Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung welcomed the passage by the Legislative Council of a non-binding motion on the co-location arrangement for the express rail link. Yuen said on Wednesday th ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-16
... , but the link is unmistakable, and the lesson is worth underscoring: the complex relationship between climate and ecosystems impacts human health in unexpected ways. The plague in Madagascar today is ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-16
... a direct link to Ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets. The feature is now available on both desktop and mobile for YouTube users in the United States. According to YouTube, the video platform will ro ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-16
... peed rail link to Guangzhou. There is speculation that Li will use the trip to endorse the Hong Kong government's plan to kick off the legislation process for the so-called co-location arrangement, wh ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-15
... ress Rail Link and the local legislation of the new national anthem law, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The co-location plan has been criticized for “ceding land” to China. It will allow part ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-15
... transport links throughout the Greater Bay Area should improve the flow of people, goods and information between it and other sections of the Greater Bay Area and beyond. This, in turn, can increase t ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-10
... ress Rail Link means that Chinese laws will be valid within Hong Kong borders, and this shows that the "one country, two systems" policy is slowly being nullified. As to the chief executive election, ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
... eers. The Link REIT, the city's largest REIT, is currently the largest Asia-Pacific REIT by market capitalization. This shows that the development of Hong Kong REITs is more uneven than it is unsucce ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
... let users link up their phones to their bank accounts to pay for goods securely in physical stores and online, and for person-to-person money transfers with a new twist: Audio QR, which uses ultrasoni ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
... ress Rail Link. Through a clever filibustering tactic, lawmakers forced adjournment of the debate and ensured that the Carrie Lam administration won't get the non-binding motion passed quickly in the ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... s a close link between debt and excessive consumption for the sake of enjoyment. The council’s own survey conducted last year found the frequency of online purchases by respondents was once every 10 d ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
The Legislative Council is likely to vote on Thursday on the co-location plan proposed by the government for the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link in spite of strong objections from the p ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
... the rail link co-location plan within next week based on the non-binding motion moved by Chief Executive Carrie Lam. The government has absolutely no intention to treat the Legco as a rubber stamp on ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
... ress Rail Link project and the alleged secret business dealings between former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and the Australian firm UGL. However, if members of the pro-establishment camp succeed in ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said the government has not ruled out the possibility of going ahead with the co-location plan for the Express Rail Link without support from the Legislative ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
A surprise move by pan-democrats forced deliberations on the co-location arrangements for the Express Rail Link to be suspended at the last minute on Wednesday. On Tuesday last week, Chief Executive C ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
Hong Kong and Singapore plan to link trade finance platforms they are developing with blockchain technology, a move aimed at curbing potential fraud and errors in the funding of international trade, R ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
... ress Rail Link. The rail system is set to start commercial operation in the third quarter of next year, regardless of the opposition from pan-democrats who have voiced concern about the arrangement br ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
... ress Rail Link (XRL). Lam's decision sent a very bad political message to the public. It indicated that the government is not going to launch any public consultation over the co-location arrangement a ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has come under criticism from opposition lawmakers after she prioritized discussions on a controversial express rail link over a homebuyer stamp duty-related ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
