Don’t you just love to stay in Hong Kong during Easter when one-tenth of the people were away? According to the immigration bureau, 724,125 people were counted passing through the gates back to the city on...

Someone advised me to bring some snacks on my flight to Toronto last week. “Come on, I’m taking Cathay Pacific, not Hong Kong Express,” I replied, dismissing his friendly reminder. I was terribly wrong. When I woke...

When I lived in Toronto about thirty years ago, people used to say that it is hard to survive in Canada if you don’t have a car. And a driving license there was as good as...

How many socks and leggings does Calzedonia have to sell in Causeway Bay to make enough money just to pay its landlord? The Italian fashion brand has renewed its lease on a 400-square-foot shop at 60A...

Hong Kong remains the most expensive city in the world to buy a home, according to CBRE. There is no big surprise there, yet there is plenty of reason why we should be alarmed at the...

Tencent Holdings has taken executive compensation to a new level, spending more a billion Hong Kong dollars on just two people among its senior ranks last year. As per information in its annual report, the Chinese internet...

Last month Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch completed his deal of the century with the sale of most of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets to The Walt Disney Company. Li Ruigang, dubbed as China’s Murdoch,...

It is better to give than to receive because being generous would make you a happier person. This is one conclusion we can draw from the latest World Happiness Report, which suggests that donating time and...

Name a blue-chip company that has generated so much bad news in recent months yet has seen its shares continue to rise. MTR Corp (00066.HK), the teflon company. Its investors – don’t they read the papers...

Tycoon Li Ka-shing is a “Superman” in more ways than one, with the list of his business and investment successes too many to recount. But one aspect that is coming into renewed focus is his impressive...

Wondering who in Hong Kong might possibly be living in more luxury than the city’s richest man, tycoon Li Ka-shing? It’s anyone’s guess, but if you go by some data there are at least two mainlanders...

If you have worked in Central but do not know the “snake pit”, you can consider yourself a bit out of depth in relation to the social scene there. For more than six decades, the Lok...

The wedding scene in that blockbuster of a rom-com movie Crazy Rich Asians will soon be replicated in real life – in Hong Kong. According to Sing Tao Daily, exiled billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra...

Night owls who find reading more satisfying than sleeping were probably dismayed to hear Eslite’s announcement on Tuesday that its flagship store in Dunnan, Taipei, the world’s first 24-hour book shop, is likely to close when...

After coming under fire over an inexplicable and insensitive action against some of its students, St Paul’s Secondary School is now seeking to make amends. The elite girls’ school in Happy Valley has now apologized for...

Many countries and regions have seen a surge in their tourism industry as a result of the influx of Chinese visitors. But the coming of these big-spending, shop-till-they-drop travelers is not without its drawbacks. According to...

US President Donald Trump abhors fake news, meaning news that is critical or unfavorable to him. China, on the other hand, makes fake news anchors. One shining spot of the ongoing National People’s Congress session in...

Who doesn’t dream of having their own home? That’s the reason why Hong Kong youth are frustrated and angry: they feel no matter how hard they strive, they won’t be able to afford one. But as...

If you are a Donald Trump hater -– and there are plenty of you out there, including in the financial markets where one often lost money due to the unpredictable US leader — here is something...

Call it sugar-light candy. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s budget for the coming fiscal year is not as sweet as his first one.  As to be expected, Hong Kong citizens, both online and offline, are unhappy...