... est. Hong Kong youth feel the future is bleak when home prices have gone way beyond their reach, and many feel they won't be able to afford a home in their lifetime. But here's the truth: Just when yo ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
Hong Kong home prices have been hitting new highs but turnover has stayed flat thanks to government efforts to stabilize the market. Average deals per month are just 7,000 this year. For perspective, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
Hong Kong is considering banning the use of colored powder spray in public events after about 500 people were injured in an explosion at a party at an amusement park in New Taipei City over the weeken ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
... e in Hong Kong, the government has shunned calls to offer HK$3,000 to the elderly every month even though it was sitting on gigantic fiscal reserves of HK$819.5 billion (US$105.7 billion) and foreign ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
... nts, Hong Kong is among the very few markets where its restaurants are entirely operated by the firm. These markets also include the United States and mainland China, pillars of its global empire. Com ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
Drug traffickers are increasingly using teenagers to smuggle narcotics into the mainland, prompting a warning from Hong Kong customs authorities. Fifteen young people have been arrested for drug smugg ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
Now that Beijing's formula for tightening control over Hong Kong has been repudiated with the defeat of the election reform bill, it's not going to shrink from using the 2014 white paper to keep a tig ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on June 17. Translated by Frank Chen – Contact us at [email protected] FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... were Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx, 0388.HK), Li & Fung (0494.HK), Shui On Land (0272.HK), Li Ning Co. (2331.HK) and Esprit Holdings (0330.HK). Except HKEx, the rest all fell short of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, many in the grassroots agree that flea markets can create jobs and offer a wider variety of choices for consumers. Such markets can also serve as a venue for ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (0388.HK). Using smartphones for trading is common among college students, who, according to a Xinhua survey, rely mainly on hearsay and rumors when making their ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
The Hong Kong government on Tuesday issued a "red alert" against non-essential travel to South Korea following an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in that country. The government sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Hong Kong has raised a travel advisory on South Korea to "serious", with more deaths being reported from an outbreak of the deadly MERS virus in the country. Health authorities are warning the public ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... h in Hong Kong and mainland China. From my perspective, it may not be a definite “yes” or “no” this time but something as ambiguous as the song “Quizás, quizás, quizás” (perhaps, perhaps, perhaps). It ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
It's mission almost accomplished for the landmark overhaul of Li Ka-shing’s business empire, announced Jan. 9, with the listing of Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. (01113.HK) on the Hong Kong Stock ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
Lawmakers urged the government to seek more information from South Korea about the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, which has killed two people there. Joseph Lee Kok-long, who rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
Securities industry veteran Johnson Ko Chun-shun said he might step down from the chairman's post at ReOrient Group Ltd. (00376.HK) after an 18-month share lockup period expires, the Hong Kong Economi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
... . in Hong Kong after climbing as much as 178 percent to the highest intraday level since 2007. Jade Passion Ltd., controlled by Yunfeng Financial Holdings Ltd., will buy 1.34 billion new shares in Reo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
Hong Kong has stepped up precautions after a South Korean man who entered Guangdong via the city last week, tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, Sky ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and the SFC must “sign up” to and go by these principles, or otherwise they need ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-30
