High Junk Peak, one of the "treacherous peaks" of Sai Kung, is a relatively much easier hike than Sharp Peak, its elder sibling. With an altitude of 344 meters, it is a 6-kilometer-long mountain ridge ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan, made three promises in his election campaign but he is having difficulty fulfilling them. Public transport in London is the world’s most expensive after a sharp rise in ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... nounced a sharp increase in first-registration vehicle tax. Leung was forced to resign over the scandal and donated HK$190,000 to charity, twice the amount he saved from the car purchase. -- Contact u ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... address a sharp rise in euroscepticism across the continent. A Brexit vote could deal a potentially fatal blow to the career of Prime Minister David Cameron, who called the referendum and campaigned f ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
... , and any sharp increase could be a policy mistake. If so, the US economy could reach an inflection point. Capital expenditure of non-financial firms in the US fell again in the first quarter of this ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
... n for his sharp vision and he has managed to make the most value from his investment in Yahoo, Betfair and Alibaba. It’s questionable why Sun would give up Supercell. In the mobile game business, as i ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
Foxconn Technology Group is planning to close struggling units of Sharp Corp. after completing its US$3.5 billion acquisition of the Japanese electronics company. Founder and chairman Terry Gou told F ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
Home price growth in China's biggest cities is showing signs of easing but sharp gains appear to be spreading to smaller cities. The trend is making it harder for the government to craft policy to sup ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-20
Tai To Yan (大刀屻) -- "the blade of a broadsword" -- is a treacherous peak with razor-sharp ridges and crags in Lam Tsuen Country Park in the northern New Territories that awaits fit and experienced adv ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
... ported. A sharp slowdown in US hiring in May had fueled doubts about the strength of the labor market going into the Fed's policy meeting. Yellen acknowledged the need to see clear signs of economic ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Gold price rally appears to have run out of steam after a sharp uptick on June 3. But the yellow metal is still up 2.4 percent this month as a dismal US jobs report has bolstered expectations that th ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
... mics. The sharp drop in international prices for commodities, such as oil and copper, together with a slowing Chinese economy, has reduced the region’s export earnings and accentuated domestic economi ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
... y to post sharp declines. By contrast, some investors are betting heavily on yuan depreciation. The price of bitcoin surged to its highest in nearly two years last week on the back of a rapid increase ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
... Ng had a sharp edge of the iron bar sticking out of his left upper arm while being told by doctors that only two operating rooms were available on weekends. He had waited 27 hours before he complaine ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-06
... just to a sharp decline in their living standards if they wanted to quit their jobs and live on the basic income. The polls show that most citizens would continue to work if the unconditional basic in ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
... deo. Some sharp-eyed netizens recognised the unique piece of furniture that facilitated the couple's position as being one of QuMei's products. So on Thursday, a quiet and dull trading day, QuMei shar ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
Sharp Peak, High Junk Peak and Tai Yue Ngam Teng are nicknamed the "three treacherous peaks of Sai Kung". Situated in the northeastern part of the Sai Kung East Country Park and rising to a height of ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... ct of the sharp fall in international oil prices, the rationale for these reforms has been evident for much longer. With oil sales generating the bulk of government revenues, and with the public secto ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
Donald Trump said he is unlikely to have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron following the latter's sharp criticism of the US presidential candidate. "It looks like we're not ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
An L-shaped growth for China, as predicted by an "authoritative figure", is not necessarily a bad thing. The forecast calls for a sharp fall in economic growth and a slump lasting more than two years. ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
