... , the Kai Tak development plan and the West Kowloon Cultural District project. In just a few years, the ventures have seen their cost balloon to an uncontrollable level, with 9 out of 10 projects goin ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... er Cheung Tak-keung said 909 people left voluntarily after giving their ID card details. He said clearing of the Causeway Bay protest site could come any time soon and urged protesters to leave before ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
... going to take the risk and going to be rewarded. You get 6 or 7 percent yield for waiting. If you ignore what happens to the share price [in the next two years], your pension fund will look a lot bet ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
... they will take actions including dispersal or arrest. Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of Students, the two student groups that have been spearheading the protests, and pan-democratic legislato ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... heel will take passengers 60 meters up the air and give stunning views of the city's famous skyline and Victoria Harbour. There will be 42 gondolas, each holding eight to 10 passengers, in the structu ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... f the Kai Tak cruise terminal and Victoria Harbor. Stamp duty alone cost about HK$11 million. It is said that the Liaison Office’s Kowloon working group has moved there early this year. Previously, th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... irs Tsang Tak-sing praised Sik for his efforts to promote Buddhism, arts and culture. Sik was an adviser on Hong Kong affairs and a member of a committee that worked on the establishment of the Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
... irs Tsang Tak-sing. A large portion of the relics found at the site could be traced to the Song Dynasty, including Zhejiang Longquan kiln, Fujian Cizao kiln and Putian porcelain, he said. Hong Kong ma ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
Provisional ferry services will be offered at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal for large events and cruise arrivals. Worldwide Cruise Terminals Consortium (WCT), which operates the new facility, and a group of ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... i Wai-Kai Tak section coming on stream in 2018. -- Contact us at [email protected] KZ/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
... Dr. Tsang Tak-yin of the Hong Kong Society for Infectious Diseases said drinking fountains could spread Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Salmonella, and Legionnaires' disease. It is important tha ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-10
Hongkongers can take four lessons from the unexpected success of the annual Wine & Dine Festival last weekend, Hong Kong Economic Journal columnist T Y Ko wrote on Tuesday. First, the city's busin ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... rman Chan Tak-lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, was quoted as saying. The loss in foreign exchange investment of the fund has expanded to HK$28.4 billion in the third quarter f ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... o the Kai Tak district in Kowloon from the Central Harbourfront amid concerns over the pro-democracy Occupy campaign. The booths set up by winemakers saw their sales double over last year. First-time ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
Norman Chan Tak-lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, called on the pro-democracy activists to end their protest, saying that prolonging the Occupy campaign may weaken the city’s s ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-29
A year after its opening, Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is vacant most of the time. Aiming to make it Asia’s cruise hub, the government pumped HK$8.2 billion (US$1.05 billion) into the two-berth ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
... r of Shun Tak Holdings; and Irene Yau Lee, former Director of Information Services. There are also three honorary advisers: Jao Tsung-I, a master in Chinese poetry and calligrapher and painter; Nobel ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
... ormer Kai Tak airport from Central which has been cut off by the nearly three-week-old protests. However, 20 new exhibitors have signed up, including 15 Michelin-star resturants, five more than last y ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
... Hui Chun-tak of the Hong Kong police's public relations branch, said the police would remove obstacles on Yee Wo Street and Queensway in Admiralty to allow vehicular traffic to resume in the two area ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
Police officer Steve Hui Chun-tak has won the hearts of many pro-democracy students despite tensions between opposite sides of the barricades. Hui, chief superintendent of the police public relations ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
