What is the formidable CNN afraid of in Hong Kong? Well, it just seems to be this: the ever-rising property rental costs. For 18 years, the global news network has operated out of Taikoo Place, settli ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-24
The Federal Reserve has approved plans from the 34 largest US banks to use extra capital for stock buybacks, dividends and other purposes beyond being a cushion against catastrophe, Reuters reports. T ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-29
Hong Kong government has been focusing on boosting the supply of public housing in the past two decades, but the new units have come at a cost: ever-shrinking living spaces. According to a Hong Kong E ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-20
Property magnate Thomas Kwok will have to return to Stanley Prison to finish his jail sentence, after the Court of Final Appeal this morning dismissed appeals from him and former Chief Secretary for A ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-14
Kowloon City Plaza, owned by toy tycoon Francis Choi Chee-ming, is said to have received a bid from a mainland investor who values the property at HK$5 billion. Ownership of the shopping mall has chan ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-14
At the direction of President Xi Jinping, Xiongan New Area has been lauded by the state media as a demonstration for a new model of urban development. However, given all kinds of difficulties ahead, i ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-09
Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was granted bail by a court on Monday, allowing him to walk free after he was sentenced to jail two months ago for misconduct in office. The High Court set Tsang ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-25
Senior Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley are preparing to shift staff and operations from London to elsewhere in the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May sets up the UK’s exit from t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
Hong Kong Airlines was criticized for allegedly failing to respond promptly to a passenger who left his passport on a flight from Hong Kong to Shanghai, forcing him and his companion Mario Ho Yau-kwan ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
Businessman Lew Mon-hung, a former member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has criticized chief executive hopeful Carrie Lam soon after walking out of Stanley Prison ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-28
The conviction of seven police officers who were caught on camera punching and kicking a handcuffed protester during a 2014 Occupy clearance operation has caused quite a stir north of the border amid ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-24
One day recently, as I was making my way back to Hong Kong after a Macau trip, I got a call from a friend who insisted that I meet up with him at Sanka (山下). For those of you who don't know, Sanka is ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
Morgan Stanley and UBS Group are planning to raise their stakes in China investment-banking joint ventures, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The two foreign fin ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
In September of 2016, Airbnb raised US$850 million in new equity, valuing the company at US$30 billion and subsequently crowning it the most valuable lodging provider in the world without owning a sin ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
People going to Lamma Island from Central have the option of taking a ferry either to Yung Shue Wan or Sok Kwu Wan from Pier No. 4. Yung Shue Wan, situated in the north of the island, is close to popu ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
Much to the dismay of tens of thousands of public rental housing (PRH) applicants, the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA) has announced that the average waiting time for an applicant to be allocated a ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
Police have launched an investigation into a burglary at a luxury mansion owned by Charles Li Xiaojia, chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (00388.HK) in Tai Tam, Stanley. The brea ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
Morgan Stanley has been charged with "dishonest and unethical conduct" by securities regulators for pushing its brokers to sell loans to their clients. Massachusetts State Secretary William Galvin sai ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
Police have launched an investigation into a burglary at a luxury mansion on Repulse Bay Road belonging to Angela Leong On-kei, executive director of Macau gaming operator SJM Holdings (00880.HK) and ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
A Hong Kong industry association is under fire after it excluded two controversial works from an official album of this year's Global Design Awards. Critics say the Hong Kong Designers Association (HK ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
