Outgoing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has been keen on establishing and supporting the Innovation and Technology Bureau in a bid to deliver on his campaign promise to boost technology development i ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Hong Kong travel start-up Tink Labs has reportedly raised funds at a valuation of US$1 billion. The company was founded by a 25-year-old Hongkonger in 2012. This is just one example. The impressive id ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
US President Donald Trump’s recently released 2018 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts in US foreign aid, prompting a discussion on the role of such spending in improving the health and well-being of ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
The meeting between Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was announced barely a week before it was to be held, suggesting difficult problems ahead. Almost simultaneously, Trump tweete ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the government is amending laws to extend the land use rights of residential properties “unconditionally and automatically” when they reach the end of the 70-year lease ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
If there's one clear winner from last night's debate between the chief executive hopefuls, it's not any of the three contenders themselves but rather someone else. It's Julian Law Wing-chung, the rela ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
Some Chinese customers still have to pay roaming charges when they make calls to another province or city in the mainland. Premier Li Keqiang announced during the Two Sessions that such charges will b ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
It seems that the democrats have finally learned something about tactics, with the result that they managed to have an impact on the alleged chief executive election that has impressively undermined t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
Once you step out on the streets of Florence, I bet you'd find it hard to resist going on a shopping spree. Who could when confronted with temptingly exquisite Prada shoes and Gucci bags with price ta ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
Listening to CY Leung’s 2017 Policy Address in January, I was pleased to learn of the Hong Kong government’s proposed HK$18 billion investment in innovation and technology, which will help to subsidis ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
Nokia re-introduced a brightly colored version of the classic 3310 talk and text phone, the world's most popular device in the year 2000. The new model has bigger screens and is priced at just 49 euro ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
I had a fun and meaningful Sunday afternoon as a judge in a cooking contest in Causeway Bay. Organized by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, the cookfest is aimed at promoting the locally raised gra ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-24
Hong Kong-listed Truly International Holdings (00732.HK) said Tuesday its subsidiary has agreed to invest 720 million yuan (US$104.9 million) in Leshi Zhixin, a smart TV unit of Shenzhen-listed Leshi ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
Billionaire Warren Buffett has always been cautious about putting money in tech companies. The US tycoon didn't make any major investment in tech stocks until six years ago when he bought into IBM, fo ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-16
Toshiba Corp. will detail a writedown of close to US$6 billion after bruising cost overruns at its US nuclear arm, turning investor attention to the Japanese group's efforts to fix that and other bala ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
Both mainland and Hong Kong markets have become more active in recent days. Hong Kong market turnover rose to over HK$90 billion while China’s A shares saw turnover surpass 450 billion yuan (US$65.38 ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
Televisions were once the biggest battlefield for global home appliance makers. However, in recent years, TV has been overtaken by smartphones and computers, where internet content can be easily acces ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
Two news items about card games caught my attention recently. One is about a Chinese woman who took away about HK$160 million in winnings from baccarat tables in several casinos in Macau. The other o ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
The key political divide in the United States is not between parties or states; it is between generations. The millennial generation (those aged 18-35) voted heavily against Donald Trump and will form ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
So-called smart pills have been popular among foreign university students, scientists and bankers in recent years. In Hong Kong, psychiatrist Hui Lung-kit said in a Facebook post that the smart pills ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
