... Hong Kong Island (50,818 votes). Their victory suggests that the call that "Hong Kong should determine its future by itself" has been accepted by many voters. The newcomers' win, in many cases, came a ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-06
... Hong Kong Island constituency. Call it destiny. Hong Kong Island has seen the number of its seats reduced to six from seven. Compared with other districts, it is regarded as a bailiwick of pan-democr ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-05
... Hong Kong Island:Ricky Wong Wai-kay 王維基 33,323Cyd Ho Sau-lan 何秀蘭 19,376 New Territories East:Christine Fong Kwok Shan 方國珊 34,544Gary Fan Kwok-wai 范國威 31,595Chin Wan-kan 陳雲根 23,635Andrew Cheng Kar-foo ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-05
... Hong Kong IslandRegina Ip Lau Suk-yee 葉劉淑儀 60,760Nathan Law Kwun-chung 羅冠聰 50,818Kwok Wai-Keung 郭偉强 45,925Hui Chi-Fung 許智峯 42,499Cheung Kwok-Kwan 張國鈞 41,152Tanya Chan 陳淑莊 35,404 New Territories EastEl ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-05
Pro-establishment legislator Christopher Chung Shu-kun, who ran for re-election in the Hong Kong Island geographical constituency, defended his wife's action of writing his candidate number on the pal ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-05
Ask anyone where Town Island (伙頭墳洲) is and you'll probably get a blank stare. Possibly nine in 10 Hongkongers have not heard of it. But if you try its other name, Dawn Island, you'll get a positive r ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
... tors, the island is also seen offering better prospects for those looking to move up the career ladder. Some 42 percent of Hongkongers said in a recent poll that they are disheartened by the status qu ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-02
... or of the island's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Chiang Su-hui, chairperson of CS Culture Foundation, said the central government's liaison office in Hong Kong called her to say that it w ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-01
... with the island state. Such measures, however, will only identify symptomatic cases of Zika, but only one in five people have symptoms of the virus, which include fever, rash, joint pain and pink eye ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
... Hong Kong island seat, Wong announced that he had recently divorced his wife. Wagging tongues say it's a pre-emptive move against charges regarding his alleged extramarital affairs. Still on the subj ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-30
Lying in the south-western Pacific, the island of Saipan is well-known not only for its breathtaking landscapes but also for its special relationship with the “continental” United States. To some exte ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-30
... le on the island is playing the game. The survey also found that players in Taiwan spend an average of 114 minutes every day playing the game, compared with 46 minutes in Japan, where there are more t ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
Recently my friend and I tried to come up with some explanation as to why those living on Hong Kong Island seem reluctant to travel to Kowloon peninsula for shopping or dining, while Kowloon dwellers ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
... Hong Kong Island and has never operated the cross-border route before. The shuttle was stopped by mainland police in Shenzhen moments after the driver realized he made a mistake and tried to find the ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
... Caribbean island. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said in a statement late Thursday that the woman sought medical treatment at the Matilda International Hospital on Tuesday after returning to t ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
A woman was killed and another injured in what Japanese police are calling the first fatal accident in the country involving the smartphone game Pokémon GO. Police in Tokushima, on the island of Shiko ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
... oward the island. And pressure is being put on Hong Kong authorities to follow the same line. Earlier this month, a Taiwan lawmaker who was passing through Hong Kong was forced to spend a night at th ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
I have lost count of the number of times I have bumped into couples in wedding attire posing for souvenir pictures at tram stations on Hong Kong Island. Apart from the tramway, Hong Kong Trail Section ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
... Christmas Island, which is now ruled by Australia. Lying around 500 kilometers south of Indonesia, Christmas Island is only one-tenth of the size of Hong Kong with a population of just a little over 2 ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
Three Taiwanese soldiers were killed in an army drill a week before the annual Han Kuang military exercise aimed at preparing the island from any potential attack by the People's Liberation Army of Ch ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-17
