... ffects on land use would likely lead to terrestrial species losses, and increase land competition and displacement of local populations. Some forecasts even suggest that the land clearing and construc ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-13
... t jump in land prices year-on-year. Under the current healthy economic environment, regulators have all the right to take the opportunity to prepare for potential risks. On the investment front, they ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-13
... owing mainland officials at the West Kowloon express rail terminus. Leaders such as Trump and Abe whose power to govern comes from the people through democratic elections can try to force through poli ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-13
... flour is land supply. Lam is not a magician who can feed the hungry people and does not want to become one. Worst of all, there was no shortage of references to “one country, two systems” and, follow ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-12
... terms of land prices, Suzuki told Bloomberg in an interview. The company aims to increase the number of rooms it can offer to travelers in Japan to 100,000 before 2019, from 10,000 at present, the Ho ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-12
... ernment's land sale program. The project will provide about 1,000 residential units. The upper income limit for the new scheme for eligible buyers will be set at HK$34,000 a month for single people an ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
According to research by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, although country parks occupy 40 percent of Hong Kong’s total land area, the green area per capita within the urbanized area is only two s ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-11
With its latest satellite launch, Japan is taking a leap in technology to keep its self-driving cars in their highway lanes, land delivery drones on matchbox-sized targets in the country, and potentia ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-10
... om paying land premium, among others. Party chairman Wu Chi-wai urged Lam to consider relaunching political reform, which was voted down by lawmakers in June 2015. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
... and uses land. New research by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) shows that both outcomes are possible, and that, together, the impact can “positively” disrupt the trajectory of climate change. Acco ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-09
... ed by the Lands Department in relation to car parks as of September 2017. The majority of these involve changing the numbers and types of parking spaces to be provided, and allowing some parking space ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
The Lands Department is investigating allegations that the Link REIT has been renting out parking spaces in subsidised housing estates to non-residents in breach of regulations, Apple Daily reports. T ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
... rights to land. She was speaking from experience, both personal and political. Sirleaf and her tiny West African country are perfect examples of the steep toll that insecure land rights take on indivi ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
... taxes on land and real-estate speculation would redirect capital toward productivity-enhancing spending – the key to long-term improvement in living standards. An administration of plutocrats – most ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-06
... allow mainland border control officials to operate within a specified zone at the West Kowloon Terminus. The motion will enable lawmakers to express their support for the proposed special arrangement, ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-04
... e of idle land outside subway stations as parking lots for sharing bikes. If such an arrangement can be implemented, bikes stand a better chance to be used for daily commuting rather than just for fun ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-03
... our acute land shortage, it would be very hard for the administration to find extra sites to sustain the project while maintaining the schedule of its existing public housing development plans. As suc ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-03
... Resources Land (01109.HK) and CIFI Holdings 00884.HK) had completed over 70 percent of their annual sales target as of August. It shows that the property tightening effort has only accelerated industr ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-29
... ff of mainland property stocks in Hong Kong as investors fretted about the potential impact of the new regulations. There is no doubt that the latest round of tightening measures has sent a clear sign ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
... at a mainland station, instead of the Hong Kong terminus. The proposal is aimed at avoiding the legal issue while maintaining the rail link's advantage of convenience. But the transport minister dism ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-27
