... vision of goods, facilities or services to the public or a section of the public to discriminate against another person who seeks to obtain or use those goods, facilities or services” on grounds of ra ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
After more than half a year of social unrest in the wake of a now-withdrawn extradition bill, the Hong Kong government continues to draw fire from citizens over its administrative track record. With t ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... aspire to go regional, supply chain finance becomes one of the biggest needs of the hour and banks are stepping in to fill the lending gap. And this is not an insignificant gap. As SMEs expand – they ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
The government is considering granting eligible new immigrants in the city the same HK$10,000 cash handout for adult permanent residents unveiled in the latest budget. Secretary for Labour and Welfare ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... s or even go to school, especially if local governments or companies bar such activities. “We do recognize that a rate cut will not reduce the rate of infection, it won’t fix a broken supply chain; we ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-04
... rt of the government now, he can do all sorts of things to free himself,” the 94-year-old told a meeting with his party’s youth members on Sunday. Cynthia Gabriel, director of the Kuala Lumpur-based a ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
... inst anti-government protesters. Talking about the controversial allowance, police chief Tang said "rioters" actions in Mong Kok last Saturday night, which required the police to fire tear gas and arr ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
... ne has to go back to the oil-supply shocks of the mid-1970s to find one as large. Yes, fear of contagion will hit demand for airlines and global tourism, and precautionary savings will rise. But when ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
... people to go for months and months without going to work, without going to school.” As of Sunday, the number of confirmed and presumptive cases in the US had risen to 91, the US Centers for Disease Co ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
... rushed to go in the opposite way. Certainly, it's not a gesture of goodwill." Other countries, such as South Korea and Japan, were commended for not banning Chinese travelers. While doctors on the gro ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... ever they go, under all circumstances? Amid the mask-buying frenzy, one should bear in mind the interim guidance issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Jan. 29 in relation to the use of prot ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... before it goes through second and third reading, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The Legco has arranged for the budget to be deliberated and scrutinized in two meetings scheduled for April 22 ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Fears that the new coronavirus outbreak is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic have stoked concerns about the Tokyo Olympic Games, with doubts surfacing whether the event will go ahead as plann ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... ’m saying goodbye,” Sharapova, whose rags to riches story captivated the sporting world but turned sour when she was banned for doping, wrote in a farewell article. Her decision to quit is hardly a ma ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... idemic is going to unfold in the coming days, life must go on in society. Now, my question is: when can we actually consider the epidemic as over? Well, judging from all the professional assessments ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... gave its go-ahead to the 10-year permit last week. “It’s crazy that we are in 2020 preparing ourselves to send people to Mars, and it’s going to happen in our backyard,” Councilman Joe Buscaino, whos ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... archipelago of Svalbard, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, and is only opened a few times a year in order to preserve the seeds inside. On Tuesday, 30 gene banks deposited seeds, also includ ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... should be governed in the future, he never had an answer beyond “Mubarak” and always refused to indicate a successor. Washington expected him to go on rigging elections till he died, when his son Gama ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
