Hong Kong has seen a sharp fall in non-mainland tourists since the pro-democracy street protests began more than three months ago. Financial Secretary John Tsang said arrivals from outside mainland Ch ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
... oad and 3 Sharp Street West. In Sai Wan, it owns flats at 18 Pokfield Road and Louis Height which serve as staff dormitories. The Liaison Office also bought 48 units at Harbour Green, a luxury residen ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... ong, with sharp investment acumen. He helped build the careers of several movie stars including Chow Sing-chi and Sharla Cheung Man. -- Contact us at [email protected] JZ/JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
In recent weeks, there has been a chorus of opinion arguing for a sharp increase in global investment, particularly in infrastructure. Former United States Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers asserted ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... ied. Its sharp depreciation in February stunned the market, shattering the myth that the yuan would always rise in value. The yuan kept appreciating for a few months before another marked depreciati ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
... t marks a sharp reversal from a time not long ago when Sony and other multinational brands were rushing to make customized products for Chinese consumers because of the market's huge size. Those days ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Hong Kong investors are increasingly seeking out property in Japan, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Friday. The sharp depreciation of the yen, which has fallen below 7 Hong Kong cents, has be ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
... 95,500, a sharp increase from the HK$54,700 it paid last year for the same space. The pro-democracy group plans to sell souvenir items commemorating the June 4, 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... ld-up and sharp drop in its current account surplus to only 1.6 percent of gross domestic product. If capital outflows were to force a sharp deleveraging process, that would risk plunging Hong Kong i ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... in with a sharp rebuke of Chow just days after he used the recent South Korea ferry disaster to describe the protest movement. Meanwhile, a petition calling for an end to the protests has received m ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
... hike and sharp falls in oil prices are weighing on prices," it said, referring to the move in April to hike the sales tax to 8 percent from 5 percent. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-31
Macau's gaming revenue growth will revive in the second half of 2015 following a sharp slide in the key VIP segment in recent months, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. The investment bank said in ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-30
... lead to a sharp rise in the yield curve in the United States, and a bigger rise in emerging markets would follow, resulting in inflation, said Simon Fasdal, head of fixed income trading at Saxo Bank. ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-24
... from LG, Sharp and Japan Display, and batteries from a firm in Guangdong. The components are all assembled and packaged at the Xinzheng plant. As he visited the plant, heavy smog didn't appear to bot ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-24
... buted the sharp increase to a relatively low benchmark last year after a strict tourism law was enforced from Oct.1, 2013 banning the practice of "forced shopping". That said, the 380 tourist groups a ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-24
... ials with sharp questions. A well-trained debater since her secondary school days, Leung had been crowned the top performer in at least ten open debate competitions, Apple Daily noted. Tasked with fir ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
... uld see a sharp drop as the civil disobedience movement had blocked roads and disrupted transport in prime locations in Central, Mong Kok and Causeway Bay districts. Now, where were the visitors seen ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
... to avoid sharp increase in the city's money supply by issuing more foreign exchange fund bills. When the US increases its rates, HKMA can repurchase such bills to adjust market liquidity, giving buff ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
... he faces sharp questions during press briefings, he will still thank the reporter politely before he answers. It shows that although their opinions differ, he still respects them,” Chui said. -- Cont ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill has won an awesome reputation for quick wit, repartee and deadly putdowns, with history books full of accounts of his razor-sharp tongue. While his eloquenc ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
