Ka-po has been appointed chief executive of the listed firm, whose shares have been suspended from trading since Oct. 26. The arrangement, however, might be perceived as an attempt at bac ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... as Regina Ip Lau Shuk-yee, James Tien Pei-chun and former democrat Andrew Cheng Kar-foo who had fancied that their chances would be easy in the 2016 election. As of now, Chim's comments are more a sta ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... to participate in the demonstration. The Legislative Council Secretariat said it will keep a close eye on the situation and ask the police to take action if necessary. Meanwhile, lawmaker Regina Ip, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
