Patrick Ko Tat-bun, convenor of the pro-Beijing group Voice of Loving Hong Kong, said he will give Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying 70 marks out of 100 for his performance in office since he took the t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... l Hygiene Ko Wing-man visited Wu at the Queen Mary Hospital on Monday. He said the department is very much concerned about the safety of its frontline staff and is looking for ways to enhance their pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... d in Hong Kong's 2017 chief executive election. Chan, the Director General of the World Health Organization, will complete her 10-year tenure at the global health body just in time for the Hong Kong p ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
Ten more people died of flu in Hong Kong Friday, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to 341 since the beginning of the year, according to the Center for Health Protection. In the last winter sea ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
A survey released in January showed Hong Kong retaining its dubious reputation as the world's most unaffordable housing market. Some analysts and industry players have recently pointed to downward pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
A 61-year-old Hong Kong man died Sunday after falling ill with H7N9 bird flu. He contracted the virus in the southern mainland city of Dongguan, am730 reported Monday. Five health workers who helped c ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang has offered a package of sweeteners, including tax rebates, as he unveiled on Wednesday the budget for the coming fiscal year. In doing so, he has continued ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
Hong Kong's longstanding strategy of relying on low-cost foreign domestic helpers to meet the needs of the city's wealthier residents may need to be revisited soon as the economies of southeast Asian ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... t in Hong Kong has become crazy. Hong Kong's median home price is nearly 17 times the annual median household income, a survey of 360 cities by US-based consultancy Demographia found. That exceeded th ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
... iene, Dr. Ko Wing-man, who is supposed to be in charge of containing epidemics, probably would have remained as complacent as ever if lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki did not draw public attention to the menace by ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 12. Translation by Julie Zhu -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/JP/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... les. Hong Kong florists, for instance, expect business to fall by half because of the bad timing. But if nothing else, this would be a welcome break for flower shop employees who typically work overni ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
Flu outbreaks have been reported in 119 schools across Hong Kong over the past three and half weeks, prompting some parents to seek the suspension of classes in places where the situation is serious, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... . In Hong Kong, a typical example of that is the Link REIT (00823.HK). In the mainland, actually there is another tip for investing: "Whatever the government tells you not to do, do it." The China Sec ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
Many of Hong Kong’s geographical place names have been in use for more than 150 years. Some describe their specific locations. North Point is one of them. North Point sits on the northernmost tip of H ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
A 24-year-old man who collapsed from exhaustion during the Hong Kong Marathon last Sunday has died, while another runner aged 49 years is still in critical condition. The incidents suggest that marath ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... pei mayor Ko Wen-je saw it differently. He told a local reporter he might give the watch to someone else or sell it as scrap metal because it would be useless to him. The remark drew angry comments fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... nual Hong Kong Marathon this Sunday. Activists hope to use the event to spread the Occupy slogan "I want genuine universal suffrage". A group of volunteers has been providing transfer printing service ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... in Cheung Kong, which in turn controls 49.97 percent of Hutchison Whampoa. In the present structure, if Cheung Kong and Hutchison both decide to pay HK$100 dividend, the Li family/trusts will get HK$4 ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... not Hong Kong. It has suddenly halted its investment visa scheme. The program appears to have come into conflict with the city's desire to attract talents. For example, given that Hong Kong's housing ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
