... ridge the gap among the different factions so as to facilitate a pragmatic dialogue over the pros and cons of setting up the bureau. Unfortunately, things didn’t happen the way I'd hoped. The controve ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... the price gap between estates near the historical bottom. However, there is rising risk of possible government intervention. Already, the government has taken action three times after the last financi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... said the gap between the pump prices and crude oil prices depends on rent and labor costs. The Environment Bureau, which oversees fuel retailers, defended the firms Thursday, saying the council’s met ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... ng wealth gap and the soaring cost of urban housing, as in Hong Kong. The sixth election for President of Taiwan will be held in the Year of the Sheep; everyone expects Tsai Ying-wen to win, becoming ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... widening gap between the government and the public. Andrew Leung, chairman of the pro-government Business and Professionals Alliance, said a wider survey will help legislators gauge the public pulse ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... fears the gap between Greece and other European countries may be too wide to overcome, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “It is currently not possible to assume a successful conclusion of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... han in Singapore and Taiwan, which has emigrants of 150,000 and 480,000 respectively. Emigrants represent about 4 percent and 2.1 percent of the population in Singapore and Taiwan. Large numbers of em ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... s a large gap between the revenues reported for 2010-2012 and the money that its parent spent on buying equipment from HTF during the period, the Financial Times reported. While many players in the so ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... he wealth gap in the city. In fact poverty in our society would be less severe if the government had been more proactive in its housing policy in the past decade. Recently, business tycoon Lee Shau-ke ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... the price gap between luxury goods bought in China and those purchased overseas. Also, fake luxury goods have been flooding the domestic market, scaring away consumers, the report said. -- Contact us ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-02
... nents. Singapore took the second spot in the Index of Economic Freedom with a score of 89.4 points. The gap between Hong Kong and Singapore narrowed to 0.2 point from 0.7 in 2014. The report stated th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... he narrow gap between dual-listed insurance plays has also shown bullish sentiment among foreign funds. China Pacific Insurance Group has an A-H price gap of 11 percent while Ping An Insurance Group ( ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... dress the gap between the rich and the poor in the process of urbanization. The urban land area in East Asia expanded at an average of 2.4 percent per year during the decade to 134,800 square kilomete ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... ing their gap with their rivals in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and in some aspects mainland universities have even taken the lead. However, it hasn’t changed the fact that universities on both sides of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... a is in a gap between national security laws, and so it is simply illogical to say the mainland's "national security law" can apply to Hong Kong, since the law doesn’t even exist yet. Besides, the Bas ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... the wide gap between Beijing and Hong Kong on the implementation of "one country, two systems" principle. The former Hong Kong leader should reflect on Hong Kong people's concerns over the toughening ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... e culture gap between here and Hong Kong is very wide. It has been a big shock. My husband said that Taiwan was a good place to live. But there are many subtle problems.” Clara is well educated and wo ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... But that gap narrowed to a 27 percent premium at the close of trading Tuesday. Big brokers such as HSBC Holdings PLC say the premium for mainland-listed stocks has grown too big and that the “value t ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... ge wealth gap and the intense class conflict. However, other emerging economies also suffer from similar problems. The Philippines’ potential is greater than those of Pakistan and Bangladesh, which ar ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... e "output gap", or the difference between actual and potential output growth, determines the rate of inflation. A positive output gap (i.e. actual growth higher than potential growth) generally leads ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12