... 15 other young activists have been given prison sentences, Wang said it's about time he honored his promise. He revealed that he is now liaising with different stakeholders to form a work group to no ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-23
Former Bar Association chairman Paul Shieh Wing-tai said he believes the 16 young activists jailed last week by the Court of Appeal deserve respect, but they also need to realize there is a price to p ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-23
The Court of Appeal's decisions last week to hand out jail terms to young activists and student leaders over 2014 civic and pro-democracy protests have caused widespread dismay in Hong Kong. The rulin ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
... ravishing young woman plastered in malls and train stations gained Angela initial fame, and her crossover from modelling to show business was a natural progression. Before long, the charisma of the 23 ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
... rt for 13 young activists who were jailed on Tuesday for storming a Legislative Council meeting in protest against the government's development plans for the northeastern New Territories. The Departme ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
... alise his young conspirators, were killed on Wednesday night in what is believed to have been an accidental explosion. About 120 butane gas cylinders were found at the scene of the blast, a house in t ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-22
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Sunday afternoon to protest the jailing of young activists last week, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Led by pro-democracy and localist groups ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-21
... ee jailed young activists to “Andrei Sakharov, Vaclav Havel, Aung San Suu Kyi and so many dissidents that came before them”. She regarded the three as being “among some of the most prominent leaders p ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
... that the youngest users of smartphones or tablets in Hong Kong are one-year-old toddlers. The situation is very worrying. Scientists from the University of London say that for every one hour of scre ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
A young man has been arrested by the police after the car he was driving rammed into four road maintenance workers in Yuen long. The suspect, a 21-year-old surnamed Mok, was charged with drink driving ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
Pan-democrats slammed the government over the jailing of three young activists, calling it political repression, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Overturning a lower court's ruling, the Court o ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
... t for the young activists. Joshua Wong Chi-fung, 20, was jailed for six months, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, 24, got eight months, and Alex Chow Yong-kang, 26, seven months. Wong and Chow were convicted of ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
... ms for 13 young activists who fought for what they believed was a just cause shows that authorities are far from healing the wounds in society. Rather than take a conciliatory approach, the administra ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
... en hire a young bouncer to distribute flyers. What it does is provide courses, gym facilities and food that are tailor-made for the elderly. For example, the restaurant serves nutritious gourmet food ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
... said more young people are likely to be jailed in the future and the public should adapt to the fact the Hong Kong's judicial system has changed. Law said in a social media post that he is prepared to ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
... en he was young but moved to another place in 2003 during his university days. He said his first girlfriend also lived in Kwun Tong, and the Old Mac was their favorite place to hang out. Members of hi ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
... ut rather young people with aspirations and hopes in society who want to bring about reforms. Legislator Claudia Mo said the case would set a precedent and urged Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet- ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
It was a sad day again for Hong Kong's young activists on Tuesday as the Court of Appeal increased the punishment for 13 activists, who stormed the Legislative Council complex in June 2014, to jail te ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
As an American born in the 1980s, I have often thought of China as being synonymous with globalization. As a young child, I remember hearing of aunts and uncles and friends’ parents going off to Hong ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-15
