... nover. 4) Twenty-one large brokers have been requested to channel 120 billion yuan (15 percent of their combined asset value as at the end of last month) for a market stabilization fund. In the past t ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... lai Lama. Twenty years later, the rightful Panchen Lama now ranks among the world’s longest-serving political prisoners. China also appointed the Tibetans’ third-highest religious figure, the Karmapa; ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... percent. Twenty of the international schools seeking to increase fees have obtained approval. The Independent Schools Foundation will be charging nearly HK$200,000 (US$25,800) a year for Grade 12. An ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... , and the Twenty-first Century Silk Road project (also known as the One-Belt One-Road, OBOR) announced in October 2013, backed by the creation of the USD40 billion Silk Road Fund by Beijing. Such Chin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... on range. Twenty per cent are young people who have found a job and need an affordable apartment. Then there are parents who buy properties for their children studying in Taiwan, and finally the very ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... damaged. Twenty-one percent of all the 284 food samples the CFS tested contained NDL-PCBs. Fish and seafood samples contained the highest level of the pollutants, averaging 0.89 to 0.93 mg per kg, f ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... sic Law. Twenty-six years ago, students in Beijing would not have accepted anything similar to a Beijing-backed political reform proposal that is being forced on Hong Kong people, Wong said. Other st ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
Artists and entrepreneurs are being offered affordable workstations in a new hub for creative industries. Twenty-five are available for rent at nearly half the going rate but with comparable amenities ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03
... ite view. Twenty-nine percent of the respondents said they plan to attend the June 4 vigil this year to mark the 26th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown. Seventy-one said that they wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... unted me. Twenty years later, when I became Australia’s foreign minister, I seized the opportunity to help initiate the United Nations peace plan for Cambodia. And in later years, I worked with intern ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
While local Hongkongers are crazy about modern housing estates and new property projects, Dare Koslow, an expatriate who has lived in the city for twenty years, has fallen in love with Tong Lau, or ol ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
... mployees. Twenty-eight firms that employed a combined 29,127 workers confirmed base pay adjustment in January, with most saying that they raised the pay by at least 4 percent. As for bonus payment, 46 ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... cy camps. Twenty-seven scholars and professionals from various institutions and sectors launched an online petition Monday to "say no" to the trap of authoritarian rule being laid for voters. It calls ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
... ferating. Twenty-something software coders are commanding six-figure salaries. The boom has driven California’s economic recovery. And, along with courageous political leadership, it has enabled the s ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
How bad really is the Western diet of junk food? A team of researchers made a simple experiment. They asked people to switch diets for two weeks. Twenty volunteers from the United States moved to a lo ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
... nishment. Twenty-two percent of the children said they were victims of mental abuse, with the parents threatening to throw away their favorite toys or other play things. Twelve percent had been subjec ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
... vernment. Twenty-five military sites, totaling 139 hectares, were handed back by the British army before it pulled out in 1997. Now, we come to this question: Will local officials have the guts to ask ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... billion. Twenty-one people face criminal charges. Regulators have accused Deutsche Bank of obstructing regulators and ordered it to fire seven employees. Senior staff of the bank were blamed for misl ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
... islators. Twenty-two pan-democrats signed a petition against the proposal in March, Tsang said. Civic Party legislator Chan Ka-lok, who was on the panel that drafted the proposal, called the measures ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
... h Saleh. "Twenty-five citizens were killed and more than 398 were wounded, mostly women and children, according to a preliminary figure after the Saudi aggression's bombing today," Saba, which is now ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
