... ger. Hong Kong, one of the world’s great horse racing centers, is not suitable for breeding horses, because of the natural environment. And it’s quite rare for listed companies to get involved in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 7. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/DY/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Many people in Hong Kong would associate Panama with the 1989 blockbuster movie God of Gamblers (賭神). One character in the movie said, “I have a friendship with the president of Panama.” In fact, Hong ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
... ngs, Hong Kong’s housing prices, the candidates for chief executive, and so on. It was quite an unusual move for the firm. Most listed companies treat post-results news conferences as routine. While H ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-24
... zhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect this year. In addition, Beijing has seemingly changed its stance toward developing the stock markets. The long-awaited launch of a strategic emerging industry board on the ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
... said Hong Kong does not have legal definitions to organic produce, and as such, no laws are violated if a vegetable sample is found to have excessive pesticides. Lau Lai-kwan, from the Sustainable Eco ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... n of Hong Kong Nursing Staff, which counts one in six nurses in the city as members, said in an open letter in major newspapers Wednesday that nurses are highly unsatisfied with the lack of sufficient ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... spital in Kowloon, where he remains in critical condition. Union Hospital said it is investigating the incident. Checks on instruments used in the surgery showed they functioned smoothly, it said. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... or Health Ko Wing-man, who visited Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Wednesday, said the government is considering several measures to respond to the situation, such as transferring less serious cases to re ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
There’s nothing new under the sun. The rapid increase of Shenzhen’s home prices reminds me of Hong Kong in 1997. Home prices in Shenzhen rose 53 percent within a year. New homes are being sold at an ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
Using sociologist Max Weber's theory, the people of Hong Kong can be categorized into four classes: the billionaires, the upper middle class, the lower middle class and the grass roots. Obviously, the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
Chong Hing Bank Ltd. (01111.HK) will hire 100 employees in mainland China while continuing its recruitment in Hong Kong as part of its expansion plans in the city and the Pearl River Delta region, vic ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... s in Hong Kong or the United States for a mainland audience to circumvent the new guidelines. But Chinese authorities are farther along that road. They have blocked several virtual private networks, m ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
Whenever some South Korean drama featuring the main character playing saxophone is on, or when a sax-themed movie is showing, there's typically a surge in people trying to learn the instrument. Many H ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
A 34-year-old man, China's first confirmed case of Zika virus infection, stayed at the Hong Kong International Airport overnight before returning to the mainland. Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protect ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
Video taken Monday night shows a Ming Pao Daily reporter who was covering the clashes in Mong Kok being pressed to the ground and beaten by at least 10 police officers, Apple Daily reported Thursday. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 02. Translation by Alan Lee [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 3. Translation by Julie Zhu [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/DY/FL ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
Hong Kong authorities will list Zika virus as a notifiable infectious disease following a global alert from the World Health Organization on the mosquito-born threat. Zika will be made a notifiable di ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
... mentioned Ko Yo Group. The company has successfully launched a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) project, which is a great innovation in new materials. PPS is an organic polymer consisting of aromatic rings ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
