... t for the island of Kinmen. "I've never seen anything like this," a volunteer rescuer surnamed Chen said of the most recent in a series of disasters to hit Asian carriers in the past 12 months. Televi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... to Hainan Island in the south, with the most rapid forms of transport. It is a political as well as an economic bridge. Beijing also wants to build a tunnel or a bridge to Taiwan – but this is a proje ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... ou on the island province of Hainan, Lhasa in Tibet autonomous region and the coastal resort city of Zhoushan -- met the standards. They were joined in 2014 by Shenzhen, Huizhou and Zhuhai in southern ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... new West Island Line, is said to feature stunning vistas of Victoria Harbour and boasts singer-actor Nicholas Tse as its celebrity ambassador. Sixteen spaces for private cars and three motorcycle spa ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... Hong Kong Island, a major cross-harbor interchange on the MTR line. It has a shorter history than Sheung Wan or Central (Victoria City in the earliest colonial times). Before World War II, North Point ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... luding an island in the Seychelles. The trial, the latest instalment of a saga that has gripped France for years, centres on suspicions that tens of thousands of euros — stuffed into envelopes — ended ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... dge of HK Island ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
... ff Lantau island but none on its northeast side, according to the Highways Department website. In 2013, there were no sightings for two months. The department said the consultant report did suggest th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
... t, on the island is another big issue. The government has been slow in improving the tourist infrastructure of the city, with key attractions continuing to be the mega shopping malls, the Peak and Rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
In the wake of the Umbrella movement, more Hongkongers are relocating to Taiwan, attracted by relatively loose immigration rules. A manager surnamed Tang at JSL Group, one of the island's biggest prop ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... necutters Island in west Kowloon, it appears that the PLA will have a leading role to play. Apparently, the new-born association has already dwarfed the territory's all existing unformed groups in ter ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... Hong Kong Island over the past decade. The price paid for Ho Tung Gardens works out to HK$82,000 per square foot of gross floor area. The main building on the site was demolished in 2013 by the seller ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... es on the island rose to 11.8 percent at the end of December from 3.7 percent two weeks earlier. A CHP spokesman urged Hongkongers to wash or clean their hands frequently, especially before touching t ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
Lee Kuan Yew's deepest fear is that young Singaporeans will take the prosperity and growth the island state is now enjoying as a given. Lee, 91, is worried that the next generation may lose the persev ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has unveiled the design for its HK$380 million Hong Kong campus in Mount Davis. The new campus is expected to change the skyline of Hong Kong Island' ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... uling the island than the pro-independence opposition party. Xinhua quoted Chu as saying he looked forward to creating a favorable climate for the future development of cross-strait relations. Chu, th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... While the island's economy grew 3.43 percent last year, critics say Ma’s policy of engagement with Beijing has widened divisions in the local political scene and brought to the fore long-standing issu ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... le on the island describe a society that looks and sounds similar to the one they left but is, they discover, very distinct. The island is one of the most popular tourist destinations for Hong Kong ci ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... Hong Kong Island and the Lantau North (Extension) Country Park were designated as parks after 1997. Also, both sites were selected for use as country parks as early as in 1993. Therefore the move had ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... nt to the island nation, Reuters reported. "Saint Joseph shows us the importance of transcending religious divisions in the service of peace," he said in his homily. Vaz, who was captured as a suspect ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
