A group of students who complained online they were overcharged at a dai pai dong in Sha Tin has admitted not having asked the prices of the super-sized dishes when ordering them. Members of the row ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... formal meeting of the legislature. However, members of the pro-establishment camp, apparently still haunted by the bungled walkout several weeks ago that led to the resounding defeat of the government ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
The government is setting up a cross-departmental task force to look into water safety issues following the discovery of excessive levels of lead in water supplied to some units at a public housing es ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... te in Sha Tin and Kwai Luen Estate in Kwai Chung, Apple Daily reported. This means that up to 50,000 of people could be exposed to the risk of drinking water with excessive lead content, according to ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
... lders’ meeting that strategic shareholder HSBC Holdings plc (00005.HK) could be allowed to raise its stake in the bank to above the normal 20 percent limit and appoint a vice chairman to the board. Ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... long twisting drama. When Beijing churns up administrative orders to ban short-selling, investors sell H-shares instead to counterbalance the risk of their A-shares exposure, widening the gap between ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
Typhoon Linfa flew over Hong Kong Thursday night, causing slight damage, no injuries but a lot of frayed nerves. Apple Daily is reporting that a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) driver was slapped and another ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... icter scrutiny. The regulator's tightened grip is not aimed at LeTV, Tin Mok, the firm's executive vice president for Asia Pacific, was quoted as saying. LeTV, Xiaomi and TCL Multimedia Technology Hol ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
A retiring police superintendent is the subject of a disciplinary review over alleged beatings during last year's democracy protests. Hong Kong’s Independent Police Complaints Council is looking into ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
No one can deny that living in Hong Kong is expensive. The latest annual survey by the New York-based human resources consulting firm Mercer finds our city the second most expensive among 207 urban ce ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Former commerce secretary Frederick Ma Si-hang has been named the new chairman of MTR Corp. Ltd. (00066.HK), replacing Raymond Chien Kuo-fung. Ma, 63, will serve a three-year term starting 2016 with a ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... use in Ma Tin Pok Tsuen on Monday. The owner, a 63-year-old man surnamed Lee, said the property had been leased to a couple. But when he went there around 10 a.m., no one was around, although he coul ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... s the Kam Tin South new zone, which is being planned for development starting 2018. Their simultaneous development can create economic synergy, Lau said. Although the incumbent administration does no ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... y is reporting that a school in Ma On Shan has put up a dozen banners around the campus about a recent visit by Secretary for Education Eddie Ng, hoping to attract enrollees. Others are touting their ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... ed on enacting Article 23 of the Basic Law, igniting that year's massive July 1 rally in which over 500,000 people took to the streets, but it was really the deteriorating economic and livelihood cond ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
... public voting in 2012. It would have been a great move, except that the network was forced to cancel the call-in voting system because of a computer breakdown. Last year, more than 200,000 viewers ca ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
Hong Kong home prices have been hitting new highs but turnover has stayed flat thanks to government efforts to stabilize the market. Average deals per month are just 7,000 this year. For perspective, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
A former engineering company boss is facing conspiracy charges in a HK$45 million (US$5.8 million) bribery racket involving three property renovation projects. Yau Shui-tin, 57, allegedly conspired wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... ad in Sha Tin. The teenager, a saleswoman surnamed Au, was on her way home on foot after work when a man came out from nowhere and slashed her back, neck and face using a pair of scissors. As Au was s ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
It's time to conduct a mid-year review of different asset classes. In the housing market, local buyers continue to scramble for properties in Hong Kong, with small-sized apartments the most sought aft ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
