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
... ng at the town center and public housing buildings, one finds it quite hard to believe that this village is part of Sheung Shui. The town used to be a fertile plain of rice paddies and farms. Traces ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... s old downtown area, calling for some ancient structures and homes to be pulled down. Amid the demolition drive, people sensed an opportunity to find jade, an ornamental rock mineral that is consider ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
“Having lived in Tseung Kwan O for a few years, I can honestly say that living in prison is probably more bearable.” That’s my friend's tongue-in-cheek response when I, a Kennedy Town resident, told h ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
Hysan Development Co. Ltd. (00014.HK) has won a Court of Final Appeal ruling against the Town Planning Board (TPB) over height limits in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. The court ruled that TPB should reco ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... i Kiu new town project could be the largest and most ambitious in decades. Under the plan, Hung Shui Kiu, a quiet neighborhood southwest of Yuen Long, will be turned into a self-contained new town of ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... ndustrial town east of Pittsburgh. He was the son of a greenskeeper and later club pro at the Latrobe Country Club. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
... sland and Town Island -- as well as many other small islets. Wang Chau is the smallest amongst the four key islands. Its most notable landmark is the Wang Chau Kok Cave (橫洲角洞) in the eastern part of t ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-23
... as out of town at the time. He also explained that his duty as chairman of the steering committee on land supply, a position he still holds, is to ensure that the Wang Chau project contributes to the ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... s. From a town planner's perspective, it might sound fair enough, but from the public point of view, such arrangements give the impression that the administration is in cahoots with powerful clan lead ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
... re in New Town Plaza. Lam said her two-year-old grandson was hit by Huang’s daughter, leading to angry exchange of words between the two sides. Moments later, the two families ran into each other at ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
... ighboring town of Elizabeth, was also behind a bomb that exploded on the New Jersey shore on Saturday, a device found near the New York blast, and up to six more devices found near the Elizabeth train ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
Mui Wo, a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island, is a perfect place for a holiday retreat. Twenty minutes away from the bus terminal is Yuen’s Mansion. Built by Yuen Wah-chiu, a high-rankin ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-09
