Do not blame only mainlanders for creating the biggest housing bubble in Hong Kong in 20 years. It’s time to look more closely at the problems within our own society and how we locals may have...

Late is better than never. More than ten years after the government implemented a five-day work week in the civil service, we are finally seeing our property firms waking up to the merits of giving employees...

Twenty years after its handover to China, Hong Kong has become one of the most expensive and least affordable places on the planet. With a more than 20 percent surge in home prices in the past...

When it comes to Cathay Pacific and its Marco Polo Club, many people have a lot to say. There are roughly two groups – the die-hard fans and the complainers. There’s third group: I want to...

Spare a thought for the elites driving to work in Central. With a commercial property in the area getting sold for a record-setting price, hot-shot executives will find that they may have to shell out substantially...

Hong Kong punters take their game seriously, and therefore choose their numbers carefully. But how does one make sense of last night’s Mark Six winning numbers: 1, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 15 with 3 as the...

Just like the housing issue, the shortage of carparks in Hong Kong is more acute that it has ever been. Transport Department data says it all. The number of licensed private cars surged 45 percent to...

Can a wasabi fan take on the challenge of hot and spicy noodle? That is something we are going to find out given reports that Japanese noodle maker Toridoll has made a 15 billion yen (HK$1.03...

The localist firebrand Yau Wai-ching, before she was ousted from Legco, famously complained that young people can’t even find a room for a quick sex amid soaring property prices in the city. But even before talking...

Call it an ice cream war in a hot shopping mall. We can’t help scratching our head over the stories about two small ice cream stores in Dragon Centre in Sham Shui Po. First, it was...

New government, new relationship with new media. Try to understand why Carrie Lam didn’t show much enthusiasm for social media during her election campaign. She couldn’t understand, for example, why, while she was discussing her election...

One can take a cue from Aristotle’s philosophy of “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” and apply it to the co-sharing economy. Enter Homates, a new local start-up that provides a flatshare...

Just because you have a brilliant business idea does not guarantee you a successful launch in Hong Kong. Spare a thought for Hai Di Lao Hotpot (海底撈), the restaurant operator from Sichuan which is set to...

How much are you willing to pay to make your wish come true? For a lot of people, a lot, apparently, judging by the hefty revenues recorded by temples across Hong Kong. The Sik Sik Yuen...

There is something professional boxer Rex Tso cannot beat – Hong Kong’s high property prices. The superflyweight champion, who has an amazing record of 21 wins and no losses, showed off his pugilistic skills at the...

Fifty years ago, Chairman Mao Zedong talked about his grand vision to surpass Great Britain and catch up with the United States in steel production in 15 years. The so-called Great Leap Forward that aimed to...

You are not Jack Ma if you cannot impress your audience with some golden quotes that challenge your orthodox thinking. At an entrepreneurship conference in Zhengzhou, the Alibaba chairman made a point about who our closest...

Government officials, like telephone salesmen, often tell you something you do not like to hear and mostly at the wrong time. Just like our Financial Secretary Paul Chan, who will tell you that the hot springs...

Overlooking the three famous bridges — Tsing Ma Bridge, Ting Kiu Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge — lies a housing complex that has come under renewed spotlight in the property market. Sea Crest Villa, one...

Forget the notion that success hinges on your father’s deed. If our former colonial masters are to be any guide, you have better chances of inheriting an estate from your grandparents. That should be good news...