... 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
... ording to Land Registry records, IHG has leased back the hotel for a monthly rental of HK$18.1 million since October. The rental is fixed until 2030 which works out to HK$3.2 billion, less than half ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... riculture land Foreign investments in agribusiness were previously regulated in the same way as other business investments. Now investments in Australian agribusiness are subject to lower thresholds r ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... nt of its land mass. Last year, they received 11.7 million visitors. Dr. Cheng Luk-ku, division head of scientific research and conservation of Green Power, said these country parks not only promote b ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... from mainland Burning smartphone sparks MTR panic Some fake Cognac made in China toilet was bound for Hong Kong iPhone 6 fakes to land in China ahead of the real thing ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
A Hong Kong developer and 11 indigenous villagers face sentencing on Friday after being convicted of fraud over secret deals to sell land rights. They were found guilty of making false claims that the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... Henderson Land tried "live now, pay later" for the High Park project in Cheung Sha Wan and also at "The Reach", a joint venture in Yuen Long with New World Development. Such sales gambit is believed t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... ing might land her in jail. Still, she found the mission worthwhile to take the risks. “I agreed with Psihoyos that the statistics wouldn’t be good enough to arouse public awareness on environmental p ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
... identify land for housing development. Beneath this façade, however, lie all kinds of undercurrents against public rental housing in various districts. Some complain about obstructed ventilation, whi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
