Thanks to the "go slow" protest staged by local taxi drivers earlier this week, Uber is now the most popular app in Hong Kong, according to top app lists in Apple Store and Android's Play Store. On so ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
Having positioned itself as Asia's World City, Hong Kong definitely has the potential to diversify its business activities and emerge as an innovation technology hub, experts say. The main task for th ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
Let's say hello to Sophia and Han. Well, don't be perturbed if they throw some awkward stares at you. Our new humanoid neighbors, after all, may need more time to imbibe social graces and learn the fi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
Mainland menswear firm China Lilang Ltd. (1234.HK) expects to sustain an uptrend in orders as it prepares for the 2016 spring and summer trade fairs. Chairman Wang Dongxing said he's very confident th ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled an experience center called "Mi Home" in Hong Kong. The 270-square-foot center, located in Hollywood Plaza in Mong Kok, marks the first such facilit ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
China's mid-tier cities, which include Chengdu, Wuhan, Tianjin and Hangzhou, will see strong demand for office space amid vibrant corporate activity and expansion of middle-class households, according ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
Video streaming services will see rising global demand amid robust growth in the number of online viewers who prefer high-quality videos, according to Akamai Technologies, a cloud service provider. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
KFit, a new fitness-sharing platform, sees huge potential in the Asia Pacific region compared with North America where subscriptions are lagging. "Asia Pacific is the fastest-growing region in the wor ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
Maybe you are not to blame for being less productive or absent-minded at work. It could actually be the building and the office environment that is the root of the problem. Lack of fresh air, improper ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
Three prominent British journalists who have written for the South China Morning Post for nearly 40 years combined will be deprived of their regular op-ed columns starting next month. Philip Bowring, ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), a non-profit organization, is launching a free English-language news website next month after recently completing the first round of an online crowd-funding campaign. “We ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
Hong Kong residents have got used to receiving unwanted calls from banks and other financial institutions offering loan and insurance services at the most inappropriate time. But when faced with a rea ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
Money is no object for China's well-heeled set, but what pleases the eye or palate is, of course, a matter of taste. For some tycoons, it's hanging a Monet on the wall of their living room, while anot ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
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
