Question of the day: How long would Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Norman Chan Tak-lam need to slog before he can buy Twelve Peaks? Answer: About 70 years. On his current salary, he has ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
... nt on Kai Tak Mansion in Kowloon Bay, the annual rent on Hong Kong Plaza in Sai Wan, three months' rent from shops at the Royal Garden Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui or four months' rent from Metroplaza in Kw ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
... me at Kai Tak Mansion, or four months of rental income from Metroplaza in Kwai Fong, or three months of rental income from Royal Garden Hotel’s shopping arcade. Chan is currently the HKMA chief execu ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
... 2. Cheung Tak-hong, chairman of the Hospital Authority committee said, the increase could be due to environmental factors, the increase in the number of mothers getting pregnant at an older age, and i ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
... rman Chan Tak-lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, said the investment outlook for the second half is uncertain. The sustainability of the economic recovery in the United States r ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-30
... rman Chan Tak-lam, chief executive of the city's de facto central bank, wrote on his blog Monday. The city needs the strong "fortress walls" and powerful "weaponry" to defend itself if and when it is ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
... ed, which takes about 75 minutes, it can cover up to 500 kilometers, about the same distance as a conventional car on a full tank. However, there are not enough charging stations in Hong Kong. Two sup ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-24
... ssman Yam Tak-cheung and Wayne Hsieh, co-founder of ASUSTeK, must have picked the whale as a symbol of its corporate mettle. Aside from its bulk, the marine mammal is known for its warm-blooded nature ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
... rman Chan Tak-lam. Marking his first five years at the de facto central bank's helm, Chan said in his blog on the authority's website that while the high leverage growth in the property mortgage marke ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
... man Chung Tak-cheung, who attended the meeting. And the groups touched upon the topic of Occupy Central. Lam focused on how that will impact the police in performing their duty and whether they have s ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-10
... al in Kai Tak area, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. The cruise will debut in March next year, with the vessel stopping at over 28 destinations, the travel agency's chief executive Leung Kong- ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
... . The Kai Tak Fantasy International Ideas Competition is part of the Energizing Kowloon East campaign run by the Development Bureau's Energizing Kowloon East Office. Suggestions from the winning bid w ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
Hong Kong police is taking Sunday's fatal shooting incident in Kai Tak district very seriously and will look into how the attacker, who shot himself dead after killing a fellow resident of a public ho ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
... irs Tsang Tak-sing, who was jailed for taking part in anti-British activities during the 1967 riots. Leung Yan-wing, associate professor of education policy and leadership at the Hong Kong Institute o ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
Social workers missed the signs in their previous encounters with Li Tak-yan, the Hong Kong gunman who killed himself after a standoff with police Sunday, neighbors told Apple Daily. "Li was always ta ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
... ather, Li Tak-yan, 51, was found dead after officers surrounded his flat in Lok Ching House in a massive police operation. Li is suspected of fatally shooting 43-year-old air-conditioning technician L ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
... d the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. The Planning Department will put the Tai Hom museum proposal to the Wong Tai Sin District Council in July at the earliest, according to sources. -- Contact us at english ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-29
Another remnant of Old Hong Kong is set to disappear with the demolition of a historic pawn shop in Wan Chai, Apple Daily reported Friday. The Tung Tak pawn shop and an adjacent building, grade III hi ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-23
... the Shun Tak ferry terminal in Sheung Wan, signing up Sands China as its first client. SCMP has also secured an exclusive contract to manage billboards at Top Glory Tower in Causeway Bay and the Jumb ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... t for Kai Tak, the site of the former airport. The government submitted documents to the Legislative Council on Tuesday for discussions at a meeting of the panel on development scheduled for next week ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
