A legislative councilor has urged the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority to streamline plans for the arts hub after estimated costs for a 17-hectare basement at the site ballooned to HK$23 billi ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-29
... cademy at West Point, Obama outlined a doctrine of multilateralism, saying the modern era necessitates the strengthening of international institutions. Pragmatism requires the US to maintain a strong ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-29
... south to west of the Russian capital, Sobyanin said, comparing it to the Greater Paris project which also aims to develop the French capital and its suburbs into a thriving 21st-century metropolis. “ ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
... ngh said. Western Europe has topped FDI in India in recent years, taking up 40.5 percent of the total foreign direct investment in India from 2007 to 2012, followed by the US with 30.2 percent. Meanwh ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... with the West has soured following the Ukraine crisis. The contract is worth US$400 billion and is the largest such deal, media reports quoted Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller as saying. "We hav ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... London's West End. Its international tour premiered in Dublin in September 2004 and has been seen by more than 4.3 million in 74 cities in 35 countries. The Hong Kong leg is part of a world tour that ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-20
... ty on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. It is reported that the city’s resident population is now two times the number of its hukou registration holders. A new home in Xiamen sells for 21,869 yuan ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
... Hill Road West area, beating 15 other developers, the Lands Department said. The price works out to almost HK$31,000 per square foot. The developer plans to build 20 to 30 low-density luxury houses on ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
... en-day US west coast tour, which it says will help widen the students' horizons and let them practise their English. The school is also offering a five-day trips to Singapore for HK$8,170 per person. ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
... g 12 east-west power supply channels, including four UHV AC power transmission lines, five UHV direct current lines and three conventional 500-kilovolt networks. These include a line between Yaan in S ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-14
A year after Holland artist Florentijn Hofman sailed his mega Rubber Duck sculpture into Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong is in for another Dutch treat. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has tap ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-13
... from the West would be strong, and the sanctions already imposed have had a negative impact on Russia. He would be much better off waiting until later or moving very slowly now. Some of Putin’s close ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-13
... round the west-east gas pipeline managed by its pipeline subsidiary, and all shares will be transferred after its establishment, PetroChina said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The assets ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-13
... ey to the West", suffers from low viewership, prompting some netizens to comment that the broadcaster is doing a great public service by forcing Hong Kong's children to stop watching TV. ATV is also ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
Tim Bredbury Manchester City took a huge step towards winning the Premier League title after their mid-week 4-0 win over Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium. They now need a draw against West Ham at home to ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-09
... project's West Kowloon terminus. Cheung admitted there were flaws in the selection process. Democratic Party legislator Wu Chi-wai said establishing the team is just one way for the government to ham ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-09
... a and the West, especially when it comes to healthcare, strongly resembles this sugar-daddy dynamic. For decades, healthcare innovations have been copied from developed countries, perhaps with slight ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-09
... ee of the West Kowloon Project and chief executive of the Mandatory Provident Fund Authority. -- Contact us at [email protected] VW/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... e for the West Kowloon terminus. The project had been scheduled for completion in 2015, but the delay pushed back the start of its commercial operation to at least 2017. The Secretary for Transport a ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
... gion, and Western sanctions have further unnerved already skittish investors. From 2002 to 2007, and again after the global financial crisis in 2008-2009, capital flows to emerging economies surged, a ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-05
