... f private land plots, equivalent to seven Victoria Parks, within the village boundaries in New Territories that are classified as green belt by the Town Planning Board (TPB). Under the Town Planning O ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... roposed Island Memorial Centre (IMC), which will be established by a group entity Kerry Warehouse, would provide 120,000 columbarium niches, according to the plan. The project faced opposition from so ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... e the mainland, with all that this implies. First up, because it is a wonderful example of Hong Kong ingenuity, are the football fans who were told that they could not boo when the home team was playi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
... lidity of land leases on the New Territories during a meeting with then Hong Kong governor Sir Murray MacLehose in 1979. Two years later, Deng told Peter Carington, then the British foreign minister, ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
Five land parcels that can supply 2,650 housing units will be put on sale in the first quarter of 2016. They include four government land sites and a residential project at LOHAS Park Station under MT ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
On Dec. 20, a massive landslide destroyed dozens of buildings and killed at least seven people in an industrial park in Shenzhen. At least 70 people are still missing. As Chinese authorities probe loc ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
... rld China Land, a unit of Cheng's New World group, for 7.3 billion yuan. Meanwhile, Evergrande will also buy some properties in Shandong province from Cheng's privately-owned Chow Tai Fook Enterprises ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
Fewer mainland shoppers are coming to Hong Kong for daily necessities following the protests against rampant smuggling and resultant tightening of travel rules for Shenzhen residents wishing to visit ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... ics is a “land grab on government property” and that with data rates in India already being low, eventually “everybody will be on the full and open internet”. Free Basics, a program already offered in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... affic and land use, as well as real-time pollution levels from government monitoring stations and even social media posts. Both Microsoft and IBM secured their first government clients last year after ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... economic land belt including countries along the original Silk Road through Central and West Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and a new sea route that links China to South and Southeast Asia ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
The Hong Kong government must focus on some of the so-called brownfield sites in order to unlock more land for housing development and rein in home prices, a civic group said on Sunday. According to t ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... s, citing Land Registry data. One property that was bought with borrowed funds from financing companies in 2014 had been repossessed. A foreclosed property in Tai Po, also bought in 2014, had been rem ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... face hard-landing risk. Two of China’s three growth engines are problematic. Exports have suffered, as its two rivals, Germany and Japan, have sharply weakened their currencies. The nation also faces ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
... twist and land as light as a feather. Emily took my part as the ballerina, and Mavis is the tin soldier. The music starts, and Mavis begins her slow glide, raising her foot to her head as she sails ac ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... own wonderland, but whenever you need to speak to Marianne, either of them will manifest next to you. And when one of them emerges, Marianne suddenly notices you. She looks up from her seat and listen ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... Henderson Land Development Ltd.'s (00012.HK) 39 Conduit Road tower, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. The apartment, which comes with a rooftop facility, has an aggregate usable area of 5,732 s ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
The Hang Seng Index rebounded to 22,000 points last week but remained range-bound as investors unwound positions before the year ends. Only mainland insurance stocks are likely to outperform and heav ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... trolled islands in the disputed South China Sea. The US angered China last week by approving a new round of weapons sales to Taiwan. China has also been upset with what it sees as provocative US actio ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... y does it land the South China Morning Post and Sunday Morning Post, the deal also puts a range of magazine titles in Ma's stable. Then there are other assets such as recruitment, outdoor media, event ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
