Last week, former Chief Secretary John Lee, the sole candidate in the election this coming Sunday [May 8] for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive where the voters are the roughly 1,500 members of a China-domi ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-04
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently accused the West of fighting a proxy war in Ukraine. This is inaccurate and misleading. In fact, the West is supporting both sides of this conflict – an ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-04
Inflation has been peaking globally and is likely to decline into 2023, as many countries are coming to terms with the idea of living with COVID-19. However, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has added furt ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-04
The Suicide Prevention Early Warning System developed by the HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention at the University of Hong Kong found that the number of suicide cases in Hong Kong rose fro ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-03
According to a recent study, approximately 30% of the world’s data is currently being generated by the health sector. By 2025, it’s expected that the compound annual growth rate of collected data for ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-03
Is the global economy flying into a perfect storm, with Europe, China, and the United States all entering downturns at the same time later this year? The risks of a global recession trifecta are risin ...More
EJ Insight2022-05-03
In financial and commodity markets every price tells a story about what investors implicitly believe is most likely to happen in the future. During the first quarter of 2022, the “market scenario” evo ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-29
When it comes to investment opportunities in renewable energy, China attracts the lion’s share of attention. But investors should note India’s unheralded potential in this exciting growth segment. The ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-29
“The higher you go; the fewer women there are.” This observation by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and environmental trailblazer Wangari Maathai, reflects a reality familiar to all women who have aspi ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-29
The new reality with which many advanced economies and emerging markets must reckon is higher inflation and slowing economic growth. And a big reason for the current bout of stagflation is a series of ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-29
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
Now that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s single term as chief executive is ending, many lessons must be learned from her failed leadership. The person who needs to learn them most is her successor John L ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-28
Hard data published in recent weeks suggests that prior to the start of the war in Ukraine, the US and European economies were starting to feel the benefits from an easing in global supply chain press ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-28
Now that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's single term as ch ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2022年04月28日
The traditional wisdom of “Sell in May and go away” seemed to come a month earlier as global stock markets continued to be hard hit by worries of inflation and the impact of China lockdowns. While sto ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-27
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
The employment environment in Hong Kong’s tech industry is currently undergoing a talent shake-up. With a tech talent supply shortage, the power is in the hands of job seekers rather than organisation ...More
EJ Insight2022-04-27
