HKU Station on the extended Island Line will open at the end of December, becoming the first station in Hong Kong's commuter rail network to feature "Lift-only Entrances". Passengers will need to take ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... rn Lantau Island in August resulted in the destruction of protected mangroves after hoes and bulldozers were used in the operation. The protesters later said they had picked the wrong area for the pro ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... views the island as a renegade province that will eventually be subsumed back into the motherland. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has repeatedly expressed his desire for Taiwan to join the TPP negotiat ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
... Hong Kong island and not accessible by MTR – means you have to have your own car and that would cost you an extra HK$8,000 to HK$10,000 a month for parking in Central. So for most of us who can't affo ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
Environmentalists are urging the Hong Kong government to do its best to protect the habitats of rare species on Lantau Island. They want the government to abide by its commitments as a signatory to th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
... rtificial island between Hong Kong and Lantau islands -- will be considered at next week’s meeting. James Tien of the pro-establishment Liberal Party said it was regrettable to see that the relations ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... ia on the island have been crying foul at Beijing's deliberate "downgrading" of Taiwan’s international status as Siew's title at the event was director of the Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
MTR’s West Island Line will finally be ready for passengers by the end of this year. But initially, the line, which will extend the existing Island Line from Sheung Wan to Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Univ ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
... ue of the island's manufacturing sector by 3.85 percentage points. With the deal, China has made it clear that it can harm Taiwan economically if the island stirs up political issues. That would also ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
... e holiday island of Jeju, capsized while making a turn. Video footage of the crew abandoning the vessel after instructing the passengers, mostly teenagers, to remain in their cabins caused outrage acr ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
West Island Line, a rapid transit section of the Hong Kong MTR metro system, will open on Dec. 28, Apple Daily reported Tuesday, citing Michael Tien, chairman of the Legislative Council transport comm ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
... disputed island chain that it calls the Diaoyu. Japan administers the islands, which it calls the Senkaku, and ships from the two sides will inevitably come into contact. Significantly, the establish ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
... rtificial island created through reclamation from the open waters off the northeast of the Hong Kong International Airport. -- Contact us at [email protected] VW/JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
... man-made island that serves as entrance of the bridge will be not completed until end-2017, the document is said to have stated. Tang urged the government to publicize reasons for the delay and spell ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
... iwan. The island’s top leaders must express their views in a straightforward manner. Since Ma took office, he has been seen as too weak when it comes to cross-strait relations. Ma puts emphasis on sta ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
Singapore's resort island of Sentosa -- where Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest woman, and Bhupendra Kumar Modi, a telecommunications billionaire born in India, have homes -- is losing its appeal for ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
... ai resort island of Phuket, has a Thai savings account and has entered Thailand nearly 30 times over the past two years, the report said. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
... a and Izu island chains, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. Five Chinese boat captains have been arrested over the past month. The Japanese government said it had lodged multiple protests with Be ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... e Hengqin Island campus of the University of Macau. Although campus security guards removed it within an hour, many students saw the banner, which showed the umbrella logo of Hong Kong’s Occupy moveme ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... visit the island after that, Taiwan media reported. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/FL ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
