... straight east-west line that runs from the mosquito-ridden wilderness of Kowloon Fort to the Stone Cutters Island in the west. Boundaries between countries normally meander and thus a straight line t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... , Kowloon East Community, said it was contacted by Cheng with a similar offer but dismissed it amid a wave of recent scams, member Chan Chak-to said. Cheng later told Ming Pao Daily that he was merely ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
Earlier this month, global financial markets nearly imploded. From East Asia to Western Europe, currencies swooned and equity prices tumbled -- all because of China’s decision to allow a modest devalu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... , Kowloon East crime unit chief inspector Chung Chi-ming said it was the first case of its kind in Hong Kong in which a defendant was convicted in the absence of a body, forensic assistance or a confe ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... ersity of East Anglia, and one of the authors of the Nature study, was quoted as saying. Taking into account China's lower quality coal, the study calculated China's 2013 carbon emissions at 9.13 bill ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... upied the East Wing forecourt of government headquarters on Sept. 26 last year, two days before the protests began. All four, who were held briefly under “arrest by appointment”, said they have no r ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... tors from East Asia, including China. Many Thais also worship there. Four Chinese, including two people from Hong Kong, were among the dead, China's official Xinhua news agency said. Two Malaysians, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
... e Kowloon East Regional Headquarters said 73 percent of the 417 victims who lost money to phone scam artists this year received the calls between 7 a.m. and 12 p.m. Of the victims, 22 percent were hou ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
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
