... ng with a grand ceremony on Sept. 3 This will be China's eighth amnesty since 1949. The last official pardon was granted 40 years ago. Li Shishi, director of the National People's Congress legal work ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
... up by the grand national celebrations of the jubilee. When people feel proud and grateful, surely they will want the party to continue in its rule. The odds are still in favor of the PAP to claim the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... to stage grand music carnivals and shows. It’s true that the inverted pyramid-shaped Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom has become a cultural landmark over decades. Since its 1984 inauguration, the place ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... iece of a grand agenda by Sisi to cement his tenure as the man who brought stability and prosperity to Egypt after he ousted elected Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi in 2013 following mass p ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... elcome a “grand and official” proposal after the wedding. Perhaps this is why women are from Venus men are from Mars. In fact, people will never know whether any commercial motives were behind these g ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
... rmula One Grand Prix. In October, the lucky winner will undergo training in Zhuhai in a Formula Renault 2.0 car capable of speeds of up to 230 kilometers per hour. The climax of the program will see ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
... ollected. Grand Tech Construction Co. Ltd., the main contractor of The Caldecott, has yet to identify the engineering company responsible for the pipe work. The Caldecott, developed by the K. Wah Grou ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
... It was a grand display of upholding American values, despite China’s growing inroads into the continent -- to such an extent that China’s trade with Africa is now triple that of the United States, wh ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
... of Ocean Grand Chemicals Holdings (02882.HK), which the trio took over and renamed Hong Kong Resources Holdings in 2007. Wong's co-accused are Chui Chuen-shun, father of Cathy Chui Chi-kei, daughter- ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... za 66 and Grand Gateway 66, its Shanghai flagships, and expect a return after four years. Olympia 66, a new shopping mall in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning province, will open in the fourth quar ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
... nfare and grand promises for a better and more effective government, Tung announced that all of his principal officials were to be political appointees chosen by the chief executive and would report d ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
... ew York’s Grand Central, is scheduled to open on Aug. 20, he said. That will shrink the commute to Beijing to about 45 minutes and to downtown Tianjin to 15 minutes. Thirteen of 63 buildings in the di ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
What's the difference between the new China and the old? Answer: the internet. Every time Hans Tung, managing partner at GGV Capital, is asked that question, he puts it down to China's online revoluti ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... no doubt grand -- it is said to be among the most expensive in Chinese TV history, with an all-star cast from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- TVB had been accused of trying to bring about a shift in l ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... e said. A grand jury declined to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo, who placed Garner in the chokehold, a maneuver banned by New York City police. Video of the incident taken by a bystander became public ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... of a baby grand piano and weighing in at just over 1,000 pounds (454 kg), doesn’t carry the propellant to fire braking rockets to slow down and slip into orbit. NASA launched a fleet of initial reconn ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
Ting Wai Monastery in Tai Po was founded in 1921 as "Lan Yeuk Yuen" — which literally means "The Orchid Garden" — by Monk Tsang Sau to promote Buddhist teachings to the public. The Grand Temple — the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... ears. The grand people who run Hong Kong’s Education Bureau prefer to focus on the fancier end of the educational system, but countless studies have shown that primary schools are where the real diffe ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... ter and a grand theater. The authority has received HK$21.6 billion (US$2.79 billion) in government funding since 2008 when the project was approved by the Legislative Council. In those 17 years, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... e British Grand Prix whether the private equity fund had a deadline by which it had to sell its 35.5 percent stake, the media-shy businessman replied: "No, we don't. There is no end date." "We have 12 ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
