Vancouver has unveiled an Empty Home Tax on owners of vacant units. The measure will take effect from next year as part of efforts to ease skyrocketing home prices in the city. As the third largest ci ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
A mobile app has helped save the life of a 73-year-old man after he fell off a slope in a hiking accident in Sha Tin. The man, a retired accountant, lost contact with his family after he went out on a ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-24
... secret meeting on the night of the US election to work on their response to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s shocking victory. During the meeting, he reportedly asked his staff, “What do ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
... tes inhabiting the extravagant front cars of a train and the "scum" inhabiting the tail in squalid and brutal conditions? Vardi's vision may be overly pessimistic but it is undeniable that robots will ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-22
... been operating smoothly without any problem worth worrying about. Raymond Li Kwok-chu, CAD assistant director-general (air traffic management), told a news conference on Sunday that a flight fell off ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-21
... United Continental Holdings Inc. during the third quarter. Berkshire also hinted in an interview with CNBC that he also bought into Southwest Airlines in the fourth quarter. Buffett is estimated to ha ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-21
... y will continue to thrive as long as people respect the place. Getting there: To go to / return from Sham Chung: Take KMB bus route 299X in Sha Tin Central bus terminal; get off in Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
Several Mandarin-speaking men were seen gathering tiny saltwater crabs at the Wu Kai Sha beach in Ma On Shan – and eating them raw. That's not only bad for the ecological balance of the place but also ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
LeEco Holdings chief executive Jia Yueting told his employees recently the company has expanded too fast and now faces a cash crunch. Fortunately, Jia is said to have successfully raised US$600 millio ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
US president-elect Donald Trump is expected to spend lavishly on infrastructure and relax financial regulation. As a result, a number of old-economy stocks have staged a quick recovery recently. By co ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-17
... ce in San Tin Yan Shau Wai in Yuen Long, as well as in places he last visited. The Zika virus causes microcephaly, a neurological disorder in which babies are born with smaller than normal heads and b ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-16
Police officers are accused of applying excessive force on a woman stall owner who was arrested over a carton box found outside her stall in Sha Tin. The 53-year-old woman, surnamed Wan, was wailing a ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-14
... he US, putting Trump’s immigration and labor policy under the spotlight. It’s widely expected that Trump will tighten H-1B visas. Established in 1990, the federal H-1B visa program allows employers to ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-14
... s, Jia Yueting apologized to shareholders and admitted that his technology empire is running out of cash to sustain the aggressive expansion. He said the group will slow its madcap pace of expansion a ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-10
... nce of getting elected in the by-election under our proportional representation system. Nor did the NPCSC's interpretation touch on the legal grounds based on which Edward Leung Tin-kei representing t ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
... arket, cutting the product prices to around US$300 from several thousand dollars in the past. Also, the company expanded into the very profitable handbag business. Chou took Michael Kors public in 201 ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... would continue to decline, along with increasing maintenance costs. By contrast, properties can at least hold or even increase in value over time, and owners can let them out for rental income. Hong ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
The police department said its commercial crime bureau is investigating reports that counterfeit HK$1 coins are circulating in the city. This came after Leung Kam-shing, convenor of the North District ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
... ts at Man Tin Heights, a small but luxury residential project by Kerry Properties. Another buyer paid HK$30.36 million for four small units in Napa, a Wheelock Properties project in Tuen Mun. It is re ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
... ime, prompting the market to speculate on the reason. The company reported earnings and revenue that beat market expectations in the second quarter. Revenue soared 55 percent to 34.29 billion yuan and ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
