It's fun to learn Cantonese slang, although it can be a bit complicated. By using this sort of quirky language, people would get the impression that you're smart and you know your way around -- so the ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
Billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, the founder of New World Development, passed away last week at the age of 91. Known as a shrewd and gutsy entrepreneur, Cheng's style seems to have rubbed off quite a bit on ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
Today, data is all around us and the term “big data” is equally ubiquitous. At its core, big data is about extracting intelligence from the vast amounts of data available to an organisation. Internall ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
The US presidential debates kicked off Monday night (Tuesday morning in Hong Kong), and it’s widely believed that Hillary Clinton won the first round. That reminds us of the situation before the Brexi ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
HSBC recently rented more than 300 desks in a co-working space in Causeway Bay for its digital and transformation team. The facility, which is located in Tower 535 in Jaffe Road, is operated by WeWork ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
Google's parent Alphabet Inc. has launched Allo, a messaging app that incorporates Google's search feature and a chatbot that uses machine learning to "improve" itself over time. The new messaging ser ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
About half of China's infrastructure projects do not have economic value as the costs have been larger than the benefits, according to an article published in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
Beijing and the pro-establishment camp may disagree, but Sunday's election is a resounding victory for the opposition. Within the pro-democracy camp, however, the reaction was mixed. True, they shoul ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-08
Many pension funds and insurance companies as well as governments -- such as those in Europe and Japan -- have been focusing on long-maturity bonds. As a result, prices of those bonds have spiked, fa ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
The Hang Seng Index closed above 23,000 points for the first time in two weeks on Thursday, but the gas sector slumped nearly 10 percent. Beijing has issued a notice asking local governments to cut th ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
Several students, particularly those coming from the mainland by bus, couldn't make it to their classes in Hong Kong on time on Thursday, the first day of the new school year in the city. The reason: ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
The arrival of Apple Pay in Hong Kong has triggered enthusiastic discussion and comparison with the local Octopus card. Before we enter into a debate, let's talk about the development of contactless p ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
It all starts with data. Most marketers agree that behind every successful brand is a strategic social listening plan, one that allows an organisation to track mentions of their brand and competitors. ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
Anyone but CY. Anytime but now. Leung Chun-ying has rarely had it so perfectly put together for him -- or against him. He is juicing the "Hong Kong independence" theme while his Beijing loyalist allie ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-23
China’s appliance market has been stagnant amid the economic slowdown and an excess of capacity, forcing leaders in the sector to look for new areas of growth. Earlier, Midea bought a controlling stak ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
We have just returned from a three-week holiday in the UK and France. Everyone was worried about two things -- what will happen to Britain and the rest of Europe after Brexit and where and when will b ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
Imagine everyday objects that "talk" to each other by wireless internet. It's an idea whose time has come. They even have a name for it -- internet of things (TOT). The thing is TOT has been around fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
Two candidates running for the seat of the information technology functional constituency have called for an investigation into possible massive vote rigging in the coming Legislative Council election ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett once described the supermarket business as a non-starter. The logic is that even if a supermarket gains lots of customers, a rival can always appear out of nowhere ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-11
(Editor's note: The following was originally written for and read by the author in RTHK's Letter to Hong Kong program on July 31) Dear Rebecca, How’s your summer? I hope you're enjoying your internshi ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-01
