Thirty-nine residents of Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon City were found to have excessive amounts of lead in their blood following government tests, Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man said. In the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... sino king Ko Ho-ning, in August 2003 to tear down the historic building and construct a 23-storey commercial building with a gross floor area of 2,700 square meters. The AMO said it held three discuss ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... nd Health Ko Wing-man said the government has received more than 1,700 inquiries and 932 people are scheduled for blood tests. Ko said the government will be responsible for treating people found to h ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... y of Hong Kong, said an outbreak of mucormycosis led to the death of several patients in 2009, and the infection was traced to food products. Ko Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health, said Monday th ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
Three of the top scorers in this year's Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination are going to medical school while another plans to take up psychology. All have democratic aspirations for ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... k in Hong Kong. Let’s review how hard HSBC has been trying to build up its banking assets in China for the last two decades. After China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, HSBC bought stakes ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... s in Hong Kong have moved in a diametrically opposite way earlier this week, driving the Hang Seng China AH Premium Index to a record high. The Hang Seng China AH Premium Index tracks the average pric ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... est. Hong Kong youth feel the future is bleak when home prices have gone way beyond their reach, and many feel they won't be able to afford a home in their lifetime. But here's the truth: Just when yo ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
Hong Kong home prices have been hitting new highs but turnover has stayed flat thanks to government efforts to stabilize the market. Average deals per month are just 7,000 this year. For perspective, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
Hong Kong is considering banning the use of colored powder spray in public events after about 500 people were injured in an explosion at a party at an amusement park in New Taipei City over the weeken ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
... e in Hong Kong, the government has shunned calls to offer HK$3,000 to the elderly every month even though it was sitting on gigantic fiscal reserves of HK$819.5 billion (US$105.7 billion) and foreign ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
... nts, Hong Kong is among the very few markets where its restaurants are entirely operated by the firm. These markets also include the United States and mainland China, pillars of its global empire. Com ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
Drug traffickers are increasingly using teenagers to smuggle narcotics into the mainland, prompting a warning from Hong Kong customs authorities. Fifteen young people have been arrested for drug smugg ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
Now that Beijing's formula for tightening control over Hong Kong has been repudiated with the defeat of the election reform bill, it's not going to shrink from using the 2014 white paper to keep a tig ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... the Hong Kong Economic Journal on June 17. Translated by Frank Chen – Contact us at [email protected] FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... were Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx, 0388.HK), Li & Fung (0494.HK), Shui On Land (0272.HK), Li Ning Co. (2331.HK) and Esprit Holdings (0330.HK). Except HKEx, the rest all fell short of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, many in the grassroots agree that flea markets can create jobs and offer a wider variety of choices for consumers. Such markets can also serve as a venue for ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (0388.HK). Using smartphones for trading is common among college students, who, according to a Xinhua survey, rely mainly on hearsay and rumors when making their ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
The Hong Kong government on Tuesday issued a "red alert" against non-essential travel to South Korea following an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in that country. The government sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Hong Kong has raised a travel advisory on South Korea to "serious", with more deaths being reported from an outbreak of the deadly MERS virus in the country. Health authorities are warning the public ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
