It is estimated that the total length of underground utility services network in Hong Kong is 100,000 km, which is at least 47 times the length of the roads. At the same time, the Director of Audit’s ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-14
... representatives out of its 4,000 members conducted in January. Of those interviewed, 24 per cent said that emigration was having a “medium” effect on their businesses, 12 per cent said it was “high” ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-14
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is radically redrawing the global economic, political, and security landscape. Politically, it is pushing Russia away from Europe. It has redoubled NATO members’ commitmen ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-14
China’s latest national population census revealed some interesting demographic trends. The country has 264 million people aged 60 and above, which equates to 18.7% of the population, considerably hig ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-11
The decision by many multinational corporations to exit Russia, after decades of engagement between global business and Russia’s state-dominated economy, indicates that investors can no longer rely on ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-11
... g an estimated $800 billion in income as a result. The gender gap in childcare provision is even wider in low- and middle-income countries. In India, for example, women provided ten times as much unpa ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-11
In the space of a single day, February 28, Vladimir Putin’s “Fortress Russia” collapsed. The ruble plunged by about 30%, and Russian authorities closed all financial markets. Russians raced to ATM mac ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
I returned to a Hong Kong that I barely recognise. The airport was like a giant film studio after everyone had departed, cavernous, empty and chillingly silent. Airport security staff stationed strate ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
Images of plastic pollution in the ocean and on beaches are now commonplace, and the problem is likely to get worse. Last week, the OECD’s first Global Plastics Outlook revealed a dramatic increase in ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
... United States. Work is due to be completed by the end of 2023, with production to start in 2024. With an investment of US$12 billion, the plant will make 20,000 wafers a month using five-nanometre te ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-10
... cade of deaths, casualties, and infections, rip through ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2022年03月10日
These are difficult times, to say the least. We’re witnessing a cascade of deaths, casualties, and infections, rip through the most vulnerable and least protected populations. The elderly, the childre ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
Technology stocks have been particularly vulnerable at the start of the year. Despite the current market weakness, we believe technology will continue to be a principal driver of change in today's inc ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
Forget about the pandemic control, border closure and brain drain. All these expatriates-unfriendly factors did little harm to Hong Kong‘s reputation as the most unaffordable city. For 12 consecutive ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the sweeping sanctions the United States and Europe have imposed on Russia in response, have triggered economic disruptions at four levels: direct, blowback, spillove ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
The latest Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is now open for application after a year of hiatus. The HOS 2022 covers 7 projects, supplying approximately 8,900 flats at merely half of the market price. For c ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-09
... s, depreciation and amortization of US$130-150 million in the first three months of the year, up from its previous projection of US$100-130 million. On the ride-hailing front, the trips-taken metric h ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-08
International Women’s day, on 8 March, is a day to reflect on and celebrate all women and their achievements worldwide. In Hong Kong SAR, we don’t have to look far for women to celebrate. Hong Kong bo ...More
EJ Insight2022-03-08
