... 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
... d Line to West Kowloon What the Hong Kong railway operator is not willing to say is that MTRC has been hobbled by project delays and cost overruns, in particular with the express rail link, which is n ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... rt of the West Kowloon Cultural District is another example of how the Hong Kong government pushes forward controversial policies without transparency and adequate public consultation. As it turned ou ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
Recent photos of 50 impoverished and homeless people living inside an abandoned tomb in the Iranian city of Shahriar west of Tehran by photographer Saeed Gholamhoseini shocked the world and prompted I ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... d, led by West Kowloon Cultural District Administration deputy chairman Ronald Arculli with businessman Bernard Charnwut Chan and barrister Laurence Li Lu-jen as campaign directors. Commenting on the ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
... es of the West doing during the Tang and early Qing dynasties?” From then on, it has been a compulsory stop for foreign kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers to remind them of the power and ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
The West Kowloon Cultural District Administration had hired architect Rocco Yim to design the Hong Kong Palace Museum in June last year, or five months before its board approved the project in Novembe ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
... ot in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), setting off a firestorm of controversy. At first, Lam argued that the reason why she didn't consult the WKCD authority and the public on the issue is b ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
... all – the West Kowloon Cultural District. No matter that it was not conceived for this purpose – what really matters is that Beijing is very pleased to have it there. Even if we set aside the politics ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
... ct in the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD). Lam chairs the board of the WKCD Administration. Documents unsealed by the government on Thursday showed discussions over the project began in late 2 ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
