... rmanent residency (PR) through buying expensive property; computer engineers and IT specialists who study here and find work in local and multinational companies; bus drivers, gardeners and workers in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
... fecting residents in northern New Territories. While the retail boom may be benefiting the big cats, ordinary people have to put up with the negative side-effects such as soaring rents, shortage of so ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... nd on the side of the egg.” That has been quoted as a belief by many young pro-democracy people in Hong Kong. On Saturday, the author sent his reply through an email and posted it on the website as w ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... the other side of the coin – as widely reported in Hong Kong in the last few years – is the manners of the Chinese tourists, or the lack thereof. While more mainland tourists went abroad, fewer came t ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... o local residents. It’s certainly not true that mainland tourists have made no contribution to our economy. However, after more than a decade since it was implemented, the Individual Visit Scheme has ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... ly severe side effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. The drug releases a large amount of seratonin into the body at once, meaning that once the high wears off, users can experience ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... the South Side of Chicago, dreaming of a better life, to those in France standing up for their freedom of expression, to those in Hong Kong, protesting for democracy." Singer John Legend was explicit ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... he countryside, where the landscape is enchanting but signboards are mostly in Korean, Chan noted. "So, we are here to serve. We organize one-day tour to Namiseom Island. We also offer autumn leaves v ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
President Barack Obama was dealt a big blow in his unilateral action to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation after a judge blocked the plan. United States District Judge Andrew Hanen ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
... e vice president. The newspaper blamed Chan for the supposed deterioration of the law faculty's academic standards, saying Chan was “derelict" in his duty to uphold the quality of the law faculty's le ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... the dark side of the pan-democratic camp. The administration of CY Leung has played a key role in limiting press freedom by showing preference for "loyal and friendly" media outlets in granting inter ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... , the two sides have different regulatory regimes which pose a lot of difficulties in buying and selling simultaneously through the two bourses, even for the same stock. Moreover, the concessions offe ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... the flip side of China’s surplus was huge credit-fueled deficits elsewhere, particularly in the US. When the credit bubble collapsed in 2008, China’s export markets suffered. In order to stave off jo ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... emains considerable. Indeed, before vaccination made measles a rarity, the disease was widely feared, killing thousands of children every year. The tragic irony of vaccination in America is that it ha ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
Moments before the New Year Eve countdown, I took a snapshot of the Shanghai Bund and uploaded it onto Facebook. It was the last virtual contact I had with those outside the Great Firewall of China f ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... ort to President Hassan Rouhani's decision to negotiate with Western nations on the country's nuclear development program, a policy opposed by powerful hardliners at home, the news agency said. "As th ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... , since a side effect of the protein is that it raises the body's temperature slightly. -- Contact us at [email protected] KZ/AC/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... he weaker side of the daily trading band. The Chinese currency has gained over 10 percent since mid-2014 in tandem with the greenback. Total social financing dropped 5 percent by the end of December, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... his gruff side this year". The HSI will not perform spectacularly this year as the rooster clashes with the goat, causing it to falter. The index is expected to be volatile after a mundane start. But ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
A TransAsia Airways jet that plunged into a river shortly after takeoff from Taipei airport Wednesday lurched between buildings and clipped a taxi and an overpass before crashing upside down, official ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
