By mid-February, the CSI 300 had fallen more than 18 percent and the Hang Seng Index was down 13 percent. At least half of the losses can be attributed to investor overreaction. Volatility is unavoid ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... ises were taken over by the Special Branch (SB) of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, the local division of the British MI5, and were later turned into a detention center for political dissidents, unde ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... m Ma Wing-tak and his team, who recently finalized the ingredients and recipe. The team took three days to work on how to pan-fry a perfect fried egg, in which the yolk remains raw, the inner circle o ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
... o-po. Kai Tak district will host the most number of land parcels under the government land sale plan for the coming fiscal year. Seven out of 29 planned residential sites, or 6,000 units, are located ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... nders may take in Beijing's rhetoric on how Hong Kong is degenerating into quasi anarchy, many people are still happy to spend a night in theaters screening productions from across the border, includi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... er Cheung Tak-wah said the fire started in Au's flat. A special investigation team was formed to look into the case. Eastern district council member Chiu Chi-keung said the fire alarms at the housing ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... ntau, Kai Tak and others such as high-speed rail venture will make little progress, Tien warned. The central government should realize that Leung's performance would only fuel more discontent among Ho ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
Norman Chan Tak-Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), wrote recently in his blog that technological innovation can foster “financial inclusion”. At first glance of the artic ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... as at Kai Tak Airport with my family, as we were preparing to jet back to Norway. Frustrated with being torn between Norwegian and Cantonese, and entranced by this delightful new English language I ha ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-20
While the stock market is suffering, mainland real estate firms are providing investors with numerous opportunities in the bond market. Benefiting from the opening up of the mainland bond market, a Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
... rman Chan Tak-lam warned. However, Chan said it is unlikely the city's currency will again face speculative attacks similar to what happened during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the Hong Kong Econo ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... ang’s Lai Tak Tsuen, Ma Tau Kok’s 13 Streets, Wan Chai’s Blue House, Wo Cheong Pawn shop, and Quarry Bay’s Pan Hoi Street, among other familiar neighborhoods in the city. The exhibition is running at ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-08
... f the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. I could hardly believe that I would be taking part in a barbecue in Central, where an inch of land costs an ounce of gold! I recalled the days I was in the crowd dashing ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-08
... ontractor Tak Cheong Civil Engineering Ltd., amounting to a total of HK$3 million (US$390,000), Metro Daily reported Friday. The mini-occupation started at around 9 a.m. Thursday. When the workers wer ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
More than the city's magnificent urban skyline, Hongkongers can take pride in some of its ongoing mega projects, which are engineering marvels and shining examples of planning and design. World-class ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
A circus performer has fractured his leg after falling from a 10-meter high wire when doing some stunts at the TW charity carnival in Kai Tak over the weekend. The 60-year-old performer, whose goes b ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-18
... eung Hung-tak told Apple Daily in a telephone interview. On Nov. 17, local football fans were seen holding "BOO" signs and booing while China’s national anthem was played before the kickoff of the mat ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
... m the Kai Tak housing project, which is expected to be ready for occupation this year. Test results from government-recognized laboratories revealed that one of the samples had lead content of 13 mg p ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
... velop Kai Tak into a tourism hub and scrap entrance fees to certain permanent exhibition halls of local museums. Tourism is a major industry that accounted for 5 percent of the city's GDP in 2013 and ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14