... of a 800 square foot unit in an old district. But how can one explain that makers of chocolates, candies and cookies have a bigger profit margin than developers? These gift sets are probably even wor ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
Homeless people in Rome will be offered not just showers but also haircuts and shaves when a new facility opens in in St. Peter's Square next month, Reuters reported, citing the head of the pope's cha ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... e has 500 square meters of space on the fourth floor of the upmarket GT Land Plaza shopping mall in Zhujiang New City. It sells 200 kinds of goods. The government describes it as a B2B2C (business-to- ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... o 134,800 square kilometers by 2010. Urban populations grew even faster, mainly owing to urbanization in China. There are 869 urban areas in East Asia with more than 100,000 people, of which 600 are i ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... tween 600 square feet and 900 sq ft, the report said. The woman said she could not afford the prices in Hong Kong, where the quality of life is worsening. She bought the two flats to let out, which ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... ke Apple, Square and Amazon are developing services to enable people to make purchases through their mobile phones, so that trend is poised to boom during the next 15 years. Improvements in software w ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... 31.96 per square foot, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported, citing research from Ricacorp Property Ltd. With solid demand for housing estates from end-users, the rents for small and medium-sized r ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... 2,000 per square foot of gross floor area. The main building on the site was demolished in 2013 by the seller, Ho Min-kwan, a granddaughter of Hotung, after the government refused to declare it a hist ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... he 66,000 square foot site, which it won at tender in 2013. It paid a token HK$1,000 for the right to occupy the land for 10 years. The plan for the three-storey campus has been put up for public co ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... ea of 700 square feet, will last for two years. Representatives from real estate agents in the area said the HK$1 rent is very attractive, but business starters need to be creative to sustain their op ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... these 300 square foot units will be priced at about HK$1 million and sold to young people from the middle- and low-income groups. But to realize the dream, he needs to solve one practical problem: how ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... about 300 square feet each in size will be built by redeveloping Tai Hang Sai Estate, a private housing estate in Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, through Hong Kong Settlers Housing Co. The flats will be sold t ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... below 70 square meters have outperformed larger flats. For example, property prices in the New Territories, which mainly offer starter homes, have soared more than 140 percent since the 2009 financia ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... Tiananmen Square student movement in 1989. Today’s Umbrella Movement is no exception. Every advocate or participant, no matter which organization he or she is representing, shares the responsibility o ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... 5,000 per square foot range -- but above that for Housing Authority’s Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats, according to the report. The units will target groups that cannot afford private housing, but a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... a public square and areas around it and prohibit the use of tents, sleeping bags and fire-hazard equipment. Also, loudspeakers are banned when the chamber is in session, Apple Daily reported Wednesda ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... e “Public Square (眾坊街)". Hawking was largely prohibited in most parts of Hong Kong but authorities tolerated the activity in Temple Street as they felt that locals would otherwise be unable to make a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... ies 28.78 square kilometers of the city's Pudong New Area. State-run Xinhua News Agency reported last month that the State Council had submitted a proposal to the National People’s Congress for the es ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... st, a 300 square foot flat typically costs HK$4 million today, with 30 percent or HK$1.2 million paid upfront. A prospective buyer has to save HK$16,000 each month for five or six years just to cover ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
... tween 151 square feet and 397 sq ft. “Green form” applicants -- lower-income people living in public housing -- and Hongkongers on the waiting list for public rental housing will be eligible to buy th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
