... rritories East constituency, respectively, remain to be filled. At the press conference Tuesday, Lau said she was abandoning her appeal, but Leung vowed to fight to the end. Explaining her decision, L ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-30
... er in the east with the strategic shipping routes of the Straits of Malacca in the west. He estimates that Malaysia could cut almost a fifth of its US$250 billion national debt and liabilities by scr ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-29
... he Middle East and Eastern Europe have played into investors' bias toward a "risk-off" mentality. On the other, the uncertainty of political transitions in emerging markets – as proven last week by th ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-24
... he Middle East as recently as just 10 years ago, would be weakened forever. And even if the warring factions themselves are totally fed up with fighting, there would still be no end in sight for the c ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-24
... stem, at least as far as the urban regions are concerned. North Koreans are quite proud of their country’s subway network, too. As to cars, it is true that there aren’t too many of them on the main st ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-23
... er – not least his withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement – his sabotage of the Iran deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leaves it to other countries to pick u ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-21
... he Middle East could be further destabilized. Oil markets were positioned very long prior to the announcement, suggesting the decision was already priced in; nonetheless, higher volatility will likely ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-17
... aving at least 58 dead and more than 2,500 wounded. It has been the worst Israeli–Palestinian conflict since 2014. The relationship between Israel and Palestine is complicated. Jerusalem is considered ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-16
Despite being a tiny country just six times the size of Hong Kong and a population of only 1.2 million, the southern Pacific island state of East Timor has become the scene of great power rivalries be ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-16
... ians seek East Jerusalem as the capital of a state they hope to establish in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector it captured in the ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-15
... he Middle East; it could also undermine the prospects of denuclearization on the Korean peninsula. In the worst case scenario, Iran would retaliate by restarting to enrich even more uranium and pullin ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-11
... g Kowloon East Office, Development Bureau; Ben Chan, Chief Land Surveyor at Land Information Centre of Lands Department; Michael Law, Chief Engineer / Traffic & Transport Survey of Transport Depar ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-11
... he Middle East and the world as a whole are safer.” Moscow said it too will focus its efforts on maintaining the accord. It called Trump’s decision “deeply disappointing”. “There are no - and can be n ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-09
... Sai Kung East Country Park, a popular natural attraction where one can jump from a vertical cliff to dive into a deep pool, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. At around 11 a.m., a 26-year-old Ne ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-08
The Hong Kong International Airport will renovate the food court on the east side of the restricted area starting next month in order to provide passengers with more convenience and dining choices, th ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-04
... in Middle East crises such as Syria and Yemen. A senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also warned Europeans on Thursday over “revising” the nuclear deal, under which Iran st ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-04
