A group of 60 construction workers working on the Island Eastern Corridor staged a wildcat strike Thursday over unpaid wages and occupied an intersection in North Point. The workers said they were owe ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
... s for the island's independence. His comments sparked outrage in Taiwan and a boycott of his songs and video products. Many called for the removal of his songs from karaoke systems and record bars, an ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
Dogs are man's best friends, ever obedient and loyal to their masters, but what do they get in return? Two dogs, named Peaceful and Sky, had served patrol duties at Park Island in Ma Wan for years. B ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
... Hong Kong Island constituency, democrats won 49.7 percent of votes but they got 3 seats, while the pro-Beijing camp won 44.06 percent votes and secured 4 seats. The non-establishment alliance would ne ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
... southern island of Kyushu. Miyazaki, already a big producer of beef and pork, began studying sturgeon farming in 1983 using fish sent from the former Soviet Union. While those breeding efforts failed ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
... n, on the island's east coast, captured the incident Monday on video. A mainland Chinese woman, who was waiting for traditional steamed dumplings at a table with fellow tourists from the mainland, los ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
Hong Kong people love to hear news about Taiwan, as shown in their keen interest in the recent elections. Many of them traveled to the island to witness the historic event, some wanting to see if the ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... rm Lantau Island into a “low carbon and smart” metropolis. The move is in the right direction. Land supply is a pressing issue. The government should change its old policy of “positive non-interventio ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
A US warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea on Saturday in a bid to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the Pentagon said over the weekend. No ships from China's mili ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou flew to Itu Aba island in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday to reaffirm Taipei's sovereignty over the outpost, ignoring criticism from Washington over the trip, Re ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... over the island several hundred years before the Brits came. Of course, most people miss the British heritage. I am delighted to see my alma mater Queen’s College has come up with the idea of putting ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters, has been aggressively following up on the cases. Lo denied allegations that the police department has been passive in dealing the cases and only assigning lower ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
... e Pacific Islands, Reuters reports. Extreme conditions blamed on El Niño have caused severe droughts, heavy rains, flooding and damage to crops and property. "El Niño is peaking at the moment and we e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
Thousands of tourists, including many from Hong Kong and mainland China, were stranded on the South Korean resort of Jeju since Saturday amid blizzards and the biggest snowfall to hit the island in th ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
More than 40 volunteers braved the extremely cold weather to clean up a beach on Tung Lung Island over the weekend, Apple Daily reported. Actions for Pleasant Nature, a group composed mostly of member ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... ected the island's next president on Jan. 16. Yip said Facebook unilaterally annulled his account on the ground that he is under 13 years of age even after he submitted a copy of his ID card as reques ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
... an Irish island where a Christian monastery was founded between the 6th and 7th century, served as a scene in the latest Star Wars movie. "They found Luke Skywalker there at last," he said. "A large ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-24
... with the island for the past six decades or so. Beijing's Taiwan affairs chief told a visiting senior US diplomat that China is resolutely opposed to any "independence action" by Taiwan. State-owned ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... ample the island's fresh air of democracy. Many Hong Kong people – reporters, commentators, teachers, students and politicians – took the bait because it was indeed something we could not buy no matte ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
... hest. The island and the mainland have yet to fully approve the 1992 Consensus, as exactly what negotiators have agreed on remains perplexing up to today: Beijing stresses that the consensus is “both ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-22
