It's been more than 110 years since Hong Kong Tramways first rolled out its electric trains on the streets of Hong Kong island in 1904. Connecting the eastern and western sides of the island, the mass ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
Passengers of an MTR train on the East Rail Line were terrified for a few moments when the train moved in reverse while its doors were still open, Apple Daily reported on Monday. The Hung Hom-bound tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
... and Line (East Section) will now cost HK$16.9 billion, up from HK$15.2 billion, although it's on track for completion in 2016. But the Kwun Tong Line extension will have cost HK$7.2 billion from its ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... heads the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore -- said in an interview with the Hong Kong Economic Journal that the secret to the Lion City’s rising from its dire straits in th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
At least 50 people are confirmed dead after Wednesday's massive explosion in a warehouse complex in the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin. The dead include 17 firemen, Ming Pao Daily reports. ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... a of land east of Nice, France, was sold at HK$175,000 per sq ft for a total of HK$1.13 billion, the Standard reported. Still, the price of his home on the Peak is peanuts to Ma, who is still worth US ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... nomies in East Asia stem from exports. It started in Japan in the 1950s to 1960s, and spread to the “Four Asian Tigers” and other East Asian countries and China. Every export story kicked off with a w ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
She lost her man, but at least she got the money. Not a bad deal for former beauty queen and singer Cally Kwong Mei-wan, who sold a four-bedroom apartment she had acquired from her former boyfriend, H ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... the South East New Territories Landfill, be turned over to private housing. The plan envisages the building of 35,000 homes for a total of 100,000 residents, more than the 25,500 homes at the LOHAS Pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... idents in East Tsim Sha Tsui have not been sought. However, New World Development, which manages the Avenue of Stars, claimed it has been told by some people that the project can enhance Hong Kong’s a ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
At least 58 people were killed and more than 100 wounded on Monday in two blasts in eastern Iraq claimed by Islamic State. In January Iraqi officials declared victory over the insurgents in Diyala pro ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
Two women shot at the US consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least nine people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces. The NATO member has been in a heightened state o ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
For the last month, political and public debate in Britain has been dominated by one subject – the ‘invasion’ by migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Television stations give live ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... idge. The eastern part of Lantau Island will be developed into a third key business district, after Central district and East Kowloon, and it’s one of the city's most strategic land reserves. Under th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
... ing Tao's East Week wasted no time moving into the void. Oriental Sunday will now be out on Thursday, filling Sudden Weekly's usual weekday slot, with its usual package on fashion, parenting and dinin ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... Aug. 5 by East River Column, a group of Hong Kong resistance fighters, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender. Kerr mainly devotes this section of the book to his rescue by th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... told the East Asia Summit attended by foreign ministers from around the region. "Despite assurances that these freedoms would be respected, we have seen warnings issued and restrictions attempted in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... affic and east-west trade to meet its ambitious revenue targets. The project involved extending a waterway parallel to part of the 19th century canal connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, as we ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on a mosque used by members of a local security force in southwest Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing the interior ministry. A s ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... he Middle East to cut costs. McFarlane wants Barclays' investment banking business withdrawn from countries where it has no clear edge. The bank's return on equity is about 5.9 percent, far below its ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
