... , it took eight years to rebuild Mumbai’s airport, because courts forced the government to respect the rights of squatters on its outskirts. Given the legacy of problematic loans and projects funded b ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
... de up for eight to 11 percent of the total merchandise sales. Frozen costumes have been the hottest items, with an average of 530 costumes being sold each week, and 70 percent of them being Elsa's dre ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... ly run by eight universities for employers and college graduates. The jobs were being offered by 1,148 employers, a 15 percent year-on-year increase. Of the vacancies, 2,157 were teaching-related, up ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... at least eight hours of sleep every night. Her favorite food was sushi, and was very fond of mackerel on vinegar-steamed rice. Okawa lived in Kobe with her husband until he died in 1931, and then she ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
... ed. In an eight-minute, expletive-laden video uploaded last Friday, the outspoken youth expressed delight over Lee's death and called him a "horrible person". He assailed the late leader for his ironc ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
... Movement. Eight of its members will run in the District Council polls this November, including 23-year-old member Yau Wai-Ching, who will contest Priscilla Leung of the Business and Professionals Alli ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... g five to eight years, chairman Guo Guangchang was quoted as saying. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on March 27. Translation by Vey Wong [Chinese version 中文版] -- Contact us at ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
Mainland officials at the Lo Wu border checkpoint arrested a 40-year-old Hong Kong woman last Friday after they found eight gold bars fastened around her waist. The gold bars, said to be 99.99 percent ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... turned up eight days later but Mocha was nowhere to be found even after she papered the area over with flyers and offered a HK$10,000 (US$1,289) reward. But two weeks ago, Au got a message that a stra ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... s slapped eight to nine times, adding that the beating lasted several minutes. The security guards asked him to apologize, Kwong said, and threatened to beat him up again if he didn't stop being unrul ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... o pay his eight victims a total of 155,000 zlotys (US$41,700) in compensation, and will not be allowed to work with minors for 15 years, the judge in the regional court in Wolomin ruled Wednesday. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
A seafood restaurant in Sheung Wan is under fire after leaving eight giant groupers to starve for a week. Royal Dragon Seafood Cuisine in Connaught Road West has been closed since March 17 over a wage ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... cruising height and continued losing altitude for eight minutes before crashing into a rocky ravine in the French Alps, The Guardian reported. Germanwings is a low-cost subsidiary of Lufthansa. The ai ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... ing about eight seconds to load. Facebook thinks that this is too long, especially on a mobile device. The new proposal carries another risk for publishers, the report said: the loss of valuable consu ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
... rket. The eight-page document is part of efforts to head off abuses after two years of scandal over market manipulation, Reuters said. It was agreed this month by the foreign exchange market committee ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
... tour for eight to 10 months a year just to support themselves financially,” he says. Before coming to Hong Kong, Aspegren and his wife spent seven years living in Paris, where their two daughters wer ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
... at least eight of China's provinces. The report mentioned Magotan sedan and Tiguan SUV models. When the owners featured in the program contacted dealers or Shanghai Volkswagen customer service, they ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... rince was eight years old. The telegram asks about “engine specifications” for the prince’s “gifted midget car” so that it could be ready for him when he returned home from school. Charles also was gi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... seven to eight at a time, he said. Education lawmaker Ip Kin-yuen defended the arrangement, saying it keeps children safe, especially during outdoor activities. However, social worker Chan Kam-ming s ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... aiwan, up eight points from six months ago to the highest level since the survey began in 1996. By comparison, only 30 percent answered in the affirmative, a record low. Reunification with mainland C ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
