... t the 808-square-foot HOS flat in 1997 for HK$1.48 million (US$190,901) and registered it in their son's name under a trust. She said they agreed to the arrangement because they couldn't read English ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... ted a 100-square-foot room in Shenzhen for 850 yuan a month, as Siu’s father has refused to take back the child. Apple Daily quoted a mainland lawyer, Gong Chu, as saying that Chow must legally obtain ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
Opposing groups are continuing to pour into a public square outside the Legislative Council building with a vote on a controversial election reform bill expected anytime soon. The measure goes into a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... s back to square one. Leong says Hongkongers cannot escape the thought of July 1, 2047 or the reality of a vastly different Hong Kong after that date. Beyond politics, there are important issues tied ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
... te of 700 square meters. Also, consent from at least 80 percent of property owners in any redevelopment project is required. At present, the minimum site area is 400 sq.m. and redevelopment can procee ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
... tiny 288-square-foot apartments, representing a premium of between 6 percent and 15 percent over the prevailing rate. Not only did they offer HK$48 per square foot, which is equivalent to the price l ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... s company Square Inc., which he co-founded and where he remains chief executive. His appointment signals that the firm is focusing on improving its product, which lets users post short messages, video ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... le of 343-square-foot apartments even went for as low as half-a-million dollars. Now, after 12 years, flats at Amoy Garden are priced at a minimum of HK$4 million. This is consistent with the Centa-Ci ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
... 3 million square meters, compared with 20,000 sq meters in 2009; people have renamed the place "China Island". High property prices are one of the biggest social and political issues in Taiwan. The av ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled an experience center called "Mi Home" in Hong Kong. The 270-square-foot center, located in Hollywood Plaza in Mong Kok, marks the first such facilit ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
A new luxury residential project in Ho Man Tin is selling for an average of HK$36,600 per square foot, or HK$32,000 after a maximum discount of 12.5 percent, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Tu ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... price per square foot. The property at Stubbs Road, a winding hillside path that stretches from Happy Valley to The Peak, measures 5,177 square feet, and is spread over the ground and first floors of ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... lt on Red Square during rehearsals for the 70th anniversary celebrations of World War II victory. “The T-14’s transmission is not well-developed, as we saw through a malfunction taking place during a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... a 63,000 square foot site in Yuen Long to children's charity Po Leung Kuk to build Hong Kong's biggest youth hostel. It is due for completion in 2018. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
... t a 3,000-square-foot warehouse in Pak Sha Tsuen village. Launching a stakeout on Tuesday, officials arrested a man who drove to the warehouse Wednesday night, impounding marijuana plants weighing 487 ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
... Tiananmen Square that fateful June morning except in Hong Kong. He said China cares more about the renminbi than its own people, adding Hongkongers should look after their interests and not rely on Be ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
The annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Victoria Park to commemorate the victims of Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown saw much fewer participants on Thursday compared to recent years. The Hong ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
Days before the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 4, 1989, the central government arranged for some prominent dissidents to “temporarily disappear”, Ming Pao Daily reported Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
... – 425,000 square kilometers – of the South China Sea. We urged that the parties involved settle the disputes peacefully. But the US took a strong stand that the South China Sea, which includes import ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
... Tianamen Square on June 4, 1989. Every year, without fail, the group leads a vigil at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, which is attended by thousands of people, to mark the infamous event and pay tribu ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-03