The deadly fire that broke out at an industrial building in Kowloon Bay earlier this month has once again raised public concern about the safety of subdivided flats. I already discussed this issue las ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-28
... Causeway Bay booksellers, this movie can very well give viewers the illusion of reality. It's probably this visceral grip on the viewers that makes the movie more successful at the box office than it ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
... s Kowloon Bay blaze and announced that it would enforce the law with no leniency starting from August 29. I call the government shameless, because it didn't address the issue of firefighters' inadequa ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
... ty in the Bay Area, the center of a booming tech economy. A medium-sized apartment in San Francisco costs as much as US$810,000, the highest in the United States, even higher than the average US$590,0 ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
... e Kowloon Bay venue. Within hours, 10,000 fans vented their anger at her 26-minute live Facebook broadcast. Some observers said this was the most hated direct live feed. Others joked that she should ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-22
... e Kowloon Bay blaze, two firefighters were killed and several others were injured. In the first phase of its action, the government has focused on unauthorized activities in six industrial blocks. The ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... Causeway Bay Bookstore manager Lee Bo was kidnapped in the city and spirited away across the border, while Lee’s other associates were collared outside Hong Kong. When doubts still shroud Lee’s case, ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... R Kowloon Bay depot. The couple fled after a security guard came after them. Their second attempt failed because an MTR employee grew suspicious and accosted them before they could start doing the gra ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
... at Subic Bay in 1991. In the same spirit, the American Seventh Fleet has stepped up its Freedom of Navigation Operational Patrols (FONOPs) in the South China Sea. Lastly, Japan is gaining influence i ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-13
... ear Water Bay countryside and the Tseung Kwan O community uniformly. In traditional Chinese, High Junk Peak translates to "fisherman" (釣魚翁). That is because when viewed from the north, the mountainous ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... Causeway Bay Bookstore founder Lam Wing-kee, after the meeting between Hong Kong officials and their mainland counterparts on the notification mechanism this week. Will the Hong Kong police grab Lam ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... d Kowloon Bay have reportedly incurred debts of HK$2.47 million and HK$970,000, respectively. The Consumer Council said it has received 256 enquiries and 88 complaints regarding California Fitness ove ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... eep Water Bay, Shek O and Po Toi Island, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Facebook photos of flotsam in Nim Shue Wan and Cheung Sha Beach on Lantau Island have gone viral. The massive tide of g ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... Causeway Bay Books, a Hong Kong bookstore that offered titles critical of China and its leaders, disappeared last year. Later, it came to light that they were detained in the mainland or were caught ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
A 78-year-old man who swam all the way from Clearwater Bay in Sai Kung to an area near a landfill site in Tseung Kwan O on Monday has said that it was really no big deal. The elderly man, who bears th ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
... Causeway Bay Bookstore case is concerned. After returning to Hong Kong following eight months of detention in the mainland, Lam expressed fears for his personal safety. The Hong Kong police offered t ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-06
... stle Peak Bay section of Castle Peak Road and Tuen Mun Highway, news website hk01.com reported. The pink box truck, which is owned by a person named Chan, has been taken away by authorities for furthe ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-05
... s Kowloon Bay fire before forming a 3.5-kilometer line from Lugard Road to Harlech Road, chanting "I am proud to be Chinese". Robert Chow, convenor of the pro-Beijing alliance, said the campaign was a ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
... Causeway Bay at the start of the Occupy protest in the same way that 500,000 people took part in a mass protest on one single day on July 1, 2003. The Occupy movement lasted 79 days and it may be tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
... learwater Bay Road on Monday morning, Headline Daily reports. The pair was brought to hospital where they received treatment for minor injuries. The 37-year-old driver passed an alcohol screening test ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-28
