... Tiananmen Square in 1989 appears to have lost resonance among the younger generation. The chairman of the Hong Kong University Students' Union has dismissed the vigil, saying that it doesn't serve any ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-31
Should Hong Kong people continue to commemorate the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre? The annual event at Victoria Park, in which hundreds of thousands of people hold a candlelight vigil to remember t ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-31
... Tiananmen Square student movement in the spring of 1989 and how it is linked to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The youngsters shouldn't neglect the fact that Hong Kong's current political la ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
It's said that one square foot of land in Hong Kong is worth its weight in gold. That's why many people live in a shoebox. Despite a falling market, we are no better off than a car, according to a Fac ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
On the ferry heading to Jiuzhou port in Zhuhai, I caught sight of some interesting fishing nets. I was told they were tsang pang (罾棚), large square nets that can easily be lowered and raised from the ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
A seller of a 1,000-square-foot apartment in Hong Kong recently advertised his property as a "palace". We can consider it dark humor but the exaggerated claim indeed reflects the disquieting truth abo ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
Shed a tear for the top echelon of expats in Hong Kong's finance and banking sector. The housing allowances fat enough to rent a 4,000 square foot harbor-view home on the Peak or a townhouse in Repuls ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... about 102 square meters of internal space, plus a front and back garden. An even narrower house measuring about 2.1 metes was put up for sale for £200,000 in Haringey, north London in 2014. -- Contact ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-13
On May 20, Tsai Ying-wen takes office as the second president of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan since the end of Japanese rule in 1945. Most of the 6.9 million who voted f ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... f 110,000 square feet. Many Tesla owners complain that the service center lacks sufficient capacity and staff to serve the customers. There are long queues of Tesla cars on nearby roads and sidewalks. ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
... Tiananmen Square in 1989. While his son is reining in free speech, the elder Xi once tried to enact legislation to protect different views. The party has, throughout its history, undergone calamities ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... in Jordan Square in 1992 for HK$700,000 has sold it 24 years later for HK$100,000 (US$12,890). He lost 86 percent of his investment in the store, which has a saleable area of 70 square feet. The shop ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
... Bauhinia Square last weekend with signs that said "One Sky, One China", "I love stability", "Hong Kong prosperity is the responsibility of all", "Protect our city with prosperity and serving visitors ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
... ere a 900-square-foot flat housed nearly 30 homeless maids who had faced ill-treatment from their employers. Having heard many horrific tales from the maids, Bacani attributes the problem of domestic ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... er 10,000 square meters. It took him three years to persuade his father to allow the restructuring. After all, the two buildings housed many good old memories, and it was the place that started the el ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... into a 20-square-meter sinkhole, mainland media reported. The incident took place as the Li was directing traffic in the afternoon on April 21. Surveillance cameras captured his heroic action, which ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... S$264 per square feet, according to a Knight Frank report. Standard Chartered, one of the tenants, struck a deal to rent two floors of the tower at HK$5.75 million per month, but rumor has it that the ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
... f a 5,500 square-foot site in Ma Shi Po Village in Fanling, sparking angry protests from some locals and their supporters. As the security guards began erecting a wire fence, the demonstrators got int ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
One HarbourGate's east tower, a grade A commercial building at 18 Hung Luen Road in Hung Hom, is said to have been sold to a Chinese company for HK$5 billion, or HK$17,900 per square foot, the Hong Ko ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... 1 million square meters of homes were sold in 2015. That is up 56 percent from a year earlier, pushing average prices to 34,000 yuan per square meter at the peak of the market. Shenzhen’s red-hot bank ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
