... trip over land and sea to Europe. They have been told his picture was not among those of the survivors. "Is he alive or dead? His mother has not eaten food for days," said Ali Nur, his 23-year-old cou ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
... , illegal land grabs and other grievances. Many people try to use petitions to bypass the legal system and directly bring complaints to the attention of government officials, a system that dates back ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
... visas and land new jobs, she said. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
... shire, England, produced many outstanding politicians, writers, Nobel Prize laureates and Olympic players. Last May, the government approved a land plot of 6,200 square meters in Tai Po for the local ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-21
... Henderson Land Development Co. (00012.HK) chairman Lee Shau-kee set up offshore companies with the help of Mossack to manage their assets. There has been no suggestion that any wrongdoing was involved ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-20
A woman was killed in Henan province last week after she and her husband, both in charge of a local church, were buried alive by a group of villagers who threatened to take a piece of land belonging t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
... ng Kong Island constituency and Lai possibly joining the race in Kowloon East. Alex Chow and Lester Shum, along with other campus comrades, have formed a new alliance with Shum deliberating on a crack ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-19
... es to the land use, a process that could take seven to 10 years, factoring in the time of construction. Hui said the residents participating in the protest are aware they may be violating the law with ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time landed at a new airport on an island China has built in a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea, state media said Monday. The incident raises t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-18
... of the island -- in other words, dishing out more land for property development. However property developers are powerful people, and their voice carries far more weight than that of ordinary citize ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
... 950s, mainland China prohibited the supply of live pigs to Hong Kong, causing prices of pork, fish and vegetables to skyrocket. Renowned food critic Chan Mun-yan commented that while it looked like a ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
... ubsidized land and electricity as well as cash grants from local governments, the Journal noted. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-15
... ncreasing land supply will remain. While the retail sector may already be halfway through the tunnel, there’s no sign that the housing market will get over its downturn any time soon. Hongkongers have ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-14
Lung Tsai (龍仔), about 3 kilometers to the south of Tai O, is considered a blessed land with good feng shui: water elements from Shui Lo Cho (水澇漕) and Man Cheung Po (萬丈布) and landscapes from Ling Wui S ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... n the mainland for daily commodities imported from Hong Kong, ranging from baby formula, shampoos, instant noodles, non-prescription drugs to even toilet paper, cross-border parallel goods trade would ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
... from his landlord every time he opened the door for potential buyers of the flat. The tenant reportedly opened the door of the flat 11 times in 10 days and got a rebate of about half his monthly rent ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
The arrest of an executive of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong's biggest land developer, over a corruption scandal in 2012 triggered a debate in Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca over whether to ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
... Natuna Islands but the Chinese coast guard vessels reportedly intervened and prevented a Chinese fishing boat from being towed away. The incident, the most serious diplomatic rift between Beijing and ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-05
... the air, land smoothly and continue skating on ice.” Ho does particularly well in ice dancing, which requires a strong sense of the musical beat. He is a Grade 5 piano player, which means tempo and m ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
... ang Wai's land area is privately owned. As such, the company managing the area should not shirk responsibility for the massive cutting of trees, adding that it is unacceptable for trees to be cut at s ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01