It is all right if you don’t love me, but please let me love you. I am reciting this high-school romantic line after learning about the findings of the latest Sino-Japanese survey on how people in the...

What future awaits a young, high-profile anti-government politician? We are not talking about ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai, whose bid to run in the Nov. 25 by-election in Kowloon West to regain her Legislative Council seat has been rejected,...

Hongkongers generally have good feelings about the Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) and take pride in the work of the financial watchdog, but I am not sure if they are going bonkers over the entity’s new...

Princeton University economics professor Gregory Chow Chi-chong didn’t win this year’s Nobel Prize, although he most probably was not expecting it anyway, but he got a startling news instead. Prof. Chow, who is famous for his “Chow test” – please...

In many ways, he is better than Dayo Wong, considered the No. 1 stand-up comedian in Hong Kong. Vivek Mahbubani, nicknamed Ah V, has been named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons this year, an...

So far no one knows when, and how, the escalating trade war between the United States and China will end. But everyone knows – except US President Donald Trump and his cohorts perhaps – that the...

They are the boat people of Discovery Bay. But unlike the refugees who fled Vietnam at the end of the war in 1975, these Hong Kong residents live in relatively peaceful times. In fact, many of...

The first of October is the China’s national day. In the United States, it may as well be executive retirement day for several big companies. Three big corporates announced the replacement of their heads, and their shares subsequently...

The guessing game on who will be the final contenders in this year’s Major League Baseball season is as exciting as the playoffs themselves. For one thing, any of the five teams who made it to...

Here’s a friendly advice: If you’re thinking of spending your National Day holiday in Macau but haven’t booked a hotel room yet, better change your plans. Despite a delay in the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau...

Five years ago, I started my own company on the day of the Moon Festival. It turned out a good decision. Today I still work at home, although I have to constantly run around to meet with...

Forget the crypto counters or China concept stocks like Nio or Pinduoduo. The red-hot names in the US market right now are cannabis plays. Take a look at Tilray, the Canada-based marijuana producer that went public...

Sorry seems the hardest word for our dear Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to say. Lam managed to stay safe and dry as Super Typhoon Mangkhut ravaged our city, but she could not escape the tsunami of criticism...

It took me awhile to figure out why I have been receiving so many messages in the aftermath of super typhoon Mangkhut. Like many other Hongkongers, I diligently followed Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s advice to stay...

The morning after the monster typhoon Mangkhut wreaked havoc in Hong Kong, most workers are confronted with the question: should I or shouldn’t I – i.e., go to work? Most of us are eager to get...

The global financial tsunami that started with the collapse of Lehman Brothers happened exactly 10 years ago this week. Of course, Hong Kong was no stranger to financial crises, like the one that afflicted the Asian...

A company founded by a former Miss Hong Kong is poised for a stock market listing in the city this year. I am talking about Cookies Quartet Holdings, which sells decorated cookies and signature butterfly crisps...

Sports have always been associated with youth. In Olympics, the motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Faster, Higher, Stronger), all qualities of youth. But wait, what are all these geriatric players doing at the Jakarta International Expo...

Gobee.bike, Hong Kong’s bike-sharing service pioneer, closed shop in July, but its signature green two-wheelers could still be seen in many street corners and pavements across the city. Tai Po-based Lung Kee Bicycle Shop has secured...

A video footage showing a mainland student occupying a train seat assigned to a lady passenger  went viral on social media, fueling discussions on the loss of good manners, especially among many young people. On a...