A US Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since US President Don ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
A landmark ruling by Taiwan’s top court could see the island become the first in Asia to allow same-sex marriage. The decision has left many local people furious, the Hong Kong Economic Journal report ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
Eastern District in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island was among the worst hit by heavy rain and flooding on Wednesday. In Quarry Bay, the roof of a multi-storey carpark at Kornhill Garden was ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
A 38-year-old illegal immigrant from Bangladesh died after falling from a steep cliff in Kau Ling Chung on Lantau Island amid a downpour on Wednesday morning, Apple Daily reports. The man was among a ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday, after fighting between the army and an Islamic State-linked militant group, the Wall Street Jou ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-24
... southern island of Hainan, an economic backwater encumbered by poor transport, and founded Hainan Airlines with a lump sum injection of 10 million yuan from the local government. In its initial years ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-22
... e holiday island in the Pacific with his wife and children. But after three years they came back, with no green card. "It was like another planet compared to Hong Kong. I missed my family, friends, th ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-10
... on Lantau Island. Once completed, the area is expected to provide enough space to build some 40,000 new homes by 2023. In the meantime, the administration is also preparing for large-scale land reclam ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
China should not politicize Taiwan’s participation in a UN health meeting, Taiwan health activists said, and China's president should "do the right thing" and let the island attend for the benefit of ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-09
... tous heat island effect. Nominal temperature will reach 31 degrees starting from next Wednesday when a southerly airstream with subsiding air takes over the region. – Contact us at [email protected] FC ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
... ed to the island in 2016, up 20 percent from the previous year, and another 250 people from the city followed suit in the first quarter, up 7 percent from a year earlier, Apple Daily reported. Chung K ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
... rk on the island of Corfu in 1921, he married the then Princess Elizabeth, his third cousin, when he was 26 and she was 21. In 1940, Prince Philip joined the Royal Navy, and served with distinction in ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-05
... he Lantau Island monastery famous for its Big Buddha recorded a revenue of HK$146 million, of which HK$55.9 million was listed as donations. But no one could beat the Chi Lin Nunnery in Diamond Hill w ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
... ng to the island to watch various activities, such as parades and lion dances, most visitors made a special trip to watch the culmination of the Bun Scrambling Competition that did not begin until it ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
At least 45 mainland tourists were found to have camped out at Tung Wan Beach in Cheung Chau and a camp site in Pui O on Lantau Island for two nights during the May Day holiday to avoid paying for acc ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
... on Lantau Island on April 14, Ming Pao Daily reports. Claiming to be an officer of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, the caller accused Li of being involved in a criminal case. He asked h ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-27
... the small island of 1,100 square kilometres to the nearby Pearl River Delta area where people can enjoy space, not to mention familiar language and eating habits. But not when he told the audience in ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
... es on the island only get a starting salary of around NT$22,000. By contrast, a large number of public sector retirees receive a monthly pension of NT$70,000. No wonder youngsters are eager to see cha ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... southern island province of Hainan, Reuters reports. State television broadcast the launch live. The spacecraft is designed to dock with the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, or "Heavenly Palace 2", where ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... - such as Island Place in North Point, Discovery Park in Tseun Wan, and Kingswood Villa in Tin Shui Wai -- have all returned to their peak level in the past year. In particular, Kingswood Villa -- whi ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-20
