... is sacred land," Trump told leaders from about 50 Muslim-majority countries representing more than a billion people. "A better future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists and driv ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-22
... trying to land on a supersized yacht, said to be owned by the TVB chief. Three men on board the helicopter, including a British pilot, were injured, according to the London Evening Standard. The yacht ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-19
... ollar for land plots. Even local developers said they have no idea why the Chinese players are so bullish. We shall see whether these Chinese developers are going to make it in Hong Kong. Some are set ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-19
... iation of land and mining resources, and party politicking. But it also has a few scenes on sports – football and basketball, in particular – with intriguing messages that perhaps only sharp viewers w ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
... Henderson Land is paying HK$23.28 billion for the property, aiming to redevelop the site into a top-class office tower. With the cost translating to HK$50,064 per square foot in terms of potential gro ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
... listed CC Land Holdings said it had paid 1.135 billion pounds for the tallest skyscraper in the City of London, 122 Leadenhall Street – known as the ‘cheesegrater’ – which has 46 floors, 56,600 square ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
... ortion of land on the periphery of country parks with relatively low ecological and public enjoyment value for purposes other than real estate development, such as public housing and non-profit-making ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-18
... essure on land development in the long term and is unsustainable.” To limit car growth, the SAR government cited a law in Tokyo which requires the car buyer to produce a certificate of availability of ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-16
... d both on land and at sea. At the forum, finance ministries from 27 countries, including China, approved a set of principles that will guide project financing along the new Silk Road, according to the ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-15
... changing land use to accommodate commercial operations. Ombudsman Connie Lau Yin-hing slammed the government for inadequate monitoring of these establishments and outdated legislation on factory cant ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-12
... e foreign land in terms of lifestyle, warned retired Chinese-American physicist Dr. Yang Chenning. American society is an indulgent one, where students using drugs can be found in almost every high sc ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-12
... to clear land for palm oil and rubber plantations, its top leader won’t tell Singaporeans that their city fumigates neighboring countries as well. Smog that constantly shrouds Hong Kong is also weigh ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-11
... some mainland reporters even call it “bromance”, dates back to their time in Tibet three decades ago. When the elder Hu became party chief of the tumultuous autonomous region in 1988, the younger Hu ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
... ating the land shortage in Hong Kong, and apparently there is no silver bullet to this pressing problem. The skyrocketing home prices and the never-ending waiting time for public housing due to an acu ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
... increase land supply in the long run, the next government should give priority to developing brownfield sites to make more land available for new homes. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economi ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
... rights to land. Ownership of land – whether co-ownership, for a married woman, or sole ownership, for a single female head of household – not only improves economic security and productivity, but also ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
... n for mainland tycoons and officials who seek to move their money offshore. Coincidentally, Hong Kong companies, along with Taiwanese businesses, were also China's biggest foreign investors in 2015. M ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
What a difference a year makes. Last year, at the 29th ASEAN summit in Laos, a Chairman’s Statement, without mentioning China, “took note of concerns expressed by some leaders on the land reclamations ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
A think tank chaired by Hong Kong's first chief executive Tung Chee-hwa urged the government to resume reclamation to boost land supply. In a newly published report, the Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-28
... helped me land a job at a refugee center right inside Chungking Mansions. The job was an inflection point. Then I enrolled at a night school and spent four years completing courses to be a qualified r ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-26
