Fifty percent nomination support, four sectors, three or two candidates, one framework. Hong Kong's media have a field day reporting on Beijing's universal suffrage framework. A scan of the local pape ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Li Fei, deputy secretary-general of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, faced protests as he participated in a forum in Hong Kong Monday to discuss Beijing's decision on electoral ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Most Hong Kong people believe Asia Television (ATV) has completed its "historical duty" as a free TV broadcaster and should make way for other players to bring in investment and innovation to rejuvena ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the Executive Council will have the final say on Asia Television Ltd.'s (ATV) broadcast license renewal. This is despite the Office of the Communications Authority ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are demanding a 12 percent increase in their basic salary, saying they can't keep up with the rising cost of living. Also, they are asking for a 74 percent increa ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
Hong Kong residents were ranked seventh in a happiness survey conducted among people in the 18-40 age group in ten countries and cities in Asia Pacific region, TVB News reported Sunday, citing a study ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
Is Hong Kong ready for the stark realities of a reality show? Maybe. Two programs about single men and women trying to find the other half have enjoyed successful runs but a mini series about seven or ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
Hong Kong's communications watchdog has warned government broadcaster RTHK for alleged biased reporting in a controversial television program, Ming Pao Daily reported Wednesday. The Communications Aut ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
It's a personal story but there's no escaping the political overtones of last Sunday's installment of the TVB drama Shades of Life. The July 27 episode, "Same Root" starring Oceane Zhu, attracted 1,50 ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
Baseball player Satchel Paige once said, “Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching.” If you rearrange the words to say “Make money like you're dancing”, you get closer to the i ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
The official word from Foshan is that Cantonese and traditional characters are not only mostly off the air, they're off the menu. Government departments, media outlets, schools and public services in ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
A slip of the tongue brought one woman in for online ridicule Sunday when she confused television viewers about which side the Occupy Central line she stood on. The unidentified woman told a TVB repor ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
The Guangdong Television News Channel will make the full switch from Cantonese to Putonghua in September, sparking speculation that Cantonese will soon be marginalized, TVB reported Thursday. Hourly n ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-11
I was in Guangzhou and Foshan over the weekend, and I never felt farther from Hong Kong, which is just two hours away. Of course, I could still watch TVB Jade and TVB Pearl in South China, but half of ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-07
Hong Kong's role as an offshore renminbi center is at risk from a planned civil disobedience campaign by Occupy Central, according to a TVB report on Wednesday, citing China's top economic authorities ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-03
Shenzhen authorities have released four Hong Kong journalists after detaining them earlier for attempting to cover an "Occupy Shenzhen" protest in support of the July 1 demonstration in Hong Kong. Net ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-02
Raymond Young will finally have the chance to take up where he left off three decades ago and serenade the city. Before ascending the ranks of the public service to become permanent secretary for home ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-25
First his liberty, then his locks and now lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung is losing one of his loves because of his month-long jail sentence for disrupting a public forum. As well as not being able to vote i ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
You say goal, I say lights out. All eyes will be on 20th FIFA World Cup tomorrow. But wait, that's more than a bit too much of an exaggeration. Just how many eyes will actually be open and staring at ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-12
Casino operators took a big hit on the stock market Tuesday after SJM Holdings (00880.HK) chief executive confirmed that Macau's monetary watchdog has ordered the removal of all UnionPay kiosks from c ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
