... ntly, our city is facing an acute land shortage. And even if the government has proposed to build artificial islands off the eastern coast of Lantau under the Lantau Tomorrow Vision project, it will p ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... ts in the city. A number of airline workers are expected to attend the gathering which will denounce Cathay for bowing to Beijing's pressure and cracking down on employees who had backed, or participa ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
China has denied a request for a US Navy warship to visit the port city of Qingdao in recent days, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified US defense official. A US Navy destroyer had planned to make ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... rs in the city didn’t see it that way. They criticized the MTR for providing convenient and efficient transport for violent protesters by maintaining normal train service during protests. Given that, ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
Since China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, the city has prospered economically, but festered politically. Now, one of the world’s richest cities is engulfed by protests, which ha ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
... pril, the City of Charlotte Government’s Facebook page sent a Local Alert notifying nearby residents when it was safe to return. The alert was posted more than two hours after the shooting, said Ken B ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-28
Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the anti-government protests in the city were turning more violent, but insisted that her administration is capable of handling the crisis. ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-27
Ticktack Technology Ltd., a supplier of devices for new smart lampposts being put up across the city, has decided to end its involvement in the government project. The company's move came after anti-g ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-27
Hong Kong, Asia's financial hub, is by now also known as a city of protests. Many fear that the almost daily anti-government rallies, which have often descended into violence, would have a serious imp ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-27
... crippled city computer networks across the United States, including recently in Texas, Baltimore and Atlanta. “Recent history has shown that state and county governments and those who support them ar ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-27
Patrick Blanc, an internationally renowned vertical garden designer who has visited Hong Kong, said the city's climate, which is warm and humid most of the time, makes it an ideal location for vertica ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
... “collect city data such as traffic and air quality data to facilitate smart city development through open data and the upcoming 5G technology,” a spokesman said. “The police will strictly follow up o ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
... es in the city during the coming two weeks or so, he is optimistic that there could be a "surprising" response from the government to some of the five demands of the protesters. Although NPC standing ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
... ng in the city for on my phone I watched a live broadcast of yesterday's clashes in Tsuen Wan, where police fired live rounds in the air, pointed their guns at protesters and deployed water cannon tru ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
... e wealthy city-state of Singapore is Grab’s second-biggest market, where it is building a US$135 million headquarters. The company, which has over 4.5 million drivers in the region, aims to double its ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
Police fired water cannon and tear gas in running battles with brick-throwing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday, the second day of violent clashes in the Chinese-ruled city. The protes ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-26
The staggering turnout of some 1.7 million people at the August 18 rally once again demonstrated the solidarity and determination of Hongkongers to keep fighting to preserve the city's autonomy and fr ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-23
The social turmoil gripping Hong Kong over the past two months might appear a purely domestic issue arising from the city's political system. But if we look at the big picture, we can tell that the en ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-23
