... t will be hub cities that can leverage their power in regional development. They include Xi’an, Chengdu, Tianjing and Xiamen. That does not mean competition among regions to court investors will end; ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... facturing hub, it did that for smartphones, for instance, which did not exist as a product category,” Sinha said. “It did that in laptops, which did not exist as a product category. They didn’t necess ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... education hub in the Asia Pacific region. In that 4 percent quota, half of them were to be funded by the UGC, and the adoption of this suggestion by the government spelled the beginning of the rapid i ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... gambling hub thanks to the bold decision of former chief executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah to open up the gaming industry to foreign competition. But Ho’s broad economic plan would never have been successf ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-29
... a gaming hub on Jeju island. Meanwhile, Macau, the world's largest gaming hub, is seeing lacklustre growth in its gaming revenue amid Beijing's crackdown on graft and lavish spending. -- Contact us a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... repreneur hub in the economic zone, Leung said Hong Kong's youth can pursue career opportunities in Qianhai and other places outside their city. At the same time, he warned that local employers are fi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... act as a hub of Chinese exports as long as the city upholds its competitiveness. "Hong Kong will not be marginalized even if China opens up and gets a closer relationship with other countries in the ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... ommercial hub by not only upholding its role in renminbi internationalization, but by also investing in innovative businesses," Fung said Monday at an economic summit co-organized by the Hong Kong Eco ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... t trading hub for the fuel. The sector accounts for about 5 percent to gross domestic product. Singapore had the third highest proportion of millionaires last year, behind Qatar and Switzerland, acco ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-28
... regional hub for higher education and contribute to a vibrant civil society are still intact. --Contact the writer [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-24
... regional hub for global businesses”. Runners-up were Switzerland and Australia. Hong Kong was No. 4, beating Sweden, Canada and the United States. China came in 50th, and Russia 64th. Libya was at th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
... knowledge hub specializing in the Chinese investment market. The scheme offers global investors the ability to conveniently trade Shanghai A shares on the Hong Kong stock market, giving them access to ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
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
... gambling hub to China, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Friday. Beijing may help support Macau's tourism industry by allowing 24-hour operations at the Zhuhai-Macau port control, Ho said, citi ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
... financial hub in southern China while Singapore is doing well in Southeast Asia. Was he suggesting that Hong Kong's economic might is now largely confined to China's backyard? If so, how does his comm ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
Macau casinos saw the sharpest year-on-year drop in monthly revenue in October since the world’s largest gambling hub started keeping records in 2005. Gross revenue for the month plunged 23.2 percent ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... But a new hub is needed for the region. Planning Department figures show 380,000 more people are expected to move to the New Territories during the 10 years ending in 2019. A further 260,000 will relo ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
... he bank’s hub for dividend-arbitrage trades, before moving to Bank of America’s Hong Kong office in July 2013. His resignation last month followed a period when he was missing from the office, the rep ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-04
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
Japan has given the go-ahead for the world's fastest rail line that can whisk passengers from Tokyo to the industrial hub of Nagoya at more than 480 kilometers per hour, the Wall Street Journal report ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17