China and North Korea will open a border trade zone in the latest effort to boost economic ties despite tension between the countries. The Guomenwan trade zone will cover 40,000 square meters of land ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... te in mainland China. However, since Francis became pope, there has been a chance for Sino-Vatican relations to improve. In March, he told Italian media, "We are approaching China." The pope revealed ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
... rs in mainland China. Gambling accounts for 50 per cent of Macau’s GDP, 84 per cent of fiscal revenue and about 21 per cent of the workforce. No one anticipated the dramatic impact on Macau of Preside ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... rights to land development in the complex, hoping to earn from future leases. Also, it is considering selling naming rights to buildings. Translation by Vey Wong [Chinese version中文版] -- Contact us at ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
China is offering exploration rights on six oil and gas blocks to private firms in a pilot program aimed at opening the nation's energy resources to non-state entities. The Ministry of Land and Resour ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... sday, the Land Transport Authority said on its Facebook page. The trains normally arrive at two- to three-minute intervals during the morning peak hours. The North-South link will also be shut from 11 ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... acres of land previously owned by the military, would have seen the construction of hundreds of luxury apartments to meet the strong demand for such homes. Luxury condominiums and grade-A office spac ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Laughing as his cap flew off in the Andean highland wind, Pope Francis flew into Ecuador on Sunday to start a "homecoming" tour of South America, where he will champion the rights of the poor and the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... ng Kong Island via Mong Kok and Central, was HK$1 for a single journey. The bus fare today is HK$9.80. Records show a mid-range, 1,750 sq ft home at Mei Foo estate, which was built in 1968 as one of t ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... ctares of land each year. The city’s housing market correction came to an end and picked up until July 1997. Between 1981 and 1984, housing price tumbled 40 percent to HK$600 per square foot. It rose ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
... 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
