... to Middle East-based funds, the report said. The bond was priced just 23 basis points over US Treasuries, helping Hong Kong achieve the lowest spread for a US dollar bond in Asia excluding Japan. Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
... ty in the East Sea (South China Sea) and international laws," the ministry said, adding that a formal complaint had been lodged with the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. Meanwhile, a Chinese foreign ministr ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
... ds in the East China Sea. Relations between Japan and China have soured since Japan bought three of the tiny islands – which China claims and calls the Diaoyu – in 2012. Japan defended the move as an ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
The Energizing Kowloon East office, an agency tasked with overseeing the development of Kowloon East in Hong Kong, plans to preserve some of the district's industrial color even as it transforms the a ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
President Barack wants Saudi Arabia and Sunni nations in the Middle East to play offense with the United States against the Islamic State. Obama told NBC his plan will include more resources short of ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
... Sha Tsui East have gone missing a few times, Ming Pao Daily reported Friday, citing KMB corporate affairs director Vivien Chan. The bus operator started route T270 from Sheung Shui to Tsim Sha Tsui ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-05
Presidents Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed on a ceasefire in Ukraine's east but no details are available, Poroshenko's press service said. Poroshenko spoke to Puti ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-03
... n Kowloon East and nearby districts, associate director Victor Tin was quoted as saying. The acquisition made Sino Land the biggest landlord in Kwun Tong. The consortium plans to develop 1,700 residen ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
... m to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and East Africa. Zheng presented silk, gold and other products to the people of the countries he visited, in exchange for which they provided him with ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
... acing the east wing of the Central Government Offices, was originally scheduled to reopen at the end of August. The government is now saying that more time is needed as construction work aimed at impr ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
After 46 years in operation, it's goodbye to the Wan Chai (East) Ferry Pier. The last ferry will leave at 11:00 p.m. Friday night. A new pier, about 130 meters away, will serve the public, starting f ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
... over the East China Sea, resulting in some overlapping with Taiwan's air defense identification zone. Chinese military aircraft are said to have entered the overlapped area several times since then, ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
... that at least three Malaysian women have travelled to the Middle East since December last year to establish contact with ISIS forces and offer themselves for such a role, the news website said. The c ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
Delays in the South Island Line (East) and the West Island Line rail works could add about 9.8 percent to MTR Corporation's (00066.HK) project costs, sending the combined amount to HK$33.7 billion (US ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
... e British East India Company). Despite all the facts of sub-sovereignty that Hong Kong has, there was little discussion until the Manila bus hostage crisis in 2010 when former Chief Executive Donald T ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
... he Middle East has many causes, but among them is the lack of jobs for young people, especially young men. Yes, demographic slowdown may, as Krugman and others have argued, increase the risk of defici ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
... that at least three similarly provocative incidents occurred earlier this year in the same general location, all in international airspace. However, a statement issued Saturday night by China’s de ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
... au Kok in east Kowloon. "Today we accepted the ice bucket challenge from Wang Chih-jen, founder of Business Next Publishing Corp., and Ping Wong, secretary-general of Internet Society Hong Kong," Chan ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
... th Middle East countries or at feeder airports. Hong Kong passport holders would in the end be allowed visa-free entry, but only after they convince overseas officials that they are not from China, an ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
... nd Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, have been put in place. The three response levels, namely alert, serious and emergency, are based on the risk assessment of the Ebola disease that may affect Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
