... flaws of Western democracy vis-à-vis Beijing’s strengths in keeping its economic wheels turning, the lure of the so-called “China Model” or “Chinese characteristics” with one-party dictatorship may l ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
... cademy at West Point together in the same class in the 1920s. Is it not therefore fitting that allies such as the Iraqi translators who fought alongside US troops be given the respect due them for the ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
... wn in the west till Shau Kei Wan in the east of Hong Kong Island across Victoria Harbor, can be seen vividly. I couldn't help recalling the old photos of Hong Kong. Kowloon was evolved from clusters o ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
... ey To The West were no threat to public safety. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-09
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back has enjoyed huge box office success and is poised to top the mainland record set by The Mermaid, also produced by comedy icon Stephen Chow. However, reviews ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
... S and the West to put pressure on China, which has been accused of failing to open its markets as promised when it joined the WTO in 2001. If TPP succeeds, Chinese exports will suffer a heavy blow as ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
... on in the West Bank. But perhaps May’s unorthodox intervention should not have come as a surprise, given that Trump tends to reward such disruptive behavior. A second episode occurred earlier this mo ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
... e Kowloon West Regional Headquarters assured the public that law enforcement units are capable of responding to any outbreak of violence and similar incidents, adding that police are following up on t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
In his recent policy address, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced some proposals related to the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD). To enhance the financial soundness of the WKCD Authority, t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
... es at the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority had observed procedural justice in handling the matter, from conception and site selection to commission of the lead designer. Sadly, everything was ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
Hong Kong police will deploy special forces to help evict unlicensed hawkers in West Kowloon during the Lunar New Year holidays. More than 1,000 policemen will be fielded from this Friday until next T ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
... y and the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), two projects that will saddle the incoming administration for years to come. Blaming the land supply crunch on land use restrictions, Leung opened a Pa ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
... ed in the West and yet possibly already featuring in a photo on Xi Jinping’s mantelpiece, he may be about to make a move up the Hong Kong civil service ladder. “The stars indicate a hairpin bend early ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
... co of the West Kowloon Palace Museum is but the latest addition to Lam's long list of misconducts: she is always ready to circumvent due procedures and compromise time-tested rules and traditions when ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
Before Causeway Bay became a world shopping paradise, it was a Broadway or a West End. Nearly a dozen theaters showed movies or Cantonese operas at Lee Theater or Palace Theater in the golden days bef ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
... a but the West Philippine Sea. But rhetoric only goes so far. In 2012, during a China-Philippines standoff lasting several weeks at Scarborough Shoal, claimed by both countries, Philippine Foreign Sec ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-16
Retired High Court judge William Waung Sik-ying has criticized the government for the lack of information on the Palace Museum at the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), saying that while he agrees ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
... the southwest, Taiwan's defense ministry said. As a result, Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships to "surveil and control" the passage of the Chinese ships north through the body of water separating T ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
... Museum in West Kowloon is hurting Lam's chances in the election, you are woefully wrong. In a “small circle election”, what ordinary Hongkongers say or think about the raging issues of the day or how ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
... heads the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA), the agency that oversees a cultural hub project which will now include a Hong Kong version of Beijing's famed Palace Museum. Lam announced t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
