Merchandise stored in overseas warehouses by Hong Kong's e-commerce companies on eBay increased 64 percent in the fourth quarter last year from the same period in 2012. More than one-third of Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-11
After steering TVB during the golden age of Hong Kong television and presiding over the Hong Kong Economic Journal (EJ) for nine years during which he created a bilingual financial news media, Robert ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
The first mainland residential project of MTR Corp. (00066.HK) is almost sold out, thanks to hot demand from Hong Kong citizens. Over three thousand people lined up for 600 units of Tiara, a residenti ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
The pro-democracy Umbrella Movement may be over, but the impact of umbrellas on the Hong Kong stock market is way beyond expectations. Forget Alibaba or Tencent: Jicheng Umbrella (01027.HK), a tiny um ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Nepal was hit by a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake Saturday, killing more than 2,500 people, injuring more than 6,000 others and flattening entire sections of Kathmandu, the nation’s capital. Hospita ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
Despite the growing popularity of online shopping, last-mile issues remain a challenge for e-tailers. One-year-old FingerShopping has found a cost-effective solution that could be a model for the indu ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
In the financial world, QE means quantitative easing, a program to bolster growth in leading economies like the United States, Europe and Japan that fund managers cannot afford to ignore. In horse rac ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
After making amendments to its Trademark Law last year, China is on track to revise its other laws relating to intellectual property (IP). A draft of amendments to the Copyright Law was recently subm ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
Facebook is seeking a new business model with content providers that will encourage them to put their videos and news articles directly on the world’s largest social media network, rather than on thei ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
Is the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong making too much profit from the city? The liaison office has reportedly cashed in over HK$380 million (US$49 million) selling prop ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
Tata Communications, a Mumbai-based telecom service provider, has launched Media Ecosystem, offering media companies the ability to distribute video content across different countries. Content provide ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Media companies should make good use of information on social media but diversify their news sources, said Ros Atkins, host of Outside Source on BBC World News, citing his experience during last year' ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
Facebook is seeing a surge in the number of small and medium-scale enterprises advertising on its social network. From just about a million firms a year and a half ago, SME advertisers on Facebook ros ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
Hong Kong has taken a step forward in strengthening its position as a key private-equity (PE) hub in the region. On Friday, the government gazetted the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2015 that seeks ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Lai See, the longest-running column of Hong Kong’s largest English newspaper, may soon have its last run. South China Morning Post's highly popular business gossip column will end when Howard Winn, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Violent protests by radicals against parallel traders in Hong Kong have made headlines north of the border. Reports of the ill-treatment of visitors from the mainland, regardless of whether they are s ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
A New Delhi-based non-profit organization has partnered with Tata Communications to land a spacecraft on the moon. Team Indus is one of the 18 finalists for Google’s US$30 million Lunar XPRIZE, an int ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
If you want to know what mainlanders feel about Hong Kong nowadays, there is no better place to go than social networking platforms such as WeChat and Weibo. Last week, the two sites buzzed with angry ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
The bitter political showdown over Hong Kong's constitutional development and the overwhelming influx of tourists and immigrants from the mainland caused tension, prejudice and even hatred on both sid ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
Hong Kong has long been renowned for its highly competitive mobile market, which is largely due to the open market policy the government has adopted since 1990s. However, the market has entered a cons ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
