... friends. Prime Minister Evans Paul held a news conference to announce the cancellation of the event and three days of mourning. "We are telling the people of Haiti that we must be in solidarity," sai ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
... rnment of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is implementing an unprecedented stimulus program, known as Abenomics, in a bid to revive the economy after two decades of slump. But growth sputtered after Abe rai ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is expected to recovery fully after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Lee will be on medical l ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has successfully undergone surgery for prostate cancer and is expected to make a full recovery, Reuters reported Monday. "The surgery went very smoothly, and h ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... rnment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to double its use of coal over the next five years. But recognition of the problem was a start. “The thing that gives me greatest hope is the huge in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... ," Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said on Sunday. "We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator’s actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They wan ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery on Monday, his office said. Lee, who is 63-years-old, will take medical leave for a week to ha ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... bank sold PrimeCredit Ltd. and Shenzhen PrimeCredit Ltd. to a consortium led by China Travel Financial Holdings Co. Market rumors suggest the transaction was worth between US$600 million (HK$4.68 bill ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... al map of prime aviation hubs. Even after the government commenced the construction of the twin-runway new airport, expansion projects were still on at Kai Tak during the 1990s. In 1996, Kai Tak was t ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
Greece agreed on Thursday to talk to its creditors about the way out of its international bailout, marking a climbdown by the nation's new leftist-led government, Reuters reported. Prime Minister Alex ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... t Japan’s Prime Minister Abe has joined the chorus, calling for improved female participation in the workforce as a key component of his economic revival strategy, says it all: if male-dominated Japan ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... ually the prime tenants and without them malls will become much less appealing to consumers. The bleak offline retail landscape has led a photographer, who goes by the pseudonym Seph Lawless, to come ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... Thursday. Prime Minister Thein Sein had persuaded parliament to grant "white cards" to Rohingya Muslims to enable them to vote. More than one million Rohingya live in Myanmar but they are not regarded ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... nted for. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said the disaster highlighted the state of near-anarchy in Libya, where people smugglers can charge up to US$2,000 for the crossing. "For months, for years, Libya ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for state visits. Xi last met with Obama in November after an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing. The two also met in Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, Ca ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... ment in a prime area of Tokyo (Shinjuku in this case), with much better décor and finishing. Flats with less attractive views are available at under HK$4,000 per sq ft in the same building. Tokyo is k ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s plan to boost the total population to 6.9 million by 2030 showed that people were resenting the additional inflow of immigrants. And, in a place renowned for ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... 2008, the prime minister-to-be included in her campaign platform a special tribunal targeting those who committed war crimes. After being elected prime minister, she then set up the International Crim ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... by 2018. Prime Minister Najib Razak's government has rejected any suggestion of interference in the case. "Malaysia has an independent judiciary, and there have been many rulings against senior gover ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... ut. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants to put in place a short-term financial plan enabling the country to pay its way while it renegotiates the austerity cuts and conditions attached to its ba ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
