... ectare of land for the construction of 49 houses under the New Territories Small House Policy. Pak Sha O is a freshwater wetland of high ecological value and is connected with Hoi Ha via a river. If P ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... from mainland China to Hong Kong through land crossings. [Chinese version中文版] -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... d the mainland in the 1950s and throughout the Cultural Revolution, Beijing refrained from retaking Hong Kong, allowing it to develop as a crown colony. Decades later, Beijing would reap a handsome di ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... strip of land where the economy is in turmoil, with 43 percent unemployment, Gaza Sky Geeks receives a steady stream of ideas from the large number of young, tech-savvy people among the territory's 1 ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... f fertile land in the occupied West Bank. The land is near Jordan in an area where Israel already has many settlement farms built on land Palestinians seek for a state. Ban said he is "deeply troubled ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... have the land base for a theme park while Hong Kong has a lot of saturation with Disneyland and Ocean Park. In terms of catchment, there are a lot of opportunities in Guangdong cities such as Zhuhai ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... from the Land Resumption Ordinance and Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations,” he said. “Now Cheung Kong is reaping the benefits, which is yet another typical example of collusion between busin ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... vide more land to increase housing supply, Gale Well Group Ltd. chief executive Jacinto Tong said. Tong warned of a potential 15 percent slide in the prices of smaller units and the segment that attra ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... arm could land its owner in jail for up to 10 years if convicted of violating the firearms and ammunition ordinance, barrister Albert Luk said. -- Contact us at [email protected] BT/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... to change land-use and provide more land for more public housing... should come to the cold shelters to listen to what the street-sleepers said," Leung wrote. The comments drew sharp criticism, with n ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... rd to hit land - it killed over 6,300 people. The Philippines is crazy about glitz and glamour, with numerous pageants dedicated to babies, children, youth, men, women, lesbians and gays organized by ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... vember, a landslide killed 90 people at a Kachin jade mine. Combine all of that with the ceaseless ethnic strife between the 8,000-strong Kachin Independence Army and the largely Bamar central governm ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-23
... canal and land transport system for grain supply, Xi'an became the capital. But Kaifeng, known as Bianzhou in the past, turned itself into a major north-south grain transport hub, eventually replacing ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-23
... ceeds and land sales. The views expressed in this article are those of Yi Zhu, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... iven high land premiums and construction costs, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday. The high construction costs are the result of the government's protection of local labor by barring th ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... y -- high land prices and skyrocketing rent -- there is no way it can realistically help tech startups. Giving away short-term subsidies is not enough. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
Executive councilor Cheung Hok-ming, allegedly derived an economic benefit from a housing project in Tai Po built under the New Territories Small House Policy, hk01.com reported Tuesday. Land Registry ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... hat urban land prices have been bid up while the environment’s “carrying capacity” has been exhausted. Then there are demographic challenges. The working-age population has peaked and the share of ret ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... large mainland cities have always been a magnet for people from small cities, towns and villages. That's the reason big cities are getting more densely populated and are the focus of corporate investm ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
The Planning Department expanded the village-type development zone in Pak Sha O, Sai Kung, by 140 percent in its zoning plans issued last month. The extra land could be used to build 29 “small houses ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
