A broken water pipe forced the closure of the South Horizons MTR station on the newly opened South Island Line after flooding in the area Tuesday night, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The two ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-15
... on Lantau Island on Monday. Counterterrorism officers and bomb disposal experts rushed to the scene and the park's 500-odd workers were evacuated, Sing Tao Daily reports. The operation of the park was ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
... Hong Kong Island across Victoria Harbor, can be seen vividly. I couldn't help recalling the old photos of Hong Kong. Kowloon was evolved from clusters of rural villages during pre-war period to a neig ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
This Lunar New Year, I led a food tour to the Italian island of Sicily. As soon as I had settled down everyone on a farm, it was time to smuggle my secret ingredients into the kitchen. I brought a pr ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
... rted. The island's Central Weather Bureau said the temperature may be as low as 8 degrees in the northern part, and that there is chance to see snow at high mountains such as Hehuanshan. - Contact us ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
... nd Lantau Island will be HK$20.5 and HK$19, respectively. In addition, fares will rise by HK$10 cents more for every 200 meters traveled in urban areas to HK$1.70. The increase applies to the first 9 ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-08
Chinese tourists are increasingly unwelcome in the Japanese island of Hokkaido, with some residents calling them "pests". Locals aired their complaints in a recent program on the Nippon Television Net ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
... t, Lantau IslandFive-color dumplings, location: Wong Tai Sin Square, KowloonDragon eye (signature dragon fruit bowl), location: Art Square, Tsim Sha TsuiFresh cream pineapple bun, location: Salisbury ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
... Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Headquarters police unit, senior inspector Chan Ka-kin and constable Chung Man-ho. The trio was alleged to have accepted bribes from operators of nightclubs and triad ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
... access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea. "It's a question of if those islands are in fact in international waters and not part of China proper, then yeah, we’re going to make s ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-24
... the Greek island of Lesbos, that they had panicked only once during that perilous voyage: when their mobile phone signal disappeared. That signal, however weak, had been the refugees’ only link to the ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-19
... concrete island and waiting for a white car to make a U-turn in front of him. As soon as he steps out after the white car turns, a dark-colored vehicle appears and hits him from behind at high speed. ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
... rtificial islands in the disputed waters with Russia’s seizure of Crimea and saying that China’s access to the islands “is not going to be allowed”. As to how this would be done, he said: “The way we’ ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-16
A two-day cleanup campaign at Tung Lung Island, off the tip of Clear Water Bay Peninsula, has helped remove as many as 190 bags of garbage, mostly styrofoam containers and plastic bottles. Nearly 100 ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-16
... ld on the island, prompting an investigation and the eventual arrest of Chang. When questioned, Chang told the police that he purchased some cartons of beer from a vendor on Taobao, Alibaba Group's fl ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-13
... Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters and the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau. The department did not rule out the possibility of more arrests. It said it respects the public's freedom of speech and ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
Hong Kong has welcomed its first new rail line in more than a decade – the long-awaited 7.4-kilometer South Island Line, linking Ocean Park, Wong Chuk Hang and Ap Lei Chau with Admiralty, which was in ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-10
... izing the island as Taiwan, not China. This may well become a trend. Because of its economic importance, other countries need to have dealings with Taiwan and they need to call it something. If the n ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
Hong Kong Island has a few historic houses named after their exterior color -- the Blue House, Green House, Yellow House and Orange House. The four renowned houses are all in the Wan Chai neighborhood ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30
MTR's new South Island Line (East) rail link saw services get disrupted for about half an hour on Thursday following a power failure at stations along the route. Following the incident, which happened ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30
