... to Tsang Tak-sing, the former Home Affairs Secretary, who was arrested as a schoolboy during the Cultural Revolution-inspired unrest in Hong Kong of the 1960s. The younger Tsang went on to work for t ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
... t the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in 2015, is scheduled to take place Central at promenade from Aug. 24 to 29. Tickets are priced at HK$180 to HK$580, depending on the time, with each session lasting thr ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
... ncilor Yu Tak-po said criminal activities have been on the rise in the district in recent years, yet the police were only conducting vehicular patrols in the locality. The police claimed that the area ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
... riends to take my advice. That's easier said than done. But fortunately, since I write a regular food column for the Hong Kong Economic Journal, I have earned some reputation as a dining expert, at le ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
... her Tsang Tak-sing, who later served as secretary for home affairs from 2007 to 2015, was jailed by the colonial authorities in the wake of the riot for handing out pro-Communist leaflets at St. Paul' ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
... r brother Tak-shing from his cabinet last year, purportedly as part of a reshuffle but effectively to remove dissenting voices from the government. And on Friday, Tsang let it be known that he would c ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
... y did she take the liberty of making donations to the national giant panda sanctuary in Sichuan province using public money to please Beijing, Lam also met with leaders of pro-establishment parties in ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-25
... t doesn’t take long to walk to Lo Wu MTR station from Sheung Shui along River Indus, also known as Ng Tung River. Directly opposite to the station is the village of Tak Yuet Lau (得月樓), where there is ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
... diness to take responsibility for his action. 2. They should have patiently explained to the boy that the proper course of action was to use a table cloth to wipe the wet table, instead of using a bro ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... e at Ming Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O. A search revealed that he was carrying a pack of white powder weighing 333 grams. Upon questioning, the man said the substance was ketamine that he bought from a ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... t the Man Tak Yuen temple. Surrounded by the greenery, the temple is another quiet place for meditation and emptying your thoughts. Getting there: To go to/return from Ng Tung Chai: Take KMB bus No. 6 ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
The blaze at a Kowloon Bay industrial building has claimed the life of one more firefighter, taking the casualty figure to two, as authorities struggle to control the flames that first erupted three d ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
... ties will take three measures quickly to ensure that fire accidents such as the one that began Tuesday do not recur. In the first step, the Fire Services Department, along with the Buildings Departmen ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
Netizens have dubbed a subdivided flat in Yau Ma Tei the "most inhumane" accommodation in Hong Kong. Located at Wah Tak Building on Waterloo Road, the flat is being rented out for HK$2,500 a month, ac ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
... rt at Kai Tak in east Kowloon sat in an auspicious position that corresponds with the gate of the Heavenly Market Enclosure (天市垣), in the asterisms of the north sky of a celestial sphere in traditiona ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-01
... Peter Law Tak-chuen said Tsang has shown no remorse for his attack on the police. The case is different from other cases of police assault, which generally did not involve innocent officers, Law said, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-31
Allergy -- a medical condition that causes an exaggerated response in the immune system when a person comes in contact with certain substances -- is quite prevalent among young children in Hong Kong. ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... ht not to take away potential students that are being allotted to schools which are facing risk of closure due to declining number of attendees. Theoretically every school has places for "door-knock" ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... Peter Law Tak-chuen said his decision to convict Tsang was based on video taken at the scene, including clips from the police and two aired previously by Asia Television Ltd., in which Tsang was seen ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
