Last week, I weighed the three chief executive candidates against one another based on the first couple of criteria laid down by Beijing for judging whether a person is suitable for the job. I am disc ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
... or Helena Wong Pik-wan asked Secretary for Food and Health Dr. Ko Wing-man to respond properly to the incident and provide the public with all relevant information. The department should make public t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
Led by a recovery in old-economy stocks, the benchmark Hang Seng index continues to gain ground. Nevertheless, we have also witnessed some sharp pullbacks in sectors that advanced notably previously s ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
... vironment Wong Kam-sing said the original intent of the scheme was to use economic incentives to make citizens change their habits on waste disposal. He said the pricing is reasonable as it is similar ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
A Christian school in Wong Tai Sin has warned parents not to let their children watch the new Hollywood movie version of the Beauty and the Beast because it has homosexual characters and scenes. In a ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
... man named Wong Mei-ying, a pensioner in her 80s who has lived in Mei Foo for 30 years. "They are not for me. I just throw them away." There are two intended audiences for these pamphlets, said David L ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
Despite the wide speculation that former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has already been handpicked by Beijing for Hong Kong's top job, mainland officials have been circumspect on the matt ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
Just two weeks ago, retired judge Woo Kwok-hing was still very much in the pan-democrats' favor, and thanks to their endorsement, he was able to secure his candidacy without having to tap into pro-est ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
... Jonathan Wong Woon-chung, a biology professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University and director of the Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre, which is under the university, urged the government to step up ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-13
... ber Roger Wong Hoi-fung asked the candidates about "white terror", saying he was dismissed by the University of Hong Kong Council in 2014 for being a whistleblower on colleagues who allegedly faked re ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-13
... architect Wong Wong-yiu. The Yellow House flats range from 361 to 409 square feet, with rentals between HK$11,552 and HK$13,088 per month. The Blue House flats range from 629 to 880 square feet, with ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-09
As the chief executive race enters the home stretch, the three contenders -- former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, former financial secretary John Tsang Chun-wah, and retired judge Woo Kw ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-09
I wasn't surprised at all that retired judge Woo Kwok-hing was able to get enough endorsement votes from the Election Committee to become an official CE election candidate. However, what really surpri ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett recalled that when he was young, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was stuck at around 200 points, which means he has witnessed a 100 times gain in the benchmark ind ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
... ager Alex Wong said he is not interested in buying properties but he sees a bigger upside than downside. “I am definitely not a buyer. But it’s hard to think of selling, because in the worst case, it ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-07
A drunk man sent rescue personnel on a merry chase after he fell into a nullah in Wong Tai Sin district Saturday night and kept wandering inside the drainage system. The man, a 41-year-old surnamed Ch ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-06
... Chan Cho-kwong, chairman of the Junior Police Officers' Association (JPOA), said his organization is working aggressively to make sure the seven policemen will “be vindicated and walk free with their ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-02
What our city lacks most is respect for the rule of law. Not only do the people in power such as the chief executive often see our law as a tool to wipe out political opponents; our police, politician ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
... er Joshua Wong, whom he described as an “impressive and thoughtful” young man, during his visit to Washington in November last year, has strengthened his resolve in pushing for the bill. The meeting o ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
