... en was in town to attend a forum entitled "Governance in Hong Kong: Are the pillars crumbling?" over the weekend. Hong Kong's last British colonial governor, commonly known as "Fat Peng" due to his fo ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-28
... build her town while she earns money as well. She and nine women were on a team led by an experienced carpenter. They had received 15 days of professional training and went to different places to help ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
... ed by the Town Planning Board. That’s the reason the field remains as it is today. It is private land but everyone is free to enjoy the space. Parents and children can be seen playing on the grass. My ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... n seaside town on Monday. That came after thousands of migrants were evacuated from the "Jungle" camp where more than 6,000 people were living, most in the hope of making it across the Channel to Brit ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... o various town centers. Time: About 1.5 hours Reference: Government website with map This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Jan. 7, 2015. Translation by Darlie Yiu with additional ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
... e fishing town recently and dredged up live sea urchins from the harbor like it was a necessary activity of their tour, Taiwan’s TVBS news station reports. A fisherman told their tour guide that the s ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
... em to the town of Hammam Al-Alil, 15 km (9 miles) south of Mosul, where the executions took place. The men were shot dead, he said, quoting some of the remaining residents of the villages and people d ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-27
... id shanty-town outside the northern port by bus and were being rehoused at reception centers across the country, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. French officials celebrated the peaceful star ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-25
... rn Somali town of Galkayo on Saturday morning, Reuters reports, citing a maritime official. "It is great to be here today and to bring them home and to hand them over to their embassies and their fam ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
... ns to the Town Planning Board. Nam Sang Wai is frequented by visitors on weekends and holidays, with people enjoying leisurely activities and simply admiring nature. It also plays a key role in preser ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
... Sai Kung Town Center. Then walk to Ham Tin Wan. Hire a private boat at the village store. Alternatively, take a taxi to Sai Wan Pavilion and walk to Sai Wan village. Hire a private boat at the villag ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
Islamist group Boko Haram has released 21 of the 276 schoolgirls it abducted in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok 2½ years ago. Negotiations with the militants were brokered by the International Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
... , Kennedy Town Praya and the observatory of the 118-storey International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. The humpbacked plane, said to be carrying the flight crew and ground staff with their families ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... Chung new town and the Hong Kong International Airport in the north and Lantau Peak and Sunset Peak in the south. About 200 meters away before arriving at the exit of the trail at Pak Kong Au was the ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... oking the Town Planning Ordinance, and carrying out reclamation in Victoria Harbour. However, the Wang Chau housing project saga shows how difficult it could be for the government to tap into brownfie ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... foot New Town Plaza in Sha Tin, one of the city’s largest malls, will expire in 2047, according to its annual report. Will people be allowed to live in their homes for which they have spent decades s ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... nless the Town Planning Board re-zones the site, it cannot be used to build housing estates as proposed, it noted. Kitchee acknowledged that its existing lease will expire in 2017. If it is asked to l ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
... , a small town lying on the China-North Korean border which was designated by the North Korean government as its first ever special economic region. However, just roughly one year after Yang assumed o ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
... ed by the Town Planning Board (TPB) on its new development in Wan Chai. The company claimed that the TPB had overlooked a ruling principle of the Basic Law to "protect the right of private ownership". ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
