When the State Council designated Hengqin island as a special zone in April 2009, Macau thought it had won the lottery. Here was 106.5 square kilometers of land, just 200 meters away at its closest po ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
The Philippines called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to speak in one voice and urge China to halt land reclamation activities in the South China Sea. In a speech to foreign min ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... panel to land on the ballot. In that sense, nothing much has changed since Hong Kong people took to the streets for 79 days last year to press for true democracy. The government did offer a sweetener ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-23
A mainland woman has boasted of adventure on the high seas as she claimed that she attempted to sail to the Huangyan Island to assert the nation's rights over the territory. Huangyan Island, also know ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
The multi-decade boom in Hong Kong real estate has been underpinned by continuous population growth, economic progress, government-controlled land auctions and the developers’ strategy of hoarding hom ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
Hong Kong's railway operator is facing an angry public after leaks were found in a newly built station of the HK$18.5 billion (US$2.39 billion) West Island Land extension. Water has been dripping in f ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... creating landmasses that, if joined together, could create space for another 3,000-meter airstrip. The report said other images suggested China was working to extend another airstrip to that length i ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
China could use islands it is building in the South China Sea to enforce an exclusion zone over the disputed territory. Adm. Samuel Locklear, the United States military commander for Asia, told a cong ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... pgrade to land-based ballistic missiles would modernize its nuclear capability in the region. Russian bombers and patrol planes often enter Japan's northern air space close to Hokkaido and to four sma ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... t sale of land parcels to developers is a good way to boost the URA's income. In the draft that recommended 19 measures for reducing the URA's deficit, the consultant is said to have criticized the ag ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
... of arable land in 2012, compared with 131 kilograms in the United States and 124.3 kilograms in Spain. Pesticide consumption should be cut to 300,000 tons, down from the current 320,000 tons, Zhang sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Beijing must be feeling the pressure from the United States to stop its campaign of turning tiny reefs that it controls in the South China Sea into artificial islands capable of accommodating military ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
... e to find land plots for residential buildings, the government is said to be keen on carving out additional space in the central business districts on the Hong Kong Island for new top-tier office buil ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
... ing their land-purchase plans, Fong said. The firms should focus on supplying smaller units in top-tier cities as high-end, larger units and properties in lower-tier cities will be harder to sell. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
The Lands Department has warned a number of mini storage operators that their businesses in industrial buildings violate the land use restrictions for industrial or warehouse purposes as stated in the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... y through land control points or marine ports, so as to mitigate the negative influence of parallel goods traders from mainland China. It also warned of downward pressure on asset values and property ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... MW X1 and Land Rover Evoque. Many who buy smaller luxury cars are first-time buyers, and carmakers are hoping that by luring them early, they can turn them into long-term loyal customers, the report s ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
... ortage of land in Foshan for local people. So the city’s largest private cemetery, in Shunde, is charging non-locals at least double, and up to 240,000 yuan for the most desirable plots. It is the sam ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
Hong Kong is Pearl of the Orient and Fragrant Harbor to old-timers but it will have a fresh ring to it from the younger generation -- land of the cherry blossom. It will all begin with 3,000 cherry tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
Hong Kong has seen a series of demonstrations recently against mainland tourists, with some protests even turning violent. There has been widespread criticism of the increasingly ferocious xenophobic ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
