Bitcoin and Ethereum went wild in the first half of 2017, and the hype is likely to continue in the coming months, driven by the initial coin offering craze. Initial coin offering (ICO) can be conside ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
"We received lots of enquiries from inexperienced investors over the last two to three months. These are people who have never even invested in the stock market before, and they have no idea what [Eth ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-10
Serious imbalance of men and women working in the IT industry is a worldwide phenomenon. In the United States, for example, the proportion of women in the IT industry is 25 percent. It's 16 percent i ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-07
What is Ether? Ether is the value token in use on the Ethereum network. It is listed in a digital currency exchange under the code ETH and used to pay for transaction fees and computational services o ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-07
The world transfer market has just set a new record, with Paris Saint-Germain reportedly paying 220 million euros for Barcelona forward Neymar. It is more than double the current world record fee of 8 ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-04
The balcony of a 61-year-old building in Hung Hom collapsed in late June. Fortunately no one was injured. According to the government's reply to a member of the Legislative Council, there are about 9, ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
A joint venture backed by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has agreed to acquire German metering and energy management group Ista International. The price wasn't disclosed, but sources told the Wall Stree ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-28
Ever since the chief executive election in March, former financial secretary John Tsang has retired totally from public life. However, after months of rest, it appears he could no longer fight the itc ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-27
“Taobao”, a Chinese term which means finding treasure, is part of a bigger process which is discreetly transforming the payment system and money or credit creation in the country. In the China Super L ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
Silicon Valley baron Elon Musk called rival billionaire Mark Zuckerberg naive, escalating a tech wizard war of words over whether robots will become smart enough to kill their human creators, Reuters ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
To meet the high demand for beds in public hospitals grappling with the summer flu crisis, the Food and Health Bureau plans to seek assistance from two private hospitals as part of the contingency mea ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-20
Riding a surge in her popularity ratings, Chief Executive Carrie Lam hopes to win the public opinion war over the co-location arrangement for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. The SA ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-13
A joint venture set up last year by Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) and China Light & Power (CLP) is planning to install electric vehicle charging stations in car parks of private residential e ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-12
I've just returned from a cruise trip. During the voyage, I learnt that almost all the tour participants were retirees, and that most of them were financially secure. The senior citizens built up thei ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-12
As a corporate trainer and executive coach, I spend a large percentage of my working hours in conversation with business leaders and their employees, mostly in China. About 18 months ago, I began to n ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-11
Research firm Gartner estimated that climate change and sustainability would become key performance indicators for half of all the smart cities. Like other international cities, Hong Kong needs to red ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-10
Unlike many founders of internet companies who have strong personalities, Xiaomi's Lei Jun has been known for his mellow character. It is said that Lei has never yelled at his staff. When he encounter ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-10
PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified three areas – Tung Chung, Kwu Tung North and Yuen Long South – as ideal sites for implementing pilot projects to pursue a government plan to develop Hong Kong int ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-07
Qatar Airways has axed orders for four A350s because of delivery delays, handing the European planemaker a new headache over what to do with jets worth US$1.2 billion, Reuters reports. The cancellatio ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-07
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group launched on Wednesday a cut-price voice assistant speaker, marking its first foray into artificially intelligent home devices. The "Tmall Genie", named after the ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-06
