... the High Court ruled that the EDB's decision to not fund foreign teachers in special schools was unconstitutional. A judge remarked that denying special needs students an opportunity to study Englis ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
The Eastern Court has slapped a HK$3,500 fine on Circle K Hong Kong for selling an ant-infested hotdog at its outlet in Wah Fu Estate in Pok Fu Lam. The convenience store operator sent a representativ ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
... a Chinese court and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Chen, Mou and Yang had one thing in common: they were all great salesmen and masters of gimmicks with a remarkably strong power of persuasion. Apar ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
The Court of Final Appeal has delivered a sharp reminder of the extent to which the Basic Law protects the interests of the rich and powerful. The judgment arises from a case brought by Hysan Developm ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... orts. The court in Nanning city said on its official microblog that Wan, who was put under party investigation in 2014, had taken more than 100 million yuan (US$15 million) in bribes, gifts and from e ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
A 61-year-man who set himself and his paralyzed wife on fire during a quarrel has been sentenced to two years in prison. Judge Albert Wong Sung-hau of the High Court considered the case a tragedy and ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
Hysan Development Co. Ltd. (00014.HK) has won a Court of Final Appeal ruling against the Town Planning Board (TPB) over height limits in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. The court ruled that TPB should reco ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... the High Court last month, RTHK reports. She had been convicted by a lower court of committing the offense during a protest against parallel traders in Yuen Long in March last year when she bumped h ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
A 44-year-old businessman from China pleaded guilty in a Hong Kong court on Monday to one count of bribery after he was accused of offering a gift to a local employee of banking giant HSBC. The busin ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... bitration court in The Hague in July invalidated China's claims to the waterway in a case brought by the Philippines, a ruling Beijing refuses to recognize. "I am ready to not really break [US] ties b ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
A 34-year-old Indonesian domestic helper has been handed a probation order by a Hong Kong court after she pleaded guilty to having left her employer’s two small children unattended at home. Siti Zamro ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
The European Union's list of crises keeps growing. But, beyond the United Kingdom's "Brexit" vote to leave the bloc, Poland’s constitutional-court imbroglio, Russian expansionism, migrants and refugee ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
... appear in court on Monday, had yet to be charged. The FBI said while they had no indication the attack was a "terrorism act", it could not rule out that possibility. Cetin's demeanor when apprehended ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
... District Court judge said on Thursday, citing the company's most recent figure submitted to the court. Some 31 of Hanjin's 97 leased and owned container ships have completed unloading, Hanjin Shippin ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-23
... y a local court to two months in jail earlier this year, the report said. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-23
A Chinese court has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to 12 years in prison on fraud charges. Xia Lin (夏霖) was sentenced by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court on Thursday, nearly two years s ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... istrates' Court, Cheung said her ruling had taken into account all the evidence provided by the prosecution and that non-incarceration penalties were appropriate on the defendants. Upholding her origi ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... The high court later ordered the government to reconsider its decision because of concern Kim might not be protected from ill-treatment and given the right to silence before a trial. Justice Minister ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... in Tin Ma Court in Wong Tai Sin, but the three earlier cases came from the Central/Mid-Levels area, according to the health department's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). "Further genetic analysis r ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
... istrate's court heard that the officers were patrolling the Pat Heung neighborhood in Yuen Long when they noticed a cat carcass hung on a wire and a pot of boiling water on the ground. The cat's owne ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
