Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy Houston, Texas-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. for US$7.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Tokio Marine said the acquisition w ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
For most Hong Kong people, the district of Hengqin in Zhuhai is best known for hosting Chimelong, the world’s largest marine theme park, on its southern tip. It is heavily promoting the pleasures of t ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... rnational marine shipping routes. Ma's latest plan is similar to a 2012 proposal for the East China Sea, which allowed Taiwan and Japan to jointly fish in the contested waters. However, it is unlikely ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-26
... sments by marine archaeologists, the report said. A contractor unearthed the object six meters beneath the seabed while dredging near the old Wan ferry pier for the Central-Wan Chai bypass project. ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
... erns. The Marine Corps move to replace its Sea Knight helicopters at Futenma air base in Okinawa with V-22 Ospreys in 2012 prompted a public outcry on the island as well as in communities in mainland ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
... from the Marine Department, a deal might not have been possible. “The Marine Department won’t allow a sunken boat to sit on the seabed forever,” Ng said. “If the boat's owners do not do anything to g ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
... 2017 and Marine Corps F-35B aircraft, a variant of the Stealth Multirole fighters undergoing testing, will also be delivered to Japan by the same year. Also, aircraft carrier George Washington will b ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
... e rescue, marine research and meteorological observation. It called on Southeast Asian countries to keep their eyes on the “big picture” of integration and development, pointing out that China’s propo ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
Plastic items such as bottles and packages make up the biggest part of marine garbage found along a rocky beach in Cape D'Aguilar in Shek O, the Apple Daily reported Monday, citing the World Wide Fund ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
... s largest marine theme park, a spanking new university with room for 10,000 students and a business district that has, according to official figures, attracted 866 financial companies with registered ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-27
... ncil from marine conservation charity Bite-Back. Subsequent inquiries found the shark fins were being sent by post from Hong Kong in contravention of British import laws. “The parallels between the tr ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... points or marine ports, so as to mitigate the negative influence of parallel goods traders from mainland China. It also warned of downward pressure on asset values and property prices when the US rais ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... enzi. And Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front is polling well ahead of the 2017 French presidential election. Slow job creation and income growth may continue to fuel the populist backlash a ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
Nicolas Sarkozy has boosted his chances of a comeback in 2017 after his center-right party scored a crushing victory in French local elections. Marine Le Pen’s far-right Front National made sweeping g ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... ll fuel a marine economy, offering new solutions to tackle issues such as food and energy. The geographical location of Hong Kong gives the city significant advantage in developing shipping, ocean fin ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... s of some marine life in Jellyfish Lake. Foreign tourists were up 34 percent last year to 141,000, mainly thanks to Chinese arrivals but the economic growth rate did not match the number of visitors, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... - whether Marine Le Pen in France, or Paul Nuttall and the UK Independence Party in the English heartland. Compared to these alarming political developments, Occupy is the acme of moderation. Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... Park, the marine- and conservation-themed park, has brought in three koalas from South Australia, offering an exciting new attraction for animal lovers in Hong Kong. The three animals, all of which ar ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... titute of Marine Science at the University of Hong Kong performed a close visual assessment of the animal on Jan. 30. The first thing we noted when approaching the injured dolphin was the evident seve ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... rea and a marine reserve. The project, which would occupy about 505 acres of land on the Yucatan Peninsula, had come under fire from environmentalists over deforestation and water management issues, t ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
