The Hong Kong government has set up an expert panel to look into issues regarding land supply and come up with proposals to ease the long-term housing problem. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ng ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-30
A number of mainland Chinese property firms, including big names such as China Evergrande Group (03333.HK) and Country Garden Holdings (02007.HK) as well as some smaller developers like Guangzhou R&am ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-28
... ly a nice land grab," said Bill Bishop of retail consultancy Brick Meets Click, and a way to get customers "thinking about buying healthy food from Amazon". The planned price cuts would have been a to ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
... r, sea or land (through mainland China) and tell Hong Kong immigration officers that they are “asylum seekers”, automatically they can enter Hong Kong with no questions asked. Perhaps the Hong Kong go ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
... winds and landed at a construction site in the western district. Several vans and trucks were also toppled, while streets were littered with rubbish bins and broken tree branches. In Shenzhen, at lea ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
... Henderson Land bought a Middle Road car park through a land tender for HK$4.7 billion three years ago. Interestingly, three months ago, the Lee Shau-kee flagship took over the Murray Building car park ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-24
When I was a Recorder of the Crown Court of England and Wales, I regarded sentencing as a minefield and the most complex of my duties, in much the same way, I believe, as many judges did and continue ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-23
... rs on the land reclamations and activities in the area, which have eroded trust and confidence, increased tensions and may undermine peace, security and stability in the region”. Foreign Minister Wang ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-21
... tightened land and credit supply, foreign trade was then undergoing a golden era with export recording close to 40 percent growth. Similarly, in the second quarter of 2013, in the face of liquidity t ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
... troduce a land-based Aegis missile defense system to address North Korea's missile threats and decided to seek funding in the next fiscal year to cover the system design costs, Japan's Kyodo news agen ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
... arades on land or at sea. The selection criteria include the item is transmitted from generation to generation and has a dynamic and living nature, or with distinct traits of an ethnic group or a regi ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
... g the mainland United States within range of a nuclear weapon. North Korea and the US exchanged threats of military action last week, with Pyongyang saying it will develop a plan to fire missiles to l ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-16
... Henderson Land Development, which is controlled by tycoon Lee Shau Kee. Si Sun was the first restaurant to make hamburgers in Hong Kong, even earlier than the McDonald's chain, with a famous patty mad ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-15
... he routes land waste flows through drains, rivers and Hong Kong waters, making use of GPS devices. WWF marine project manager Patrick Yeung said that between June and August, 300 secondary school stud ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
... airport island by 50 percent, and add a fourth, 283,000 sqm terminal complex on the reclaimed land. When finished, the Hong Kong airport can handle a total of 100 million passengers per year by 2030. ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
... hairs the land policy panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, said resuming rent control, which was cancelled in 2004, is not the right solution, adding the government should allow more new pri ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
... the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Ghana, South Korea, China, Japan and Kuwait participating. For example, Shun Kawakubo, a graduate student of the Keio University in Japan, assessed the sustainability ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
... oo big to land on the mountains, the official said, stressing that the government will do its best to save victims and ease social anxiety. There were reports that 10 people were rescued by helicopter ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
... t of find land for public housing. However, it takes time to locate appropriate sites and build the homes, he said. Chan also revealed that hundreds of vacant units had been donated by some people an ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
... issues of land supply and development. But Chan said “debate” doesn’t mean there will be new consultations on how the land would be used, but rather discussions with all stakeholders and increased tra ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-11
