... eries of “side effects”. Yau, Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung Bing-leung and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying all argued that the implementation of rent control might lead to a decli ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... ns on the side closer to where the market is trading, and that is what is happening now. Since November the spread between the spot rate and the midpoint has tripled. The 14-day moving average of spot ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... f rural residents using hygienic toilets to 85 percent by 2020," Zhang said, adding that his government body was interested in seeing the new designs that come from the Gates Foundation campaign. To b ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... wireline side that we think would be better off in somebody else's hands so we can focus our energy in a little bit more narrow geography," Verizon's chief executive Lowell McAdam said last month. Di ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... the other side feel comfortable and see potential for future synergy. Chinese enterprises must follow the example of Japan, which switched to a low-key approach in overseas deals after some high-profi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... the other side of the coin. A lot of mainland immigrants actually have professional qualifications or rich work experience. However, many of these people have discovered that their qualifications are ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... servative side). Yet, as the paper points out, past figures cannot serve as a reliable reference, especially in the volatile and constantly changing world of finance and economy. Examples abound. One ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... nt may consider integrating existing services and providing one-stop matchmaking and business counseling to successful ITF applicants. It is also important to strengthen the demand-side policy, for ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... ng Kong residents, prompting complaints about long delays. Some residents said they waited twice as long to clear the e-channels, the report said A government spokesman said 49 e-channels and 64 immi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... e eastern side of North Point earned its name. Reclamation projects since the early 1900s have pushed the coastline into Victoria Harbor, expanding North Point further to the north. Not many young pe ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... the other side of the coin, Hong Kong firms, just like their lackluster share prices, had little revenue growth last year, and so can afford little by way of bonus growth. Companies like Cathay Pacifi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... lf at our side and you'll defend a noble cause'. In reality, you will discover hell on earth and will die alone, far from home," the statements read. The video was posted on a new website (www.stop-dj ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... ed supply-side factors, as banks have become more prudent in extending credit due to liquidity concerns. The loan-to-deposit ratio of local banks stood at 72 percent for 2014, a level that Yuen descri ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
In a car, blind spots are the areas of the road that the rearview and side-view mirrors do not show. A driver must constantly be aware of them – and of the potentially deadly perils they can conceal. ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... put them side by side, you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart. However, their fortunes are vastly different. When an Apple Daily reporter recently visited to a Jini shop, there was no customer at a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... s. The president and First Lady were in India at the time of the incident. The couple’s school-age daughters had remained behind in Washington, where they are usually cared for by Michelle Obama’s mot ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... in on the side of pro-democracy activists, the move merited a three-page article in pro-Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po about his supposed failings to ensure teaching quality. Also, he was accused of all ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
... the weak side and the Swiss franc experience is a less common example of exiting the link on the strong side. Switzerland’s central bank stunned markets Thursday when it abandoned the currency peg, w ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... . The two sides had been discussing a new north-south air route on the west side of the median line dividing the Taiwan Strait, but talks had not yet finished, the ministry was quoted as saying. – Con ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... if either side clearly takes the wishes of the majority into account, he said. Also, he said the universal suffrage model proposed by the National People’s Congress is a reference. He does not plan to ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
