... ple Daily eight times when asked about his closed-door remarks. He might have a hard time convincing people with long memories to vote for him in the Legco elections in September. Still, you would be ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
... rly 1976, eight months before Mao. In 1981, five years after Mao’s death, the Communist Party issued a formal assessment of the Cultural Revolution. In it, the party negated the entire “cultural revol ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
... st. Fifty-eight percent of respondents at financial firms say they have had board-level discussions on Brexit, compared to just 34 percent of construction firms. It is important to recognize that if t ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... ng-jeou’s eight years of opening up.” Another important issue is housing. In Taipei, the ratio of the price of an apartment to average income is 15, the highest in the world. Tsai has called for const ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... purposes. Eight suicide bombers then entered the facility and clashed with security forces before blowing themselves up, local police officials said. They set three large gas tanks on fire, damaged on ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... period of eight hours, Fung said. – Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
... verage of eight weeks for an appointment in 2013-14, a waiting time that is now growing. However, all this assumes that those with mental illnesses are even prepared to seek help. The Hong Kong Mental ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
... s for the eight in the conversation above: Char siu: roast pork marinated in a sweet and savoury sauce Dai pai dong: an open-air food stall Milk tea: a drink made from black tea and milk, usually evap ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
... more than eight months in a row. The US has gone through 17 recessions since 1920. In each case, barring the one in 1980, industrial output saw month-on-month decline eight times out of 12 months. R ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
The High Court sentenced a 54-year-old mainlander to nine years and eight months in jail after he confessed to robbing a hotel guest in Tsuen Wan last year. Yang Xingyun admitted to seven charges, inc ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
... led after eight consecutive draws produced no jackpot winner, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. The total amount bet by punters reached HK$180 million by 9 p.m. Monday, data from the Jockey Clu ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... mbers and eight passengers were taken to hospital while six others were treated at the airport clinic. There was no damage to the plane but an inspection was carried out. Ninety-five passengers were f ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
Hong Kong people could be using 55 million pieces of tissue paper each day, or about eight pieces per person per day, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports, citing the results of a recent survey. Tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... or almost eight to nine years, surviving in inhumane circumstances in the meantime," Goethals said in an email. During that period of time, wouldn't it make more sense for the asylum seekers to work a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... lt of the eight years of the presidency of Ma Ying-jeou. For Tsai, this will be an enormous challenge, greater than for the last DPP president Chen Shui-bian, who took office with a similar mandate in ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... lion, and eight belong in the property sector, including Country Garden Holdings and Shimao Property. Dalian Wanda, controlled by China's richest man Wang Jianlin, announced recently that it plans to ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... order for eight bowls, and the chef takes his time cooking them, one by one. The long-awaited laksa is quite impressive, as it has very intense flavors. The coconut ice cream is worth trying, too. No ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... yees from eight workers' unions rallied outside the newspaper’s office in Chai Wan last weekend and demanded the dismissal be revoked. No one expected from the outset that the protest would bring any ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... plication eight weeks after its first attempt. The Hong Kong stock exchange has returned listing applications by a total of eight companies since it started disclosing such information in 2014. Listi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... ks in the eight years after the start of the financial crisis. The US market may run out of steam unless the Fed starts to pump money again. Meanwhile, sales and profit growth of S&P 500 constitue ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
