... 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
... visit the island to witness democracy in action, to share in the wonderful feeling of being able to elect their own leaders. Many Hong Kong people, in fact, wish the day will come when they, too, will ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... Hong Kong Island in next month's election, said the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) appears to be discriminating against some candidates, sparking concern over the fairness and freedom of the ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... rn Lantau Island one after the other, and we are on the brink of losing our rural country parks as well. Our way of life is under serious threat. So how can we turn the tables and take our lives back? ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China's runways and military installations across the vital ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... ago, the island's state-owned Central News Agency said. Liu was fined NT$1,000 (US$31.7) for using a mobile phone while riding a scooter and was later handed over to the prosecutors' office which ha ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
A renowned international law academic in Taiwan has been caught in the line of political fire over the Hague tribunal's ruling that Taiping Island is only a rock, not an island. In April last year, Ta ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
Cross-strait relations have been on a tightrope since Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen took office two months ago, but the island's stock market has been the best performer in Asia during the period. T ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... Mindanao island also gave themselves up to police to clear their names, promising to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. On Friday, Duterte reiterated his "shoot-to-kill" order against drug d ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... he Russky Island campus of Far Eastern Federal University, where the 2012 APEC summit was held. More than 2,400 visitors from 40 countries are expected to participate. This is the first of a three-par ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
