As Leung Chun-ying has declared that he will not seek a second term, the pan-democrats have lost a talking point and they can no longer milk Leung's unpopularity for all it's worth. Desperate to find ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-25
... g for the Wong Cheuk Hang station. She had to be reminded by local residents as to her exact location. The lack of knowledge about public transport and other everyday things is perhaps excusable as La ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
... er Helena Wong warned that 28 similar government pitches might also have the same problem. Authorities should examine if there are any health risks involved, she said. Comments by some officials that ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
The upcoming chief executive election would probably be the single most important political event since the handover that would have the most profound and far-reaching implications for our society, ou ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
The US dollar index tumbled to a one-month low of 100.37 on Tuesday amid concern about trade protectionism and rising geopolitical risks. As a result, non-dollar currencies recovered. The Japanese yen ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
Are all pro-democracy voters supposed to vote for former financial secretary John Tsang as the next chief executive? The answer is absolutely not. Unless you belong to the washed-up pan-democrats or a ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
... out help. Wong Yan-fung, the union's director of information technology, said it took more than a year to develop the app which cost more than HK$400,000. It was designed by a team of mostly handicapp ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
... t pork in Wong Tai Sin estate. The famous dish is apparently the favorite of men who want to rekindle their romantic peak, according to an online article a few years ago. Last week, Tsang was intervie ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-16
... es. Sammy Wong, a member of an amateur dragon boat rowing team that launched the campaign, said his group has been doing the job since last year. He said the task saddens and pains him because it tell ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-16
... were the Wong family, who came from Fujian during the Qing Dynasty. Later, a branch of the Tsang family from Mui Tsz Lam in Ma Mo Shan also came and stayed. Unsurprisingly, the village was mainly occ ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-13
... er. Linda Wong, executive director of rape crisis centre Rainlily, said online dating apps are becoming popular and many see them as a way to make friends. Wong warned female users that criminals are ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
... al Joshua Wong suspects that Wednesday’s arrests, which he dubbed as political revenge, may be aimed creating social pressure on those who practiced civil disobedience, as a court prepares to give a r ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
Late last month, Wang Guangya, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Office of the State Council, reiterated during a media interview that the central government will fully respect the difference betwee ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
Former chief executive Donald Tsang probably had a vacation with businessman Bill Wong in 2011, about a week after Exco decided to grant Wong's company a digital radio licence, the prosecution says. C ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
... st Joshua Wong saw demonstrations staged against them after they took part in a political forum in Taiwan last week. Law, Wong and some others traveled to Taipei to attend a seminar hosted by Taiwan's ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
... sman Bill Wong Cho-bau for 2010 to 2012, the report said. In his opening statement, prosecution lawyer David Perry said Tsang used his position as chief executive and head of the Executive Council to ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
It has become almost crystal-clear that Beijing doesn't want Financial Secretary John Tsang to run for chief executive. It has been almost a month now since Tsang tendered his resignation but the cent ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
Hong Kong has welcomed its first new rail line in more than a decade – the long-awaited 7.4-kilometer South Island Line, linking Ocean Park, Wong Chuk Hang and Ap Lei Chau with Admiralty, which was in ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... Estate in Wong Tai Sin. Wu’s daughter sued the maid in December, saying she was told by her mother that Solik had coaxed her into withdrawing money from a bank account nearly 100 times so that she cou ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... Michelle Wong Yau Wai-ching -- a "very senior official" -- will take questions on his behalf. It came as the Legco panel was conducting a hearing on the final report submitted by the Committee on Pre ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
