... d by Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management, is said to have left Tuen Mun pier at 8:15 am, when visibility at the sea was only 50 meters. The hydrofoil, which was carrying 67 passengers and seven crew ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-21
... and Tong Tak Street, as well as a passenger elevator on Tong Tak Street, is now scheduled to begin at the end of this year and be completed by mid-2019. Fan said that, although the project was offici ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-18
... t in Fung Tak Estate in Diamond Hill has seen its rateable value slip 7 percent to HK$25,560 this year. Comparable public housing units are down between 5 percent and 7 percent. By contrast, The Arch ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
... it would take HK$10 billion to clear up the mess if we decided not to go ahead, and it would probably be even more expensive to restart the project if we decided to suspend it for a further six month ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... om Hawks (TAK) appeared to be responsible. TAK claimed responsibility for the previous car bombing, just a few blocks away, on Feb. 17. That attack targeted a military bus as it waited at traffic ligh ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-14
... to Sheung Tak Estate. The next day, he brought the boy's seven-year old brother to the same place and also molested him, investigators said. Passers-by called the police after seeing Hung acting suspi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
Parents often ask me whether they should enroll their children in kindergartens where English and Cantonese are used as the mediums of instruction, or in those using English and Putonghua instead. Her ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-05
By mid-February, the CSI 300 had fallen more than 18 percent and the Hang Seng Index was down 13 percent. At least half of the losses can be attributed to investor overreaction. Volatility is unavoid ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
... ises were taken over by the Special Branch (SB) of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, the local division of the British MI5, and were later turned into a detention center for political dissidents, unde ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... m Ma Wing-tak and his team, who recently finalized the ingredients and recipe. The team took three days to work on how to pan-fry a perfect fried egg, in which the yolk remains raw, the inner circle o ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
... o-po. Kai Tak district will host the most number of land parcels under the government land sale plan for the coming fiscal year. Seven out of 29 planned residential sites, or 6,000 units, are located ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-26
... nders may take in Beijing's rhetoric on how Hong Kong is degenerating into quasi anarchy, many people are still happy to spend a night in theaters screening productions from across the border, includi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... er Cheung Tak-wah said the fire started in Au's flat. A special investigation team was formed to look into the case. Eastern district council member Chiu Chi-keung said the fire alarms at the housing ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... ntau, Kai Tak and others such as high-speed rail venture will make little progress, Tien warned. The central government should realize that Leung's performance would only fuel more discontent among Ho ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
Norman Chan Tak-Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), wrote recently in his blog that technological innovation can foster “financial inclusion”. At first glance of the artic ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... as at Kai Tak Airport with my family, as we were preparing to jet back to Norway. Frustrated with being torn between Norwegian and Cantonese, and entranced by this delightful new English language I ha ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-20
While the stock market is suffering, mainland real estate firms are providing investors with numerous opportunities in the bond market. Benefiting from the opening up of the mainland bond market, a Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
... rman Chan Tak-lam warned. However, Chan said it is unlikely the city's currency will again face speculative attacks similar to what happened during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the Hong Kong Econo ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... ang’s Lai Tak Tsuen, Ma Tau Kok’s 13 Streets, Wan Chai’s Blue House, Wo Cheong Pawn shop, and Quarry Bay’s Pan Hoi Street, among other familiar neighborhoods in the city. The exhibition is running at ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-08
... f the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. I could hardly believe that I would be taking part in a barbecue in Central, where an inch of land costs an ounce of gold! I recalled the days I was in the crowd dashing ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-08
