Less three in 10 Hong Kong people have knowledge about fair trade, according to a survey of 1,000 consumers. Nearly half of the respondents cannot tell a fair trade product, Sing Tao Daily reported Fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
Yum Brands Inc, owner of KFC and Pizza Hut chains, said on Tuesday that its business in China is recovering after a setback last summer due to problems related to a meat supplier. Yum is making "conti ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
China Resources Enterprise Ltd. (CRE, 00291.HK) announced Tuesday that is selling all its non-beer businesses to its state-backed parent for HK$28 billion (US$3.6 billion) in a bid to improve its prof ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
The recent article “Is Jetstar Hong Kong push worth it?” struck me as a little odd. Not only because the processing of the airline’s application has been dragging on for several years but because the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
Hong Ning Dairy, known as Hong Kong’s only licensed organic milk farm, has lost its license and is selling milk products made from formula as fresh milk, Apple Daily reported Tuesday. Once popular amo ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
A 68-year-old Chinese painter has been found guilty of common assault and fined HK$6,000 (US$774) for throwing coffee at an airline stewardess. Li Yifeng angrily protested his innocence when the verdi ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
A man charged with attacking an airline stewardess while on flight received a stern warning from a judge over his behavior inside the court. Li Yifeng, a 69-year-old Chinese painter, pleaded not guil ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
With the swelling ranks of Chinese students on US campuses, the impact of geopolitical tensions on interpersonal relations can't be ignored, a new study suggests. Imagine you're 17 or 18 years old, 7, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
China Resources Enterprise (00291.HK) has announced a well-anticipated loss following its profit warnings earlier. But what has caused some surprise in the market is that the company has increased the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
Remember the Jordan shop space that was offered in January to young entrepreneurs for a monthly rent of HK$1? As expected, it drew an enthusiastic response. Applications closed last week to a record 1 ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Maxim's Group, Hong Kong's largest restaurant and bakery chain, has been fined HK$7,500 (US$967) after a plastic glove was found in a loaf of bread from one of its shops. Judge Yu Cheuk-man accepted t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Sky-high property rental costs are a big hurdle for any young person in Hong Kong seeking to start his or her own business. But now some relief is at hand thanks to the concept of co-working spaces, w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
McDonald's introduced a breakfast sandwich in its Taiwan menu and quickly came under fire for being stingy with the ingredients. Customers complained that the ingredients -- ham, egg and lettuce -- ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
Noble Group is vigorously defending itself against allegations by a shadowy research group that it has been fabricating profits. Asia’s biggest commodity trader by sales said it “completely rejects” t ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
"Big data" may sound like a fancy buzzword, but the fact is that the technology that it underscores has already begun to change, among other things, the lives of shoppers and retailers. When a person ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
More Hongkongers were willing to roll up their sleeves and donate blood last year, but the number who were rejected also rose, and the trend toward drinking tea or coffee with meals is the culprit in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
When Clara, the Hong Kong wife of a Taiwanese, went to the immigration office to apply for her residence permit, the officer asked: “Is yours a fake marriage?” It was one of many unpleasant surprises ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
Hong Kong people who have migrated to Taiwan advise those who want to follow them to think very carefully. They said it is hard to find a job, wages are stagnant and below those in Hong Kong and socie ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
Figures released by the Hong Kong government this week on the flow of people across the border show a flood of mainland visitors. Everyone knows that. But, surprisingly, they also show that an even la ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
Hong Kong software engineer Benson Chiu has broken the local record on Kickstarter, the world's largest fundraising website for start-ups, with his smart coffeemaker, the Arist. Even Starbucks, the US ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
