... both mainland China and Hong Kong in the same place. This issue has hung around for more than five years, and yet no one is able to offer a feasible solution. It is true that the co-location arrangem ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... ng to the Land Registry and the Estate Agents Authority. There were 21,000 property agents at the time. Home buyers and sellers have been quick to use the low transaction volume to their advantage, pu ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
China has almost finished building a 3,000-meter-long airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly archipelago, Reuters reported, citing new satellite photograph ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
Land sales in the first quarter of the fiscal year that started in April will only add 4,510 flats to the housing supply, about 30 percent less than the projected 6,300 units, Apple Daily reported on ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
As an academic year ends and a bunch of fresh graduates enter the job market in Hong Kong, there is a significant change in the attitude of the youth on the prospect of working in the mainland. A surv ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
... ore food, land, water, and energy to raise and transport than plants, increased demand for meat depletes natural resources, places pressure on food production systems, damages ecosystems and fuels cli ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
... ng to the Land Registry, the first to fifth floors of the building had been purchased by Eagle Crown Holdings for HK$130 million in September last year. Eagle Crown is owned by Chu & Lau Nominees ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... migrants landing in Italy and Greece. The European Commission demanded an immediate explanation after Hungary stopped accepting foreigners returned there from other EU states for their asylum request ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
... ly on mainland capital in the second quarter. The Shanghai market has rallied 43.4 percent over the last six months, while Shenzhen market has surged nearly 95 percent. However, foreign investors are ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
... und risky land and property deals. As the real-estate market slows, state-owned banks that did much of the lending are vulnerable. The municipal bonds are aimed at allowing local governments to refin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
... bars. The Lands Department said anyone who sets up a farm on the rooftop of an industrial building is violating the title deed of the property. Lam said he had sold the property to a buyer, who subseq ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
I recently read an American magazine article about O’ahu. O’ahu is the most populous island in Hawaii – the island that includes Honolulu and landmarks like Pearl Harbor and Waikiki Beach. A heading i ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is only one of China's financial initiatives designed to improve the regional investment landscape. Others include another development bank, the New Dev ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... pers will land that massive contract as well, but it isn’t guaranteed, the Russian firm's president, Vladimir Yakunin, was quoted as saying. Zhu Ying, president of Eryuan Engineering, said the design ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... ed in mainland China will not be practiced in the city, and that Hong Kong's capitalist system and life-style will remain unchanged, for 50 years. Initially, it seemed that there was little to worry a ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
... aty. Many land leases, for instance, are up in 2047, Leong says. But Wong wants to make sure that Hong Kong's historic journey to a new chapter will be anchored in genuine democracy. Pro-democracy act ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
China is about to complete some of the land reclamation work on Nansha Islands, also known as Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, the nation's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. "China will comple ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
... stem. The Land Transport Authority and the city’s bus companies have launched a service called Intelligent Route Information System. Commuters can check when the next bus will arrive by checking the e ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... ctares of land and 22 hectares of the harbour from Wan Chai to North Point. According to a government study, the existing harbourfront lacks uniqueness, personality, attractions and activities. The pl ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... s each to land face up for the next president? This is the classic “guns versus butter” debate over how resources, from dollars to presidential attention, should be allocated. Second, what are the pur ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
