It would be a big loss to China if Beijing were to block the broadcast of the Golden Horse Film Festival awards, Taiwan’s Minister of Culture Lung Ying-tai said. She said it is not Taiwan’s wish to s ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-30
... ntinue to block the main access to Hong Kong's business and financial district, the sources were quoted as saying. Xu Lin, director of the Finance Department at the National Development and Reform Com ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
... apartment block in Taipei to protest unaffordable housing prices. Will this be the subject of the next protest movement in Hong Kong? The "sleep-out" on Renai Road on Oct. 4 to 5 was launched by the H ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
... action to block transport and occupy business streets, Koo said "no dictatorship on earth and tyrants in history had ever undertaken such tyranny of evil and betrayed democracy," according to the repo ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-24
A Legislative Council (LegCo) meeting in Hong Kong had to be adjourned Thursday due to lack of a quorum, with some pan-democrat lawmakers staying away as they wanted to block the setting up of a new I ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
... the road blockade. As pro-democracy occupation continues in Mong Kong, Admiralty and Causeway Bay, some protesters suggested in social media that the battlefront could be extended to the Hong Kong In ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
... esters to block the streets. Hundreds of police officers, some in helmets and shields, were on the scene to separate the demonstrators and taxi drivers, who came along with lawyer and court bailiffs. ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-22
... the road block at the intersection of Argyle Street and Nathan Road were spreading the word that they would re-occupy the area at 12:00 a.m. At 12:06, some protesters started grabbing the iron fences ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
... vities to block traffic, the report said, citing police spokesman Kong Man-keung. He warned the protesters that they are risking arrest if they break the law. The warning came after snap gatherings em ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
... ng not to block portions of the streets reserved for emergency services, the officer said. All MTR exits in the area are now open, the report said. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
... rotesters blocked entrances to the building, preventing Apple Daily from delivering newspapers on Sunday and Monday and part of Tuesday. On Wednesday, they vowed to step up their action if Apple made ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
... the road blocks early Tuesday morning, RTHK reported Tuesday. They used chainsaws and sledgehammers to remove the various items put up by the protesters to block the streets. In Admiralty, around 300 ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
... ers would block all roads and passageways that CY Leung may use to enter the government headquarters on Thursday. “Leung is welcome to come and have a chat with members of the public anytime,” HKFS se ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
A group of protesters have been blocking vehicle entrances to the offices of Apple Daily, the flagship of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a key figure in the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement. They have been o ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
... d it will block access to Civic Square outside government headquarters for security reasons. If the government agrees to reopen Civic Square, HKFS will discuss with other protesters about confining th ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
... ntinue to block access in key areas around government headquarters and any move to resume Legco sessions would be ill advised, public broadcaster RTHK reported. “The situation in certain areas remains ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... rewall to block news out of Hong Kong, lifting the veil ever so slightly to give mainlanders a glimpse of the “chaos” and how it was “choking” ordinary people. In Hong Kong, media coverage ran from ti ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... nd not to block entrances of the government headquarters so civil servants can go to work on Monday. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/JL ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
... stumbling block to the city’s long-term social, political and economic growth, and is the root cause of social division and disharmony in the city. We are a group of professionals who work in the Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
The government headquarters is closed today because the road toward the Tamar complex is blocked by protesters. Civil servants working in the headquarters do not need to be in their office but should ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
