... 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
... keoff and landing (V/STOL) jet fighters in December 2010, and axed two squadrons of Tornado GR.MK1 strike aircraft afterwards, which seriously undermined the air-to-land strike capabilities of the RAF ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
Macau police clashed with rallyists protesting the government's decision to reclaim the land earlier awarded to a developer who failed to finish the residential project within the legal time limit. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... , and the land was farmed and exploited for its forest resources. In the days after the accident, the area’s human residents were evacuated with their farm animals to protect them from high levels of ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-21
... uccessful land grabs by Da’esh in Syria may attract the most extreme elements of Xinjiang to join their ranks, or at least be inspired to put their twisted ideas into practice without actual support f ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... ns of mainland China are still grappling with housing oversupply. More cities have removed home purchase restrictions, and property developers are keen to offer discounts to boost sales. The central g ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-19
... p small island states, for example, cope with “loss and damages” from sea-level rise. But they rejected demands for formal acceptance of legal liability. This was a reasonable outcome in a difficult s ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... liance on land sales as the main growth engine of the economy. The policy collapsed due to poor formulation and execution, leading to the biggest crash in the property market in Hong Kong history. B ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
... , and the land where the Border Gate building is located, which it rents from the adjoining city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, will now be included in the SAR, it said. Fernando Chui Sai-on, chief ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-17
