Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. has been dubbed "China's Apple" and its founder Lei Jun "China's Steve Jobs" in part because Lei also favors the simple design and convenient features preferred b ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-13
The Task Force on Land Supply, a panel appointed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor last year to come up with suggestions to help resolve Hong Kong's housing woes, has launched an online su ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-08
The Advisory Council on the Environment met on Monday for a discussion on updating the standards laid out in the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Certification Scheme, following revised IAQ guidelines from th ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-05
Ever since Kenneth Lau Ip-keung succeeded his late father Lau Wong-fat, or 'Uncle Fat', as chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk, a statutory advisory body to the government on New Territories affairs, the in ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-28
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Thursday filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) in what could be the largest listing by a Chinese tech company since 2014, Reuters reports. The Beijing- ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-03
Newspapers are facing an existential crisis. It's not about content; it's about how they get to the reader's doorstep. Gone are the days when the delivery man would drop a bottle of milk, along with a ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-30
On April 11 this year, an ancient Chinese bronze “tiger” container believed to have been looted from the Summer Palace in Beijing by the Anglo-French invasion force back in 1860 was sold by the Canter ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-27
After Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man, announced last month that he will step down as chairman of his business empire later this year, Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho Hung-sun has followed suit by ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-13
The question of whether the 172 hectares of land occupied by the Fanling golf club should be taken back for housing development after its tenancy expires in 2020 is expected to be the focus of an upco ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-06
Even the golden Goldman Sachs may be struggling to stay in expensive Central. Well, there are other places in Hong Kong to choose from. A local report says the top US investment bank has signed a five ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-04
No, it's not a tiger. Police said the animal spotted by a couple on a hiking trail at the Ma On Shan Country Park on Tuesday looked like a leopard cat, easing public concern that a tiger may have reap ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-07
After acquiring a nearly 10 percent stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler AG to become its biggest shareholder, Zhejiang Geely Holding, the parent of Geely Automobile Holdings (00175.HK), now controls ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-28
A rout in global equities deepened in Asia on Tuesday as inflation worries gripped financial markets, sending US stock futures sinking further into the red after Wall Street suffered its biggest decli ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
Dr. Edward Yiu Chung-yim, the ousted lawmaker representing the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency, is set to run in the geographical constituency of Kowloon West ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-21
A committee looking into land supply issues has suggested that privately-owned idle farmland in the New Territories be put to use for residential development to alleviate the city's housing problem. ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
As the old trading adage goes, “trees don’t grow to the sky”; markets will correct at some stage. I previously said that economies all over the world were showing positive growth, which is rarely seen ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-28
US President Donald Trump’s administration is expected, by Nov. 2, to announce its choice, subject to Senate approval, to succeed Janet Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve Board in February 2018. T ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
I had earlier set a two-year target for Hong Kong's benchmark index at 40,000, with the forecast resting on the assumption that China will succeed in its economic restructuring attempt. Some of my fri ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-20
A government task force will initially focus on 12 options to help increase land supply for public housing. The group held its first meeting on Wednesday. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
