Sometimes it is not easy to tell who is naïve and who is not – if we look at our university students and our senior citizens. Yes, university students can at times seem like they are yet to get out of ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
Nearly 3,000 illegal immigrants and more than 100 suspected traffickers have been arrested on both sides of the border since January. The arrests followed a sharp increase in fake asylum seekers, most ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-31
Heavy rains and thunderstorms in southern China have led to massive flight delays and cancellations at Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai airports since Sunday. More than 700 flights were cancelled becaus ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
Seven employees' unions under the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) are demanding 17 days of paid general holidays per year, Metro Daily reports. At present, their frontline workers are ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
Two key members of Hong Kong Indigenous were spotted meeting with two westerners thought to be staff from the US Consulate General, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday, citing online newspaper Bastille P ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
Teenage students are leaping off buildings to their deaths. Ailing citizens have to wait for hours to get medical help as queues in public hospitals grow longer. Thousands of families are living in c ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Workplace sexual harassment in Hong Kong rose in 2015 from the previous year but many of the victims refused to speak out for fear of losing their job. A women's concern group said it received 1,151 c ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Hong Kong police said they met missing bookseller Lee Bo at a hotel in mainland China Monday morning and took a statement from him, in which Lee claimed he had gone to the mainland of his own accord. ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
A 33-year-old foster mother was arrested on suspicion of child abuse after a one-year-old baby girl under her care was found to have cerebral hemorrhage. However, the suspect, surnamed So, was later r ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
Put this one down as the luckiest number in the Year of the Monkey, if not the most auspicious ever. An anonymous bidder found the number "28" so auspicious the person paid HK$18.1 million (US$2.3 mil ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
Five electric buses purchased by New World First Bus Services Limited (NWFB) and Citybus Limited for trial operation in Hong Kong were found to have faults, including wheel failure and faulty door par ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
An Indonesian domestic helper has been arrested after being accused of trying to breastfeed her employer's four-year-old son. The 24-year-old woman was questioned by the police on suspicion of ill tre ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Five youngsters were arrested over the weekend for destroying more than 200 urn graves in Tin Shui Wai in the New Territories. The suspects, with ages ranging from 13 to 20, told police that by desecr ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Live coral has practically been wiped out at Hoi Ha in Sai Kung, am730 Daily News reported Thursday, citing The Professional Commons. The think tank said the coral cover -- a measure of the proportion ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
The case of the five missing booksellers has now become an international issue. It's not just because two of the personalities involved are foreign nationals, or because it could be a violation of the ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
Missing bookseller Lee Bo and his wife met in a hotel in an undisclosed location in mainland China over the weekend, and he handed a letter addressed to the police saying he was safe and free, Hong Ko ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
Grab your warmest woollens and be prepared for a blast of winter chill in the next few days. Confirming previous forecasts, the Hong Kong Observatory issued a cold weather warning Thursday, predicting ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
An Indonesian domestic helper has been arrested on drugs charges after her employer reported her suspicious behavior to the police, Sing Tao Daily reported over the weekend. The maid, a 37-year-old wh ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
What would you do if you were caught on camera making out in a public park? Stop and leave? Or get up and go after the interloper? A pair of smitten lovers apparently were so worried they might end up ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
A lawmaker has slammed the Immigration Department for ignoring a call for help from a Filipino maid who said she was taken to mainland China by her Hong Kong employer to work, Sing Tao Daily reported ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
