... nd enough land to accommodate the extra population. The former colonial government passed the “Country Parks Ordinance” and introduced systematic afforestation across the territory in 1976 in order to ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... ol of Thailand -- on their way to Buckingham Palace. After all, in the 1950s, when Xi was a mere child and Elizabeth was already queen, chairman Mao Zedong set for China the seemingly impossible goal ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... farm more land than monogamous ones in the same village, the Thomson Reuters Foundation said, citing a study involving 3,500 households in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
... nd of the land and maritime Silk Roads, and a major hub of the internationalizing renminbi. Add to that British prowess in international finance, technology, logistics, culture and entrepreneurship, a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... xtend the land lease from 15 years after the last contract expired in 2012. HKJC is temporarily renting the premises from the government, pending a new lease, Sing Tao Daily reports. The proposal cove ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
Former financial secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung called on the government to allocate some of the land reserved for country parks for residential use to provide homes to about one million people, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... "borrowed land and time". The US, meanwhile, has achieved its economic growth through "borrowed money and talents". If China can overhaul its intellectual property rights protection system and create ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
... red large land reserves and established a presence in key areas all across the country. The company has branches in the seven pilot cities for cross-border e-commerce importing business, namely Ningbo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
... ological, land-based macro-debris and micro-debris, coastal floating litter and underwater litter. The situation was found to be more serious at Island House in Tai Po, Sai Kung Little Palm Beach and ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
Britain is increasing efforts to encourage Chinese trade and investment in the country while welcoming more mainland tourists and students, a senior official said. “In recent years, we have attracted ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... e for mainland corruption and money laundering. Massive wealth vanished like a bubble. Also, Macau has increasingly felt the impact of limited land and other resources amid the rapid growth over the l ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... opped mainland women from having babies here to make hospital beds available to local mothers and to prevent mainland babies from being born here so they would acquire Hong Kong residency and benefits ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
... inting to land constraints, government officials say it is unrealistic to expect any dramatic change in the situation, and that one should learn to take both the positive and negative aspects in strid ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
... ino-Ocean Land and China’s largest electricity company, State Grid Corp of China. Cornerstone investors in Hong Kong commit funds toward an IPO and agree to buy at the float price but are tied to hold ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
Orient Overseas International (00316.HK) chairman Tung Chee-chen has urged the government to support the logistics and shipping industry by providing land for construction of more piers and terminals. ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
... f natural land surrounding Kam Sheung Road Station on the West Rail Line be designated as a high-end residential area where MTR Corp. (00066.HK) will be given the contract to build 8,700 luxury homes. ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... rious mainland provinces. The city offers a good combination of east and west in terms of architecture, culture and dining. Cha chaan teng, or "Hong Kong-style teahouse", serves milk tea, pastries, sp ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... rpool, England. The historic house has a pitched roof built with timber rafters, purlins and ceramic tiles without the use of a single drop of glue. Not many builders know how to make such sophisticat ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
There is a famous Chinese saying that “wealth never survives three generations”. That may apply in mainland China, but not in the rest of Asia. That may be why no mainland-based family made it onto th ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
... " sea and land trade routes across Eurasia and the internationalization of the yuan signal the government’s enthusiasm for further cross-border trade, infrastructure projects and foreign exchange fina ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
