... tire East-West Line and the North-South Line – came to a complete halt for several hours, starting during the evening peak time on the same day. Blackouts occurred in domino fashion as the power suppl ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... on at the West Kowloon terminus. Given all the questions it has raised, it is likely that the railway project will not only turn out to be the biggest white elephant this city has ever seen, but may ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... il Link's West Kowloon terminus. The mainland side has been hinting, through legal scholars, that the central government has the power to “cede” a portion of Hong Kong's territory – a certain area ins ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... f an east-west strategic route along the north shore of Hong Kong Island. It aims to alleviate the traffic congestion along the existing Gloucester Road-Harcourt Road- Connaught Road Central corridor, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... ks on the West. They made a second round of strikes on Friday. Russia is waging a separate air campaign in Syria, which it launched on Sept. 30 in support of its ally President Bashar al-Assad. Russia ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
... l for the West Kowloon Cultural District is far from being presented, and as for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, well that’s one cash-hungry venture that still needs feeding. To top it all is the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-05
... ilometers west of the Thai capital. It's a shrine to Theravada worship. There, university students make offerings for better grades and families pray for safe travels and secure futures. But its bigge ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-05
... d Whampoa West constituencies in Kowloon City. The results in these typically conservative districts reflect the changing political atmosphere and public sentiment in the wake of the civil disobedienc ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... ng Kong's West Kowloon terminal. All these issues emerged one by one in the past five years, and the questions still remain unanswered. Based on the latest figures, the 26 kilometer Hong Kong section ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... near the West Rail station in Yuen Long. The property flagship of tycoon Li Ka-shing sold close to HK$30 billion worth of residential units this year, a four-year high in a market that is close to hi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... ng to the West Kowloon Terminal, where these officers will be stationed, but there has generally been a lack of attention paid to the political implications of this move. Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung, the e ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
... ol in the West Kowloon terminal. The revelation followed a meeting in Beijing between Yuen and Housing Secretary Anthony Cheung on one hand and Hong Kong and Macau Affairs officials on the other. Sure ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
... f Whampoa West in Kowloon City, Lau Yung-wai of Old Market & Serenity constituency in Tai Po, Wong Hok-lai of Chung Tin in Sha Tin, Wong Chun-sing of Tai Koo Shing East, and Lai-Tsz Yan of Wong Uk ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-24
... n Whampoa West constituency of Kowloon City over incumbent Lau Wai-wing. Other winners from such groups included Tai Po Sunshine's Lau Yung-wai and Wong Hok-lai of Shatin Community Network. The record ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... ed in the West Kowloon terminus. He said the two sides are considering to what extent mainland immigration authorities will be allowed to operate in Hong Kong. They are studying the experience of othe ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... s Kowloon West constituency, but two others lawmakers, Albert Ho Chun-Yan of the Democratic Party and Chan Ka-lok of the Civic Party, both lost to their pro-establishment opponents in Lok Tsui constit ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
The terrorist attacks in Paris have made the United States and its allies realize they need to cut off the funding of Islamic State (IS) rather than focusing on military action. The western coalition ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... ntries in West Asia. Western countries have been residual victims of the vicious struggles between Saudi and Iranian proxies. We need to end the divisions among those in Syria who oppose IS. That may ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-23
... on, the lowest since 2006. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov cautioned that the country could run out of reserve funds by 2017. Moscow, which receives over 50 percent of the country’s foreign direct inv ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
... arl River West saw their equipment manufacturing investment expand by more than 20 percent. Added value rose 13.4 percent to 175 billion yuan. High-tech manufacturing achieved added value of 580 billi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
