The government will kick off the second phase of the public consultation on political reform as soon as Wednesday, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. First, the newspaper said, the government would submi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
An eight-year-old girl was injured when her right leg was caught in the door of a crowded passenger bus. She was brought to a hospital and was discharged with no injuries except for a slight swelling ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
Even before the West Island Line extension of the MRT opens on Dec. 28, Kennedy Town, which the new line will link to Sheung Wan district, has been experiencing a sea change. With their eye on the fre ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
Raphael Hui Si-yan may have spent more than HK$2 million (US$260,000) on his music collection, but experts and collectors say it is of mediocre quality and may now be worth less than a quarter of what ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
What will they think of next? Occupy protesters have occupied streets, unfurled yellow umbrellas on the graduation stage, hung a giant banner on Lion Rock, and done countless other gimmicks to promote ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
Most Hong Kong pan-democrats have no plans to surrender to the police, breaking ranks with top protest figures who are set to turn themselves in on Wednesday. Fifteen said they don't intend to surrend ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
Plastic debris tops the list of marine garbage along Hong Kong's coast, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday, citing the Green Council. The council launched a coastal clean-up campaign at 40 points in Se ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
A Hong Kong deputy to China's legislature has criticized student protesters for lack of respect and intolerance for others. Executive councilor Fanny Law, who is also a delegate to the National People ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
Mainland investors find the trading account threshold in the Stock Connect scheme too high, slowing capital flow into Hong Kong, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday, citing Hong Kong stock exchange chief C ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
Jimmy Heung Wah-sing, a prominent film maker from Hong Kong, died in Beijing Thursday at the age of 64 after suffering from esophageal cancer. Heung and his elder brother Charles founded Win's Enterta ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
More than 100 Chinese policemen were sent to the Lo Wu border checkpoint Wednesday after reports hundreds of democracy activists were planning to enter the mainland from different control points. The ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
The government is open to the idea of opening more sea transport services to Lantau islands, Sing Tao Daily reported, citing sources close to the Transport Department. In particular, it is willing to ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
Our Hong Kong Foundation, a think tank recently established by former Hong Kong leader Tung Che-hwa to come up with plans for the city's long-term development, cannot offer fresh and creative ideas be ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
A plan by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) to revamp the Central Market is facing another obstacle after the Land Department said a land premium would have to be paid for the site because part of it ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying on Monday offered some pro-establishment groups details on the 4-million-pounds (US$6.4 million) payment agreement that he had signed with Australian engineering fir ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
Crowd dispersal rehearsals involving up to 1,000 police officers were conducted at the Wong Chuk Hang police academy on Saturday and Sunday, raising speculation that authorities are gearing up to clea ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
A prominent pro-Beijing campaigner is facing withering criticism after he compared the street protests by pro-democracy activists to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Robert Chow, a spokesman for ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
The Central government could direct Hong Kong authorities to clear the Occupy protest sites by use of force once the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) meeting in Beijing ends, according to Ng Ho ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
Hong Kong has seen an increase in the inflow of mainland tourist groups this month despite the Occupy pro-democracy protests that have blockaded parts of the city since late September. About 380 tou ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-24
Masked men poured soy sauce on stacks of Apple Daily newspaper at three distribution points in Hong Kong in the early hours of Wednesday, rendering the copies unsellable, Ming Pao Daily reported. The ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
