The Bun Scrambling competition is a highlight of the weeklong Bun Festival in Hong Kong's Cheung Chau Island every year. In the competition, participants clamber onto tall bamboo towers covered with b ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
... l holiday island of Jeju, in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in South Korea's history. A majority of the people dead or missing were students and teachers on a field trip from the Danwon High ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
... on of the island's fourth nuclear power plant. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, after meeting with local officials and members of the ruling Kuomintang, announced on Sunday night the construction would ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
... , a small island in Zhuhai province, the report said. The company is controlled by Hong Kong Tourism Board chairman Peter Lam. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] TL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-25
... outlying island that they might violate intellectual property rights, Hong Kong Daily News reported on Thursday. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department, which designed the logo with the Cheung ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
... Hong Kong Island that would ensure their son's admission to a primary institution. The price tag? About HK$100,000 (US$12,896) in annual tuition fees, HK$40,000 a month for living expenses including r ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
... ly to the island's legislature. Protesters, comprising mainly students, have said they fear the service deal will help Beijing gain undue influence over the island's economy. -- Contact HKEJ at digest ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
Scarce land resources and escalating rental costs in Macau are prompting several firms from the gambling enclave to look at Hengqin Island in Zhuhai across the border in the mainland as a good place t ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
... evive the island’s embattled economy, to the point where the younger generation do not see the light at the end of the tunnel. The students ended their occupation Thursday but now plan to turn the so- ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
Two children decked out as characters from the hit South Korean soap opera "My Love from the Star" will feature in next month's Cheung Chau Bun Festival parade through the island's streets. Clasping t ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
Gunmen who seized a Chinese tourist on the Malaysian island of Sabah last week are demanding the equivalent of HK$87 million (US$11.22 million) for his release, the Apple Daily reported Friday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-11
China's southern island province of Hainan is planning to expand its existing duty-free shops in a bid to attract more tourists, the Shanghai Securities News reported Thursday, citing Tan Li, deputy g ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
When Kuo Hao-yong graduated from National Taiwan University – the most famous in the island – she found a job in a marketing company. She earns NT$25,000 (US$828) a month, of which NT$10,000 goes on r ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
... d to Jolo island in Southern Philippines. --Contact HKEJ at [email protected] JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
... d to Jolo island in Southern Philippines after taking them to Simunul on Tawi-Tawi island, it added. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-07
Chang An-lo, former leader of the Bamboo Union triad in Taiwan and a pro-China activist, on Tuesday led hundreds of people to confront students who have occupied the island's parliament since March 18 ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
Taiwan's external trade has shown lost ground, with some of it irretrievable, as the island has lagged behind major competitor South Korea in signing free-trade agreements (FTA) with various nations, ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
... frontline island of the South said they were evacuated to shelters during the exchange, the report said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
... cs on the island and mainland-Taiwan relations. Indeed, the battlefield over the trade deal has broadened. Although Ma has backed down by agreeing to re-submit the legislation to the Legislative Yuan ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-28
The Taiwan government says its service trade agreement with China will create 12,000 jobs and boost the island's GDP and industrial competitiveness. Mainland firms investing in Taiwan will be allowed ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
