Eight students from the English Schools Foundation and one from St. Paul's Co-educational College have scored the full mark of 45 in this year's International Baccalaureate Diploma program, local news ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-08
Former chief secretary Anson Chan has urged the government to start discussions with pan-democrats on political reform, noting that there is room for all parties to reach a consensus, Apple Daily repo ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-03
A friend of former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan transferred up to HK$3 million (US$387,000) to a number of women on the mainland on behalf of Hui and did not question the transfers because he did ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-27
People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops in Hong Kong are ready to move if asked by the government in the event the July 1 pro-democracy march gets out of hand, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday. The assu ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-26
Despite massive hacker attacks on its system, Occupy Central's online referendum on universal suffrage is widely considered a success, with more than 730,000 Hong Kong residents casting their ballots ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
Victoria Shanghai Academy, an international school in Hong Kong's Aberdeen district, said it has sold 40 corporate debentures worth a combined HK$100 million (US$12.9 million), Sing Tao Daily reported ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-23
A senior Hong Kong official made a sudden trip to Beijing on Sunday amid speculation that he could be holding discussions with Beijing over a potential cut in the quota for mainland visitors to Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-23
Xin Xin, the female half of a giant panda couple given to Macau by mainland China to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1999 handover, has died, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. She was five years a ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-23
Albert Tam is a famous name in Hong Kong, having performed his magic shows before audiences for more than three decades. But he still feels that he is no match when compared to photographers in terms ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
Bitcoin kiosks will be set up in Macau by July 1, making it easier for mainland visitors to the gambling center to circumvent regulations and get more cash, Sing Tao Daily reported Monday. Users who h ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
The North Sea Jazz Festival, one of the biggest international music events, is coming to Hong Kong for the first time this November, as the first stop of its debut tour to Asia. The Hong Kong show, se ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-13
Xu Caihou, retired deputy chairman of the Central Military Commission, is likely to be the highest military officer to stand trial for corruption after investigators found he accepted bribes worth 36 ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-13
More than 100 applications were lodged Wednesday on the first day of submissions for 85 subsidized Home Ownership Scheme flats in Tai O, Sing Tao Daily reported Thursday. Most of the applications were ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-12
Beijing believes the practice of the "one country, two systems" principle in Hong Kong has reached a turning point, and it is worried that the city is becoming a hotbed of subversion that could threat ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-11
Hong Kong teachers have given Education Secretary Eddie Ng Hak-kim an F for work performance, Sing Tao Daily reported Wednesday. According to a Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union survey of more th ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-11
A police officer with more than a quarter of a century of murder investigations under his belt described weeping at the crime scene of an 18-month-old girl allegedly killed by her mother at a Sham Shu ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
Beijing police are believed to have detained the head of a popular mainland blog site for allegedly creating a disturbance, Beijing lawyer and blogger Liu Xiaoyuan said on his Twitter page Wednesday. ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-05
Stephen Cheung, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), recalled the heart-pounding moments when he first met Christine in the capital of romance 30 years ago, Sing Tao Daily report ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
Hong Kong police are gearing up for a 33-day campaign against betting on soccer during the upcoming World Cup finals. Illegal betting around the world amounted to about HK$1 trillion (US$128.97 billio ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
Hong Kong golf enthusiasts could start hitting practice balls in a disused driving range after its new landlord agreed to give it a new lease on life. Whitehead driving range could reopen anytime soon ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
