Two people were killed and 16 others were injured on Monday after a Citybus double-decker bound for Hong Kong Island crashed into a mid-sized lorry that had stalled in the middle of West Kowloon Highw ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-07
A man who was reported missing over the weekend after joining a three-day trail running event in Lantau Island has been found safe and sound, with authorities saying it was a case of false alarm. Acco ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-04
... ed on the island about a year ago. To plug loopholes in the law, the Security Bureau has proposed an amendment to the law to enable the government, by means of a signed directive from the chief execut ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-04
... “China’s island-building and military activities in the South China Sea threaten your sovereignty, security and therefore economic livelihood as well as that of the United States,” he told a news con ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
... said the island will not accept any deal that destroys its sovereignty and democracy. China’s policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office, in the government’s first official response to the Kuomintang’s peac ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-27
... rtificial island where the building is situated. A passenger voiced fears that the incident could portend serious subsidence of the artificial island on which the Passenger Clearance Building is locat ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-26
... Hong Kong Island (17.86 percent), New Territories East (13.17 percent) and Kowloon East (7.59 percent). The SoCO also noted that McRefugee numbers in New Territories West and New Territories East have ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-25
Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun said the first phase of the Lantau reclamation project will begin as soon as 2025 with the aim of constructing an artificial island with an area of about ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-21
... er on the island about a year ago. To plug loopholes in the law, the bureau has proposed revision of the ordinance to allow the government, on a signed order from the Chief Executive, to adopt a one-o ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-21
... with the island's hospitals known to offer faster treatment, at affordable price. Over the years, Hong Kong people have become used to long queues and slow service at the city's public hospitals. The ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-20
The Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor Link (CWB) will be fully open from 7 a.m. on Sunday, about a month after its partial opening, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The full c ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-19
As part of an exchange program in South Korea held in October last year, I had a chance to visit the Songdo International Business District, a smart city on a reclaimed island near the Incheon Interna ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-18
... the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, and objected to handing billions in incentives to a company run by Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man. State Senator Michael Gianaris, who represents Que ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-15
... example, Island East ranks 12th globally, edging out Shinjuku in Tokyo. Even Kowloon East, Hong Kong’s newest business district, now ranks 33rd globally, outcompeting European cities such as Paris, F ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-14
... northern island of Hokkaido, which followed severe typhoons that damaged airports and transport infrastructure in western Japan. Businesses were quick to resume normal operations after these disaster ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-14
... er on the island a year ago. Taiwanese police have sought to question a 19-year-old Hong Kong man who is suspected to have killed his girlfriend and stuffed her body in a suitcase before returning to ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-13
