... turn its landlocked neighbor into a vassal state – just as it had “assimilated” the kingdom of Sikkim in 1975. Having terminated the centuries-old monarchy and declared the country a republic, Nepal’ ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
Some people opt to stay back and live in the land of their birth, while some make their way to foreign lands, sometimes just drifting into a particular place. There's no right or wrong in whatever pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... e. In mainland China, home prices will diverge greatly from city to city. There are two indexes frequently used to evaluate investments in residential property: the ratio of the home price to househol ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... icks. The landscape was transformed at a rapid rate. Now, it is a desert, and the ruins of temples and shrines are pockmarks on once-fertile land that fed half a kingdom. Over 2,000 holy sites still ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... s biggest landlords would react given that the HK$86 billion Leung mentioned is more than what they made in the past year combined. No.1 landlord Sun Hung Kai Properties made US$31 billion, followed b ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... for more land to be made available for housing development. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... Henderson Land are offering inducements including stamp-tax rebates, first and second mortgages to keep buyers coming, the report said. The strategy has helped the developers avoid outright price cuts ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-11
... enough to land her in the top 10. The most talked about movies in the world include Furious 7, the last movie of Paul Walker, which was shown after his tragic car crash. It is eclipsed only by Star Wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... omic hard landing owing to a structural rebalancing toward a new economy that relies on services and household consumption. This can be seen in the overtaking of the secondary sector by the fast-growi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... acres of land in Chile and neighboring Argentina for preservation. VF Corp., the biggest jeans maker, which is based in Greensboro, North Carolina, acquired North Face for about US$25 million in 2000 ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... ld affect land prices as well as local government revenues. Transferring oversupply into public housing can achieve multiple goals. Companies can sell their inventory to government at cost, which woul ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... zation of Land Transportation Owners. The group claimed Uber violated Indonesian laws by not having a taxi license, setting its own fares, and making transactions with credit cards. During the three-m ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... , system, land and capital to increase effective supply and bolster economic growth momentum. On the macro level, the government might cut some taxes. However, it has to launch sweeping reforms on the ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
A group of indigenous villagers is planning an appeal after a judge sentenced them to prison for fraud over secret deals to sell land rights. On Friday, Judge Sham Siu-man sentenced them to 30-34 mont ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
... tracts of land for property development, the well-tested method used in the past to boost its funds and pay for new investment. Meanwhile, let us not forget that all this, one way or another, is publi ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-05
... Lantau Island, which will become a new centre for retail, business, tourism and exhibitions. Also, the soaring number of passengers commuting between Hong Kong and Shenzhen requires a review of the e ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-05
... tamp duty land tax (SDLT) will be charged on second homes and buy-to-lease investments valued at over 40,000 pounds (US$60,300) in England and Wales. Investors will have to pay a 3 percent surcharge o ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. (00012.HK), donated a 63,000 square foot site at Ma Tin Pok for Po Leung Kuk -- which provides support for children and women, education and other social services - ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... ution and landmark breakthroughs in extraction technologies, like hydraulic fracturing, have made the nation less dependent on oil from the Middle East. Although the oil price slump – US$40 per barrel ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. (03333.HK) has agreed to buy 13.5 billion yuan (US$2.11 billion) worth of mainland properties from New World China Land Ltd. (00917.HK). The deal involves 60 percent ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
