The time for philosophy – is now. The past few decades have seen drastic shifts to what we construe as ‘useful’ or ‘informative’ degrees in higher education – and beyond. From the fixation upon comput ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-24
In reading the titular statement, one may – most naturally – think this is a self-evident statement. Surely, if one opposes imperialism – defined here as the subjugation of a party of independent sove ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-23
So here’s to the final chapter in the series. We’ve spent the past two articles discussing the myths – and misprojections – concerning education at Oxbridge. I want to end on a more personal note. Man ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-18
So! Here comes another round of myth-busting. Prior to that, however, let’s be very clear here – I do not take issue with mentors and advisors working with students through the university application ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-17
I get a lot of enquiries these days about studying at Oxbridge. As someone who has spent 7 years at Oxford, starting as a wee undergrad and climbing (I suppose) my way through to the postgraduate stag ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-11
Hong Kong’s value to its country remains its openness, cosmopolitanism, and fundamental willingness to embrace and take on the unknown. It is its internationalism, as opposed to inward-looking nativis ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-10
The term ‘involution’ is coined to correspond to the phenomena of individuals in mainland China (and beyond) engaging in precipitously cumbersome, draining, and yet performatively and ritualistically ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-28
I would never bet against Hong Kong. More precisely, I would never bet against any city that possesses as dynamic, well-groomed, international, and versatile a workforce as Hong Kong’s. And the bulwar ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-27
Unicorns. Privately held start-up companies valued at over US$1bn. Also the source and subject of desire for many, an engine of growth and thought leadership for the rapidly expanding start-up scenes ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-22
The past few years have been extraordinarily treacherou ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightNeville Lai, Brian YS Wong2022年04月14日
Chris Rock decided to go off-script with a joke at the Oscars 2022. And the rest, was – well – history. Will Smith’s physical assault (slap?) on Chris Rock will go down in modern television history as ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-31
The other day I tuned into my Disney+ and opted to watch ‘Turning Red’, a joint effort by Pixar Animation Studios (producer) and Walt Disney (distributor). Directed by Domee Shi (of Bao (2018) fame), ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-24
What does it mean to engage in diplomacy? Is it to wage war via alternate means? For that sure seems to be the case as we speak today – with elaborate peddling of conspiracy theories and half-baked, s ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-17
These are difficult times, to say the least. We’re witnessing a cascade of deaths, casualties, and infections, rip through the most vulnerable and least protected populations. The elderly, the childre ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
Picking up from where we stopped – a brief recap is needed: we have surveyed the histories of Russia and Ukraine (as disparate yet overlapping entities) from the 16th century straight through to the t ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-03
Many have asked me to pen a piece explaining what’s going on in Ukraine to a Hong Kong audience. I am no Ukraine expert, and I am certainly not Ukrainian/Russian – as such, I could only endeavour to d ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-02
Spare a thought. Spare a thought for the long queues of forlorn souls, lining up in solemn, groveling silence, as they trudge towards having their noses pricked and throats swabbed, in identification ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-25
There are few better things to do during a self-imposed retreat amidst a pandemic, than to re-watch old movies with nostalgia. So that’s exactly what I did, a process that allowed me to re-visit the c ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-17
The charlatan preaching from the pulpit of devout followers. The pseudointellectual massing followers through a popular podcast – or, indeed, YouTube channel. The buffoon projecting his insecurities t ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-16
Valentine’s Day is coming up. It’s the season of Love! The billboards blast, with the hyper-commercialised neon-lights trudging out the precursor to the manufactured consent: we’re told that Love is k ...More
EJ Insight2022-02-08
