Ireland, which has won accolades for getting its economy back on track after a post-2008 downturn, is now aiming to expand its external trade by strengthening links with China, particularly in food in ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-24
A middle-aged man would have succeeded in an attempt to kill himself if not for the intervention of his domestic helper. The 49-year-old man, surnamed So, tried to commit suicide by burning charcoal i ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
A Filipino domestic helper committed suicide at her employer's home in Shui Chiu San Tsuen in Yuen Long district Monday evening, Apple Daily reported. The woman, a 38-year-old who bears the first name ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
A 14-year-old Singaporean student killed himself by jumping out of the window of his home in Tai Tam after an argument with his father over schoolwork. The teenager, identified as Lin Yang Kai, had a ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
A young woman's body was found floating in the sea off the Big Wave Bay beach in Shek O Sunday morning. Police, who believed it might be the body of the secondary school student who had been missing ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
A young mother thought to be suffering from post-natal depression killed herself by jumping from her flat in Sham Tseng. The 32-year-old woman, surnamed Wong, had given birth to a boy just two weeks e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
In my mind, there never was any doubt. The latest Star Wars saga racked up US$52.6 million in China last weekend -- the country’s biggest opening weekend of all time -- despite naysayers predicting le ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
About 73 percent of the Hong Kong-based non-Chinese who applied for naturalization as Chinese nationals since 2012 have received approval, the Immigration Department said. The number of non-Chinese ap ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-12
A Filipino domestic helper was found dead in an apparent charcoal-burning suicide at a luxury flat in Kowloon City on Wednesday, police said. The 36-year-old maid named Janice was found unconscious in ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
He gained a lot from his father's wisdom, and used it to build his hotel empire. But for Girish Jhunjhnuwala, a Hong Kong-born Indian entrepreneur, success also resulted from a bold bet he took - buyi ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
A 15-year-old student hanged himself with two school ties at home in Tsuen Wan on Monday morning. He left a note saying his life was not going well and he wanted to be in another world, Apple Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
A local-born ethnic minority student who received a scholarship to study abroad is at a loss over being denied a Hong Kong passport and not being told why. Asma Butt, 17, told EJ Insight she needs the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
Veteran broadcaster Kelvin Tang King-fai jumped to his death from his home in Taikoo Shing at 7:12 a.m. on Thursday. Tang, who worked at Digital Broadcasting Corp. and was a former anchor at Asia Tele ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
The winners of “Hong Kong’s Top Story 2015”, an English-language writing competition, have been named, and you can enjoy reading their stories below. This year, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Radio ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
Hong Kong's youngest newspaper owner is planning to list his publication business on the stock market next year. Metro News Media owner Kenny Wee (黃浩) told Ming Pao Daily that Metro Daily, which is di ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
A 23-year-old man long suffering from a skin disorder killed himself by jumping from his parents' flat in Sha Tin after his condition worsened. The jobless man, surnamed Lee, had been battling eczema, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
A 15-year-old girl sent WhatsApp messages to her friends to say goodbye, then jumped to her death in Mong Kok. Responding to a citizen's report, police arrived at the scene on Tung Choi Street at arou ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is reportedly in talks to buy the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Daily. The news comes just a week after the Chinese internet giant bought the city's main English-language dai ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
A young university student plunged to his death from a Sai Ying Pun flat on Tuesday after unexpectedly coming home from school. The 22-year-old victim, surnamed Chan, was found unresponsive on a podiu ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-16
A young Thai woman living in Hong Kong was found dead at her home in Shek Kip Mei on Monday in an apparent suicide after suffering from depression and work-related stress. The victim, who was 21 years ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
