... 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
South Korea's health ministry said Tuesday there were eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Reuters reported. The increase brings the total to 95 but is a sharp fall in the numbe ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... seven and eight new infections have been reported. Altogether, 95 have been taken ill, according to Reuters. MERS is short for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome first reported in 2012 and linked mostl ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... n four to eight weeks, said Dr. Owen Tsang of the Hong Kong Society for Infectious Diseases. SAC called for an “opt out” testing under which HIV will be included in routine health checks. Patients can ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... is one of eight popular hotspots for paragliding in Hong Kong. In 2008, a man was hit by a gale when he was paragliding at the same spot. He fell on to a hillside, hurting his waist and feet. It took ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
... ed on for eight years before it was signed in 2009 and involved two Irish referendums. Merkel said: "The EU is a union of 28 member states that have to find compromises. Only when everyone is agreed a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
... is. Forty-eight people, most of them women and children, were killed in air strikes on their houses in the Houthi heartland in the rural far north adjoining Saudi Arabia. The reports could not be inde ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
... at least eight years old. Workers will be stationed 10 meters apart along the slide to ensure the safety of sliders and to give stranded ones a supporting push if needed, Chan said. There will be a s ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
... ivered to eight companies in nine states. Those numbers have increased on an almost daily basis. “I do believe the numbers may go up” further as testing continues, Work said. There are no suspected or ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
