... 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
... from the island's air force and its chairmen were mostly retired air force officers. Compared with the pay scale of fighter pilots, the salary and fringe benefits of China Airlines pilots had been ve ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-13
... s in Long Island City in New York’s Queens borough, and in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C, and expects to get more than IS$2 billion in tax credits and incentives with plans to apply for mo ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-11
... ns on the island. “Not enough mainlanders last year,” he said. “Yes, we had Thais, Filipinos and Malaysians and we welcome them. But they do not spend enough. Their countries are poorer than China. We ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-08
