A former senior Chinese official has called for urgent reforms in Hong Kong's education sector so that the city's youth will develop a positive attitude toward their motherland. The remarks of Chen Zu ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... mperature target is met, the cost of adaptation will reach 2-3 times the previously anticipated US$70-100 billion per year by 2050 (an increase of as much as fivefold is possible, though less likely). ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... our main target today," Reuters quoted Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, as saying at a news conference in Jakarta. The tail had been identified using an ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... ently the target of much of the foreign investment in real estate globally," said Thomas Arnold, head of Americas-Real Estate at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and chairman of AFIRE. "With a stable a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... ic growth target to an average of 5-6 percent for 2014-2022, Ha said. "China should reduce the contribution of investment to gross domestic product to 40 percent by 2022 for a healthier economic struc ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... ng out of targets to buy. Attractive major targets at home have largely been purchased by now, and Ctrip was even reportedly in talks at one point last year to merge with its biggest rival Qunar (QUNR ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
... had also targeted revenue of US$70 billion by 2018, or annual growth of about 10 percent a year. Huawei's smartphone shipments rose by more than 40 percent last year to 75 million units, according to ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
... 5 percent target and mark the weakest expansion in 24 years. Many economists still expect more interest rate cuts as well as reductions in banks' required reserve ratios this year, perhaps as soon as ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
... nt growth target for the economy is too high. "There would be more flexibility if the target is set at 7 percent, and thus the government wouldn't be that passive," Hu said, noting that the country's ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
... al growth target to 7 percent next year, from 7.5 percent in 2014. Faltering factory output, rising deflationary pressures, sliding industrial profits and increasing non-performing loans highlight the ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-31
... y Monday, targeting only the pricey agilawood items, leaving everything else untouched. Agilawood has become a popular target of burglars in recent years as prices have soared, driven by increased int ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
... e housing target by allowing more small units in land tenders such as Lohas Park, as well as the developers' high clearing rate when it comes to selling small-sized apartments. -- Contact us at englis ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
... g was the target of harassment during the protests. He said he was told Beijing had sent its own representatives to collect intelligence in Hong Kong rather than rely on the government and the Liaison ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
China's trade will grow 3.5 percent this year, below the country's current 7.5 percent official growth target, Reuters said, citing a report on the Ministry of Commerce website that was later revised ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
... l deficit target of 4.1 percent of GDP, the report said. – Contact us at [email protected] FL/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... ina's new target vendors. "We are hoping that there will be more Hong Kong enterprises taking part in our schemes beginning next year," Ghafur said. To improve O2O transactions, mainland customers wil ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... anged its target production level of 30 million barrels a day. Saudi Arabia is the OPEC's largest producer, controlling about 40 percent of the global oil market. For his part, UAE oil minister Suhail ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
A HK$27 billion (US$3.48 billion) housing reserve is being established to tackle the projected deficit of the Housing Authority in the long term and help it achieve the government's target for new hom ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
Housing policy has always been high on the agenda of Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying. In his newly released Long Term Housing Strategy, the chief executive raised the total housing supply target fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
... ambitious target will be met. Even in a best-case scenario, it's unlikely housing prices will come down as quickly as they have risen. Apple Daily was quick to criticize the plan which it called "desp ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
