When the State Council designated Hengqin island as a special zone in April 2009, Macau thought it had won the lottery. Here was 106.5 square kilometers of land, just 200 meters away at its closest po ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... an 11,000-square-foot multiplex shop has been deserted for over a year. The previous tenant, fashion brand Diesel, decided not to renew its contract last year, and the space has remained empty ever si ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
... a public square in our village at night on Feb. 15," an eyewitness surnamed Zhang told the state-run Global Times newspaper. "They first danced passionately and then took off their clothes piece by p ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
... s than 30 square feet that is being rented out for HK$2,000 a month, Cardenal is taken aback. He says he just can’t imagine how people can live in such a tiny place. He even expresses disbelief when t ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
... for a 200-square-foot warehouse in a building called Advanced Technology Center in Choi Fat Street in Sheung Shui is around HK$15,000. Though the rent has moderated from earlier levels -- before the g ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
... of 116.2 square kilometers, the FTZ will encompass Nansha area, Qianhai-Shekou area and Hengqin area. It will welcome overseas investors and entrepreneurs, especially those from Hong Kong. The pilot ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
... Usually, square dancing or plaza dancing is popular among Chinese middle-aged and retired women as the activity costs next to nothing and it's easy to join. One could always find in the plazas or par ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... Tiananmen Square student movement in 1989 and led last year's Occupy campaign for genuine universal suffrage in the 2017 chief executive election. And there was no mandatory "China experience" require ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... or the 30-square-foot space. The tenant would also have to pay a monthly water bill of HK$50 and an electricity fee of HK$1.50 per unit, 60 percent higher than the market rate of HK$0.933 per unit. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... f 684,006 square feet and is expected to generate rent of at least HK$65 per square foot, taking the World Trade Center next door as a reference, the newspaper said. An industry observer was quoted as ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... n a 1,200-square-foot home in Central mid-levels. With toys lying all over the apartment, he says: "Yes … yes … I know it is a bit crazy!” On top of his home, he has rented a mini storage room and he ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
... al 60,000 square kilometers to bring the search area to 120,000 square kilometers and thereby cover the entire highest-probability area identified by expert analysis," they said in a joint statement. ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
... a 500,000-square-foot swath of mountainside, facing the sea, in Tai Po district. It features the world's second tallest statue of Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, and boasts bullet-proof VIP rooms. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... than 100 square feet with only one kitchen and toilet. Those staying in these hostels are not insured because their contracts with their new employers have not officially started yet, and employment ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
... as 80,000 square meters of floor space. Authorities are also said to be proposing to turn the existing headquarters facility for the Hong Kong Red Cross and the Harcourt Road Freshwater Pumping Statio ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
... he 71,000 square kilometer Navajo Nation which occupies portions of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. The nation has a population of 300,000 and exercises independent judicial power and final adjudication ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... tween 0.8 square meter and 1 square meter in size – more than the average annual income of 69,521 yuan for a city resident in 2013. A site in a high-end cemetery in the capital costs more than 200,000 ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
Neighborhoods inspired by Beverly Hills, office towers and swanky malls resembling landmarks like St. Mark’s Square in Venice are sprouting up everywhere. It's not China in 2005 but the Philippines in ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
... of 82,500 square meters of commercial and residential space. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on April 2. Translation by Vey Wong [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at english@ ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to his social network to announce the opening of the company's new building in Menlo Park, California. Employees started moving into the 430,000 square foot facil ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
