Ask anyone where Town Island (伙頭墳洲) is and you'll probably get a blank stare. Possibly nine in 10 Hongkongers have not heard of it. But if you try its other name, Dawn Island, you'll get a positive r ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
... cturesque town on the island. But the dreamers need to face up to the reality of the harsh business world. If you open a little eatery or coffee shop in Taipei, the rent can be exorbitant. If you opt ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
... he Syrian town of al-Bab. But they stopped short of confirming Adnani's death. On Tuesday, Islamic State said one of its most prominent and longest-serving leaders was killed in an apparent US aitr s ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
... y, in the town of Kumrovec in Croatia, the birthplace of former Yugoslav president Marshal Josip Broz Tito, the legendary strongman is still revered. From the local museum built in his memory to the l ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-30
... es around town, Aveline Gregoire's version is played through a Facebook group called "Chasseurs de livres" ("Book hunters"), Reuters reports. Players post pictures and hints about where they have hidd ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
... he resort town of Villeneuve-Loubet, Reuters reports. The ruling may set a precedent for the dozens of French towns that have also ordered burkini bans. The issue has become politically charged at the ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
... round the town. President Tayyip Erdogan said the operation was targeting both Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG militia, whose gains in northern Syria have alarmed Turkey. Ankara views the YPG as an ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
... rdest-hit towns of Amatrice, Pescara del Tronto and Accumoli close to the epicenter. The number of victims rose steadily throughout the day as rescue crews searched the rubble for dozens of missing pe ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
... re in New Town Plaza. Lam said her two-year-old grandson was hit by Huang's daughter on the afternoon of May 9, leading to angry exchange of words between the two sides. Moments later, according to L ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
... , Sha Tin Town Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. The tickets were sold out within hours after the counters opened at 10 am Monday. Many people began queuing ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-23
... , Sha Tin Town Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Each person can purchase a maximum of two tickets. According to Metro Daily, the tickets are priced at HK$20 ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-18
... Sai Kung Town Centre, or route 96R to Diamond Hill MTR station (Sundays and public holidays only). Time: About 7 hours (if exit by private boat trip) or 14 hours (if returning from the same path on f ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
... rcelona's town hall said on Wednesday it would fine both Airbnb and fellow online rental firm, Homeaway, 60,000 euros (US$66,918) each, Reuters reports. If the companies continue to refuse to regulate ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-12
... As far as town planning is concerned, we have lost Lee Tung Street, Choi Yuen village, the northeastern New Territories and the northern Lantau Island one after the other, and we are on the brink of l ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
Breweries are popping up all over the city, and craft beer bars are taking up sizeable spaces in areas ranging from Kennedy Town to Ap Lei Chau. Not seen on this scale before, craft brewers are creati ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... ." Across town at the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship group, the tone was less conciliatory. "What will we do next? Tell Prayuth that, although it seems he is winning, this is not a vic ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
The Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte identified about 160 incumbent and former town mayors and executives, judges and policemen allegedly linked to the illegal drugs trade, stepping up a name-an ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... me in the town of Darya, a suburb of Damascus, to escape relentless bombardment by Syrian armed forces. Having already lost a year of primary education in his hometown, where it was simply too dangero ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-04
... more new towns. Our town planners and bureaucrats are all firm believers in the town planning doctrines laid down by English town-planning expert Ebenezer Howard back in 1898. According to his doctr ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
... ing-class town near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was leading prayers. "They forced him to his knees and he tried to defend himself and that's w ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
