It is certainly one escapade that the burglar won't forget in a long time. In the early hours of Monday, a man scoping out robbery targets at a Mong Kok residential block got a nasty shock as he sudde ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
... cision to block the appointment of the liberal scholar Johannes Chan Man-mun as one of the university’s pro vice chancellors. Following the meeting that took this decision, Mr. Fung broke the council’ ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-31
... the Lords blocked a finance bill that had been approved by the Commons was in 1909 when the defeat brought down the Liberal government of the day and prompted its successor to pass the Parliament Act ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-28
... le try to block or attempt to surround US vessels, they said, risking an escalation. Given months of debate already in Washington over the first such patrol close to the Chinese outposts since 2012, s ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... to be to block protest groups from being seen by Xi as he passed by. Some Londoners noticed that the welcoming team tossed their red flags in nearby trashcans once he was gone. China has become one o ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
... ailing to block the democrats’ successful bid to thwart the administration’s hopeless constitutional reform proposals. But there is more, and much of it emanates from the divisive personality of the c ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... so, they block the small and emerging players that are so vital to upgrading and transformation. All of this serves to complicate an imperative that is relevant not just to governments, but also to c ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... trying to block change to the teaching on divorced Catholics. They also oppose resolutions that could be interpreted as a weakening of the Church's teaching against homosexual acts. Since his election ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... embers to block Chan’s appointment. Just as with civil disobedience, is there any point in adhering to rules such as preserving confidentiality when they run counter to morality and the public interes ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... Stabroek Block under a license granted by Guyana's government. The company has declined to comment on the dispute. The Essequibo, a sparsely populated region of thick jungle, functions in practice as ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
... place to block a railway track used by migrants to enter the EU's Schengen zone of border-free travel. Hungary later declared the low-level airspace over its border fence closed but allowed a trickle ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
A Republican-backed effort to kill the Iran nuclear agreement was narrowly blocked in the US Senate, clearing the way for the deal's implementation. It was perhaps President Barack Obama's greatest fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
President Barack Obama has enough votes to carry a divisive nuclear deal with Iran. On Tuesday, he secured 41 votes in the US Senate, just enough to block a final vote on a measure seeking its defeat. ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... Greece to block its overflights and is waiting for the Greek decision, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Monday. “Until there is a reaction from ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... tenement blocks and subdivided flats, has 20.4 hectares of undeveloped residential land. Non-governmental organization Liber Research Community said in a 2013 paper that the 2,153.7 hectares of idle ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... that can block UV light and rain as well as serve as a potent symbol for democracy activists, was nowhere in sight even though the parade was held under bright sunlight. A Mingpao Daily picture captu ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
In the wake of Hong Kong's crisis of lead-contaminated water comes news that seawater, used for flushing toilets, was flowing out of the freshwater taps in a residential block in Kwun Tong. Tenants in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... and road blockades were cleared away by police, the Liaison Office has paid more than US$70 million for at least 62 new apartments, according to a Reuters review of more than 500 land registry record ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... building block in the public housing project. The woman, surnamed Wong, was rushed to hospital where she was declared dead. Responding police officers found her son still asleep in the flat. They lat ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
