... ast year. Eight major Hong Kong universities have a combined 6,630 mainland students in the current academic year, or 71 percent of non-local students. They account for about 9 percent of Hong Kong's ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... ect up to eight apartments in a day. For inspection of new flats, Tsim charges HK$4.8 per square foot (psf). For aged ones, the rate is HK$7.5 psf. It would cost the owner around HK$2,400 to hire Tsim ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-20
... ne of the eight pro-establishment lawmakers who stayed and voted for the bill, said Beijing will lose confidence in the DAB after the incident. -- Contact us at [email protected] CH/MY/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... ty of the eight votes in favor of the reform package, Tien bluntly told reporters that the excuse the other pro-establishment lawmakers made for walking out -- that they wanted to "wait for Fat Suk" - ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... t fell to eight pro-reform legislators, who reportedly knew nothing about the walkout, to carry the fight before the Beijing-endorsed bill crashed under the weight of a "no" vote from all 27 pan-democ ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... with only eight lawmakers voting for it and 28 against. Legco president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing described the result as a “very unfortunate accident”. How did this happen? Where were all the pro-establi ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... and just eight in favor. Ivan Choy Chi-keung, senior lecturer in government and public administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was quoted as saying Beijing will be shocked to know ther ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... evening. Eight victims were found dead in the church, police chief Gregory Mullen told reporters, and a ninth person died after being taken to a hospital. One other person was wounded and receiving t ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... s against eight in favor of the bill after most of its supporters walked out.) As if these were not enough drama, police smashed a bomb plot on Monday that recalls conspiracies such as the Gunpowder T ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... lawmaker. Eight voted in favor of the bill and a more lopsided result was sealed when 33 reform supporters walked off the chamber. Their vote, however, would have still fallen short of the number need ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... he six to eight months previously seen, due to high inventory levels — especially in lower-tier cities. Official data last week showed residential inventory in May was 21.9 percent higher than a year ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-18
... ce, after eight years of KMT rule. "She is likely to get a two-thirds majority in the parliament after the January vote. “The DPP represents the common people more.” Where Tsai is most vulnerable is h ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
Hong Kong brokers are offering a 20 percent premium to attract financial professionals amid a business expansion driven by market-friendly policies. Professionals with five to eight years of experienc ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
... 0 wolves, eight lions and a number of tigers, jackals and jaguars are either missing or shot dead by soldiers, she said. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
... n. And an eight-year-old should start to save money and be encouraged to make extra money from running errands. At nine, kids should be able to plan their expenses. And 10-year-olds should learn to fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... ighest in eight years, according to WSJ. It says Americans are also making great progress slashing debt. Total household debt as a share of disposable income was 106.5 percent in the first quarter aga ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-12
... st of the eight-member gang that snatched Queenie Law, 29, from the family home in Clearwater Bay. Law was released unharmed. The two ringleaders, surnamed You ad Wang, cheated their gangmates out of ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... MERS and eight new infections. The number of confirmed MERS cases was 95, the largest outside Saudi Arabia, where the virus was first discovered in 2012. Experts say missteps after the outbreak was c ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... lth, said eight new MERS cases were confirmed in Korea from Monday to Tuesday morning. One cannot say yet whether the situation will stabilize, he said, adding that the government will continue to mon ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
Think of cash that could buy Apple Inc. eight times over, or circle the Earth 250 times with US$100 bills. That amount, US$6.5 trillion, sums up the value created in just 12 months of trading on Chine ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
