... 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
... struction land area in the city area will be limited within 1,772 square kilometers. The city will have six sub-centers by then. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb. 22. Tra ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
The Hong Kong government said it will release land supply in the coming fiscal year that could provide 28,600 homes, including 19,200 units from its land sale program, the highest since 2010. The 28,6 ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... ng to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to re-route the 50-kilometer Cross Island Line around the Central Catchment Nature Reserve near the MacRitchie Reservoir, rather than through it, Reuters repor ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
Property sales at Sino Land Co. Ltd. (00083.HK) jumped 75.7 percent to HK$7.19 billion for the six months to Dec. 31 as three luxury projects in the New Territories and a high-end development in Wan C ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd., said. Meanwhile, Midland Realty chief executive Sammy Po called more transparency in the real estate policy and a time table for the removal of restrictions. Other ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... ostly for land reform. Based on a Hawaii court ruling, 10 billion pesos (US$210.04 million) was used to compensate about 10,000 victims of human rights abuses. The government hoped to raise US$17.7 mi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... of the island of Borneo. West and East Malaysia are separated by part of the South China Sea. Sabah and Sarawak had gained a substantial degree of autonomy from the British colonial government before ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
... and high land prices. The property market will stabilize after possibly witnessing another 10 percent correction in prices, the tycoon said. New World will not sell its properties at a steep discount ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
Nearly 40,000 people pitched in almost US$1.5 million in a crowdfunding campaign to buy a New Zealand beach for public use. The Awaroa beach in the Abel Tasman National Park on the north coast of Sout ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
Concern groups said a proposal to build a hotel in a green belt on southwestern Lantau island may damage the fragile ecology of the area, Apple Daily reported on Tuesday. The Lantau Development Adviso ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... icts. The land-owning Jat community is relatively affluent and has traditionally been seen as upper caste. They are mainly based in Haryana and seven other states in northern India. The Jats are liste ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
