There’s nothing new under the sun. The rapid increase of Shenzhen’s home prices reminds me of Hong Kong in 1997. Home prices in Shenzhen rose 53 percent within a year. New homes are being sold at an ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
Using sociologist Max Weber's theory, the people of Hong Kong can be categorized into four classes: the billionaires, the upper middle class, the lower middle class and the grass roots. Obviously, the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
Chong Hing Bank Ltd. (01111.HK) will hire 100 employees in mainland China while continuing its recruitment in Hong Kong as part of its expansion plans in the city and the Pearl River Delta region, vic ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... s in Hong Kong or the United States for a mainland audience to circumvent the new guidelines. But Chinese authorities are farther along that road. They have blocked several virtual private networks, m ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
Whenever some South Korean drama featuring the main character playing saxophone is on, or when a sax-themed movie is showing, there's typically a surge in people trying to learn the instrument. Many H ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
A 34-year-old man, China's first confirmed case of Zika virus infection, stayed at the Hong Kong International Airport overnight before returning to the mainland. Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protect ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
Video taken Monday night shows a Ming Pao Daily reporter who was covering the clashes in Mong Kok being pressed to the ground and beaten by at least 10 police officers, Apple Daily reported Thursday. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 02. Translation by Alan Lee [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 3. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/DY/FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
Hong Kong authorities will list Zika virus as a notifiable infectious disease following a global alert from the World Health Organization on the mosquito-born threat. Zika will be made a notifiable di ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
... mentioned Ko Yo Group. The company has successfully launched a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) project, which is a great innovation in new materials. PPS is an organic polymer consisting of aromatic rings ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... , such as Ko Yo Chemical Group, use natural gas. Natural gas accounts for 80 percent of Ko Yo Group's fertilizer costs. Falling natural gas prices are set to boost the company's profitability. Natural ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
Hong Kong-born American economist Steven Cheung Ng-sheong (張五常) recently gave a speech at Guangzhou's Sun Yat-sen University, pointing out that the Chinese economy is in a deep crisis. During the spe ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Jan. 25. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/DY/RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... nd and workout buddy. At the end, students were asked to rate this stranger on several key dimensions. The study found that those who claimed to be Federer’s friend or both his friend and workout budd ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Jan. 21. Translation by Alan Lee [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... ister Dr. Ko Wing-man said the hospital's Obstetrical and Gynaecological Department is short of three full-time doctors. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
Rain, slippery roads and the cold weather sent participation in the Hong Kong Standard Chartered Marathon on Sunday to a 10-year low. Organizers said only 83 percent of the 74,000 runners who register ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
... pei mayor Ko Wen-je has warned that 10 percent of the city’s budget will go into paying city employee pensions in 2016. And the pressure on finances continues to grow as state employees rush to lock i ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
At least five local private hospitals have raised their fees by as much as 200 percent in the fourth quarter of this year. The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers estimated that inflation in the medical ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
