In his 1996 book "Hong Kong: Asia's Network City", economic historian Takeshi Hamashita had identified eight hinterlands for Hong Kong, ranging from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia. They are: 1. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... mounts to eight times the amount allocated to humanitarian interventions – must be available to countries confronting large refugee inflows, including middle-income countries like Lebanon and Jordan t ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... delays of eight minutes or more, up 19 from the previous year. Delays were due to damaged components and system failures. The MTR is preparing to replace the signalling system for its rail lines in ph ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... 4. Thirty-eight percent of the interviewees said their confidence in the future of Hong Kong has dropped after Leung's latest policy address, compared to 22 percent who expressed the opposite view. As ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... sales of eight watches, compared with five in a good day. Elsewhere, Singapore's venerable Raffles Hotel is said to have taken the atmosphere of a noisy mall as shoppers rushed to snap up Rolex watc ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... ll within eight months. Euro may soon weaken below 1.2 to dollar and hover in the range of 1.15 to 1.12. Strong interest in dollar-denominated assets will also lure more capital into Hong Kong, which ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... percent. Eight in 10 are concerned about not having enough to live on after working. The global average is 64 percent. “Even with the strongest intentions, Hongkongers are struggling to get back to s ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... d now has eight executive members, including chairman Li Ka-shing, his son Victor Li Tzar-kuoi -- who is vice chairman and managing director; and vice managing directors Kam Hing-lam and Ip Tak-chuen. ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... the past eight years, Fu told the Hong Kong Economic Journal. For many Hong Kong enterprises, electronic platforms have remained an additional sales channel rather than a key area for development. As ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... teams to eight big state firms, including China Southern Airlines Co., China Unicom (0762.HK), Dongfeng Motor Corp. and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec). It said it would prosecute Zong ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... om six to eight years. The UK, meanwhile, has launched an ultrafast-track plan, which allows immigrants with investment of 10 million pounds (US$15.2 million) to obtain permanent residency within two ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... tear down eight buildings steps away from an MTR station in Kowloon and redevelop the site to provide 5,000 subsidized flats for sale. The cool thing is these 300 square foot units will be priced at a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... over his eight policy addresses, but then made up for it on steroids in 2004 with 27 references as he focused on "enlightened and people-based governance", strengthening advisory bodies, talking of c ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... idates to eight constituencies to see for themselves what it takes to improve their chances. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... g Estate, eight hours before the Lai firebombings. Police found three liters of alcohol, eight white towels and two glass bottles in Yip’s home, along with an air gun, two retractable batons, a knife, ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
China's A-share market is unlikely this year to scale the peaks of 2007 after the bull run in 2014, as fundamentals like GDP and earnings growth are much weaker now compared to the levels eight years ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
... 00. Forty-eight bodies have been retrieved from the Java Sea. Searchers believe more will be found in the plane's fuselage. – Contact us at [email protected] FL/ ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... at least eight years. Some residents have said the plant — and the garbage trucks going back and forth — could besmirch the area’s reputation and harm tourism. “Do we really want to be the trash capi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... ation are eight parrots. [Ocean Park Facebook page] -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/JP ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... more than eight million HKID cards by 2022. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
