... rge-scale land reclamation and redeveloping the city’s aging housing, while avoiding moves to build on country parks as proposed by Leung this week. “There’s no reason to believe I’m not trusted by Be ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
... ts of the land lots designated for constructing hotels, office and residential buildings (HOR) within the district to the authority, Leung said. The move will enable the WKCD Authority to put the land ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
... it could land her into legal trouble and also put the care home at the risk of license revocation, according to the report. As for the victim's family, it has angrily denounced the center's staff, ac ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
... ip of the land on which the factory is built while in China, one has to pay for the land and still only have the rights to use the land for 50 years. Labor cost is the only element that is higher in t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-25
... supply of land continues to be inadequate and property prices have risen again since last year. Coming in at second is Sydney with housing prices at 12.2 times the median household income, which means ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-24
... . the mainland) where our urban, transport and other key infrastructure planning are dictated not by the actual needs of the people in this city but by the economic and strategic needs of Beijing. Fur ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-24
... aming the land supply crunch on land use restrictions, Leung opened a Pandora's Box by declaring that country parks and green belt areas are fair game in his plan to build more public housing. Leung s ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
The government will continue efforts to boost housing and land supply, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in his policy address on Wednesday. Supply will be increased through initiatives such as the ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
The Hong Kong government will identify land sites to enable development of new convention and exhibition facilities in the city, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Wednesday. Authorities need to ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
... the high land prices, indicating that they too are not sure as to how long the property rally will continue. Cheung Kong Property Holdings (01113.HK) announced a plan to participate in an Australian ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
... using and land supply that need to be resolved, she said. Asked about criticism that she is "CY 2.0", Lam said people should not judge her based on the performance of the current government, which is ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
Lai Chi Wo, surrounded by mountains on three sides, is regarded as the feng shui woodlands of New Territories Northeast. Thanks to the hard work of its original settlers, the remote spot in Double Hav ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-13
... rborfront land to facilitate construction of new housing. Opposition groups and conservationists have opposed the plan, citing environment, traffic and other concerns. Soon after the encounter with C ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-11
... rder, mainland entrepreneurs gained more confidence about the prospects for their own market. Vanke founder Wang Shi once frankly admitted that his company had tried to copy Hong Kong developers Cheun ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... ding more land and increasing housing supply substantially. However, four and a half years on, the housing shortage hasn't seen much improvement. There are other pressing issues in society such as the ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... h the mainland. Then there are the great big vanity projects which leading bureaucrats believe will serve as memorials to their glory. In between all this are some genuinely useful infrastructure proj ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
... Overseas Land & Investment (00688.HK) three years later. He had been the firm’s executive director and chief financial officer since 2002, untilYang Guoqiang, the founder and chairman of Country ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
Under the one-party dictatorship in the mainland, high ranking officials rarely consult the common people before making any decision, because they believe they, as the ruling class, are almighty and o ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
Hong Kong's integration with mainland China is expected to accelerate in the next few years, with several cross-border infrastructure projects coming on stream. These include the high-speed railway an ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
... he city's land and resources bureau chief. Chen had not been invited to the meeting. Mainland media reported that Chen had complained to friends about being oppressed and targeted by his superiors. He ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
