Scuffles have broken out as police forced migrants from a train in Hungary as Europe struggled with a worsening humanitarian crisis. In Brussels, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban described the si ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Hong Kong rents are being slashed 30-40 percent in prime retail locations amid lackluster sales. These include Russell Street in Causeway Bay where Emperor Watch & Jewellery Ltd. (00887.HK) has re ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, concerned about the message a massive show of force will send a region already worried by China's growing military assertiveness. The DPP's Tsai Ing-wen, who is th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Singapore voters will give Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a report card at the Sept. 11 election on his government's economic policies. Lee will find out if he’s done enough to stem a decline in suppo ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered near Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on Sunday to oppose legislation allowing the military to fight overseas, the latest sign of public mistrust in Prime ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad has called for a "people's power" movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal, Reuters reported. Joining anti-government protesters ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... olize the prime location along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in the name of renovating the Avenue of Stars, is in fact implemented as a “Public Private Partnership” program rather than through just ano ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ounded by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's father, the late Lee Kuan Yew, and in power since six years before independence in 1965, is keen to tap national pride in the aftermath of the Aug. 9 festiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
... ustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose country is heavily exposed to China, the biggest consumer of its commodity exports. "It is not unusual to see stock market corrections. It is not unusual to ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is skipping a Sept. 3 military parade in Beijing to mark the Japanese surrender in World War II. Also, he has no plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping around that date. ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will soon call for a general election as he announced plans to make state housing more affordable and raise the re-employment age for elderly workers, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Greece faces a snap election after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to reboot his leadership with a clean slate after the chaos over a controversial economic bailout from the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... ready for prime time in the global economy. But China has been taking concerted steps to expand the use of the renminbi including signing swap agreements with more than two dozen countries, actively e ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... ht. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, meanwhile, urged the main suspect to surrender to the police because he might otherwise "get killed to stop him from talking". Prayuth, who has described Mo ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... . British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to Chan, a Hong Kong resident who also holds a British passport. Seven other Hong Kong tourists were injured and sent to hospitals, including Pang’s ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
Emperor International Holdings Ltd. (00163.HK) is bracing for significant cut in rents at some prime properties when the tenancy agreements come up for renewal. The company warns that rents may even d ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... mpletely. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that green groups were threatening growth and Australia’s national interests. Meanwhile, environmental group Greenpeace said the government aims to strip ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. The historic meeting was called to map out strategies to defeat Japan and determine the post-world war order in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
... he south. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha also referred to the man as a suspect without giving details. He said there were "still anti-government groups out there", although he did not elaborate. Pol ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a landmark speech last Friday on the 70th anniversary of Tokyo's surrender at the end of World War II. The original script in Japanese and its English translati ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
