When one thinks of street art, it's easier to imagine those vibrant and colorful graffiti on pavements, walls and exteriors of buildings in the urban landscapes of the United States than in the street ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens is in need of major renovation and improvement works, a government-backed review panel has concluded, calling for a relook at the infrastructure at the f ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
The pro-Beijing Alliance for Peace and Democracy is launching a signature campaign to put pressure on pan-democrat lawmakers who have pledged to veto the government's political reform package, Ming Pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
A new pro-establishment website founded by former RTHK host Robert Chow Yung will debut on May 5, just in time to join the second phase of the debate on universal suffrage. The website will be called ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
For students at the Hong Kong Baptist University, going to the Kowloon Tong MTR station means a lot of hassle even though the rail facility is just 300 meters away from the campus. First, the students ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
A wait of one minute for a taxi, much fewer people on Senado Square, and food that's still delicious -- what else can we ask for in the casino city? This week I took a day off in Macau, which is exper ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
The conflict between Urban Renewal Authority (URA) chairman Victor So and the agency's outgoing managing director Iris Tam could have stemmed from more than just the purported differences between the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
It's a dreadful prospect but an independent Hong Kong is a notion that keeps coming back like a bad dream. And it's all thanks to Beijing loyalists who find it useful in diverting attention from the o ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
Netizens assailed the Town Planning Board for approving a plan to demolish the Boathouse restaurant in Stanley and build a 10-story hotel on the site. “It’s a shame to have this beautiful building dem ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
A key trade union representative is being accused of inexperience during negotiations on standard working hours which ended with controversial proposals. Stanley Ng, chairman of the Hong Kong Federati ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Gowell, a Hong Kong-based education company, has raised US$1 million in the first round of its fundraising from a group of venture-capital funds including Fresco Capital and Nest Investments. Gowell w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
A multi-sectoral panel has failed to reach consensus on standard working hours after two years of talks. Instead, the Standard Working Hours Committee is recommending that the matter be left to indivi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
It has been a game of back-and-forth for two pro-Beijing figures these past days -- but mostly a lot of going back. On Tuesday, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying walked back a plan to persuade Chinese a ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
Hong Kong companies with factories in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) have seen their number fall by over 40 percent since 2006. And the trend is expected to continue in the Year of the Goat. Firms are pu ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
Many Hongkongers still cherish fond memories of the city's old Kai Tak airport. A place where many of the now-elderly citizens probably took their maiden flight overseas, the airport has been an integ ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
Macau Legend Development Ltd. (01680.HK), a satellite casino running on the license of gaming giant SJM Holdings Ltd. (00880.HK), is urging the government to consider the interests of all casino opera ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
This year’s policy address is a box office failure: it was delivered two weeks ago, and public response remains lukewarm. Even the housing strategy that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying called the "he ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
Federation of Hong Kong Industries chairman Stanley Lau Chin-ho has urged the management authority of Shenzhen's Qianhai special economic zone to specify the types of industries that it is seeking. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
How much vitality do our leading Hong Kong corporates have? One approach is to look at the age of the chairman. Generally speaking, the older the boss gets, the fewer are their corporate exercises. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
Former justice secretary Elsie Leung Oi-sie said imposing the mainland’s national security law on Hong Kong would be inappropriate and unnecessary, Ming Pao Daily reported Thursday. Beijing is draftin ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
