A few major trends evolved in the fund industry this year, and some of them may have important implications for the coming year. 1. Northbound funds have registered sales that are 80 times those of so ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30
In view of Leung Chun-ying's withdrawal from next year's chief executive election 10 days ago, perhaps it is logical to infer that not only has Leung fallen out of favor with Beijing but former Financ ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
Just when Macau’s gaming market has shown signs of revival in recent months, Australian casino magnate James Packer has suddenly decided to sell down his Melco Crown stake. Packer’s holding in Melco C ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
Po Leung Kuk Lam Man Chan English Primary School in Kowloon City can be seen as a global village: its current student population consists of as many as 24 different nationalities. Called LMC for short ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
China’s 100-city home price index surged nearly 30 percent between January 2015 and October 2016, with first-tier cities like Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing posting even higher price growth as people ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
Hong Kong dropped to ninth place in science and second in reading and mathematics to trail Singapore in the latest rankings of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Ming Pao Daily ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
Alarmed at rising capital outflows from the country, China is said to have tightened the rules related to fund repatriation by multinational firms. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange has in ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-02
“I am a slave here. My son brought me here to be an unpaid nanny and helper to his children. I cannot drive and dare not answer the telephone because I cannot speak English.” Madame Leung Siu-mei was ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
The government announced that it received a notification from Beijing about the lifting of mainland entry restrictions for some lawmakers and others in Hong Kong. With the eased rules, opposition figu ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-01
A lawmaker has urged authorities to come clean on the problems encountered with the new air traffic control (ATC) system at the city's airport, alleging that there have been far more glitches with the ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
Facebook Inc. has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter the world's second largest economy after a seven-year ban. ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
The abrupt interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) triggered a new round of political confrontation between Beijing and the pan-demo ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
It turns out CY Leung did not take his oath properly, so some people are saying he has been in office illegally. This emerged after a video clip of the 2012 swearing-in ceremony went viral on Wednesda ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
Despite the fact that the 2017 chief executive race is a small circle election, it is significant because Beijing's choice of a person for the job will serve as an indication of whether its policy tow ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
November is shaping up to be an eventful month. First there's the US presidential election. Hillary Clinton could lose support as a result of FBI's decision to reopen its investigation into her emails ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-01
Last Friday, news started circulating in mainland media that UnionPay would ban from the next day the use of its cards to pay for Hong Kong insurance policies, but the company denied it. A day later, ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
China UnionPay Co. has banned mainland customers from using their bank cards to buy insurance products overseas other than accident and medical-related policies. The country's biggest bank card provid ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
Few schools can match the flexibility of A-School, the first primary and secondary through-train school in Hong Kong. A-School already enjoys greater freedom in writing its curriculum under the direct ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
Even though Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has recently been plagued by sex scandals and is lagging behind Hillary Clinton in every major poll, he remains highly popular among white ev ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
How long does it take to swipe a card 200 times and get the paperwork all signed? The answer is about an hour, according the China Securities Daily. But Hong Kong insurance agents are more than happy ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
