With mainland startups showing increasing interest in building up Hong Kong connections, we need to ponder over this question: what are they really after? It can't be just money, given that the startu ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
Is Putonghua necessary to land a job in the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project? The Labor Department thinks so, but labor unions disagree. They're calling a plan to give priority to Putonghua speak ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-09
Hong Kong is a land of immigrants, with people having come here from different places over the years and making the city their home. While most locals can trace their ancestral roots to mainland China ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... e the mainland. The last published figure for "mass incidents" was 90,000 in 2010, up from 8,700 in 1993. These include labour strikes and unrest, protest against confiscation of rural land and seizur ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... n illegal landfill in Tin Shui Wai the size of two football fields and as tall as a four-story building could collapse and cause a massive landslide. The dumpsite adjoins two recreational sites -- Hon ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... h the mainland and Hong Kong’s economic growth in the medium term, as well as stimulate the capital market. It’s more efficient to drive economic growth with increased government spending as well as l ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
A Tin Shui Wai dumpsite the size of two football fields and as tall as a four-story building could collapse any time and cause a massive landslide. If that happens, a campsite at the foot of the suspe ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... West Bank land where the Palestinians seek a state. With hecklers drowning out parts of her speech, Regev retorted from the stage: "Someone should be preserving my freedom of expression here." – Conta ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
... in a grassland in Ma On Shan, the last tranche of ransom money paid by the family of Bossini heiress Rosita Law to her kidnappers, Apple Daily reports. About HK$110,000 is still missing which authorit ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-04
Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd. (00530.HK) bid HK$6.38 billion to win a prime residential site on Sheung Shing Street in Ho Man Tin. The land premium translated into HK$10,900 per square foot of gross ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-03
... l and gas land around the United States and Australia. Tuesday's indictment followed a nearly four-year federal antitrust probe that began after a 2012 Reuters investigation found that Chesapeake had ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-03
... es. A mainland broker estimates that the ratio of home prices to household income is 28.17 times, which means a middle-class family will need 28.17 years to buy a flat even if they don't have any livi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... political landscape for decades. It is a statutory advisory body comprising representatives of 27 rural villages in the New Territories. The kuk's existence is based on the Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance, an ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
Property prices in first-tier mainland cities will rise 10 to 15 percent this year, following an 18 percent surge in 2015, amid supportive measures from the government, DBS Vickers (Hong Kong) Ltd. sa ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... ortage of land had forced the man to make do. Many netizens gave the man a thumbs up, saying his setup was probably more comfortable to work at than using a laptop. -- Contact us at [email protected] T ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... increase land supply, and home prices have declined recently, we still think Hongkongers suffer from a housing problem, given high rents and home prices. As the government has reiterated it has no in ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
All roads lead to betting shops with thousands of players hoping to land the big prize in the 40th anniversary draw of the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery on Tuesday. Up for grabs is a HK$100 million (US$1 ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
Millions of migrant workers returning to China's industrial heartland after the long Lunar New Year break are facing an uncertain future. In Guangdong province, which accounts for around a quarter of ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and I don't think he's seen a vending machine before, so he saw the Oreos, and some biscuits and a few other things," Shorthouse was quoted as saying. Arnhem Land i ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... Paracel island chain. "Ministers remained seriously concerned over recent and ongoing developments," the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) said in a statement after a regular ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
