... peded the island's development for decades. On Monday, her government dropped charges against 126 people who occupied the legislature during a protest against a trade pact with China two years ago. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... Hong Kong Island. Lei yue means common carp. In the sea, it would be fish out of water. But it's okay, according to Chinese legend, which attributes its mythical presence in Lei Yue Mun to carp "leapi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... -wen, the island's new president, will strive to improve the livelihood of the people by leveraging cross-strait relations. Her predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou, failed to deliver on his promises, when he wa ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... the Greek island of Karpathos may have come from the plane wreckage. But Athanasios Binis, chairman of the Greek Air Accident and Investigation Safety Board, said the debris did not come from the airc ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... d certain islands and atolls to better assert its sovereignty claim to nearly the entire sea. Washington has been sending ships and planes near some of the Chinese-held islands to challenge those clai ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... , and the Island's residents are most unhappy with his economic policy. He failed to realize the “633” goals -- 6 percent annual economic growth, per capita gross domestic product of US$30,000 and une ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
... engers in Island East district and East Kowloon complained about the severe congestion. Photos of long traffic lineups were uploaded to many Facebook groups by disgruntled drivers. Westbound traffic o ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
Passengers on the MTR’s South Island Line (East) (SIL(E)) can expect to pay between HK$5.20 (67 US cents) and HK$8 for a journey within Hong Kong Island when the line starts operating by the end of th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-18
... ll of the island's parties to discuss political reform. He said his group's proposal could pave the way for smoother relations between Beijing and Hong Kong. The conference should be held after the Le ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
... Hong Kong Island from May 17 to 19 will include the rerouting of Harbour Road between Fenwick Pier Street and Fleming Road to one-way eastbound and to one-way westbound from 7 a.m. on Tuesday to noon ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... Hong Kong Island once and for all, so why would it be willing to spend over HK$100 billion to buy back Link? Given the size of Link REIT, I believe the only way to tame this monster right now is by in ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... on Mouse Island. Residents in the bay were mostly fishermen dwelling on their boats. If people had children who failed to recover from illnesses for long, they would give up the sons and daughters an ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
... on Lantau Island is too small and shabby, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The principal of Yan Oi Tong Chan Wong Suk Fong Memorial Secondary School (CWSF), which is next to MLSW relocation sit ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Five tiny Pacific islands have disappeared due to rising seas and erosion, a discovery thought to be the first scientific confirmation of the impact of climate change on coastlines in the Pacific, Reu ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... de of the island. At the end of last month, a Taiwan fishing boat and its crew were detained by Japanese Coast Guard in waters surrounding the Okinotori-shima, an uninhabited atoll east of the Bashi C ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... idered an island, and therefore holds no rights to an 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. Taiwan's single holding of Itu Aba is the biggest feature in the Spratlys and the one some analysts bel ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
About 50 residents of Lantau Island took to the streets to protest against the government’s recent decision to open up some of the restricted road space on the island to tourists, the Hong Kong Econom ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... k, Lantau Island to a site next to the Yan Oi Tong school. Tung Wan Mok Law Shui Wah is a primary school for the so-called problem students. Choi expressed regret Sunday for his comments on the speci ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... want the island to be, if not independent, separate from China and want her to stop or slow down the integration with the mainland that was the main result of the eight years of the presidency of Ma ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
Taiwan's incoming government is accusing China of "political interference" after a senior Chinese official cast doubt over the island's observer status in the World Health Organisation. Ma Xiaoguang, ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
