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
Traditional media may be finding the going tough but new media also face challenges, including over-reliance on social media, the struggle to establish reputation, a lack of interaction with readers a ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
Wingo Chong is a rainmaker for Hong Kong Disneyland. He helps ensure the success of one of its biggest attractions -- the parade of characters. Figuratively speaking, that is. Because Chong, in fact, ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
Tributes continued to pour in Friday for George Ho, founder of Commercial Radio Hong Kong, who left a legacy of hard-hitting social commentary and trend-setting programs. Former broadcasting chief Che ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
It's an anniversary for many and a new start for sacked Commercial Radio journalist Lee Wai-ling and Next Media boss Jimmy Lai. June 4 marks 25 years since the Tiananmen Square crackdown and the day t ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
Mainland political expert Yan Jiaqi is hopeful that President Xi Jinping will support redress for the 1989 crackdown on student activists in Beijing's Tiananmen Square when the time is ripe. Yan, form ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
Anyone know Kojiro Hyuga? If you're under 30, the name won't ring a bell. If you're from mainland China, you haven't heard it in 20 years. But if you're a football fan from Hong Kong, you're going to ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-27
The Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) has ruled that the obstetrician involved in the tragic case of the baby of celebrity couple Eugina Lau Mie-kuen and Peter Cheung in 2005 was guilty of four coun ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-26
Here is why tycoon Robert Kuok wants to delist SCMP Group and take it back: the publisher owns part of TV City, a jumble of old, disused buildings in Sai Kung which could be turned into a luxury resid ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
Internet TV set-top boxes like the Xiaomi Box are mounting unfair competition and eating in the pay-TV business of Television Broadcasts Ltd. (TVB, 00511.HK) by offering a treasure trove of pirated co ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
It's a classic who-blinks-first standoff. For 16 months, it has quietly pitted SCMP Group honcho Robert Kuok and British fund manager Stephen Butt. At issue is a 14 percent holding in Hong Kong's bigg ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
