... after the island was ceded by the Qing dynasty, from 1895 to 1945 and the Han people from the mainland gained their dominance only after Japan’s surrender. These facts explain Taiwan’s mixed and diver ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... e Italian island of Sicily with 52 corpses found on a boat off the coast of Libya on Wednesday. Most of the victims had been trapped in the hold and died of asphyxiation, according to survivors. Posei ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... Hong Kong Island and therefore should be preserved. There are many major cities around the world that rely on trams to provide an affordable, sustainable and environment-friendly mode of public transp ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... the Greek island of Crete, where the survivors would disembark. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... he Diaoyu Islands (known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan) and neighboring chains between China and Japan; and the “nine-dash line” in the troubled waters in the South China Sea. Other than the Diaoyu/ ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
... ed on the island side, and that he only takes trams once or twice a year when visiting relatives. He admitted that he has never done any scientific research to find out how frequent traffic jams are, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
I lived in southern Hong Kong Island when I was a child and took the bus to school in Sai Ying Pun. I would kill time on the journey by looking out the window, enjoying the scenery, particularly the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-22
... Hong Kong Island. Thus, the boundary between China and the Crown Colony shifted from Victoria Harbor to a straight east-west line that runs from the mosquito-ridden wilderness of Kowloon Fort to the S ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... gqin, the island next to Macau. It includes one of the world’s large aquariums, with rare whale sharks, beluga whales, polar bears and other exotic animals. It is several times bigger than Disneyland ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... Hong Kong Island, but that function has now been taken over by the MTR West Island Line, Sit said. If tram lines are removed, Sit said at least 30 percent of road space can be increased along Des Voeu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... Wan/ Park Island” over the weekend. “They booked all the barbeque facilities next to mine and were making a lot of fun … making me extremely unhappy.” She then suggested that the estate management ba ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
It's been more than 110 years since Hong Kong Tramways first rolled out its electric trains on the streets of Hong Kong island in 1904. Connecting the eastern and western sides of the island, the mass ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
... ighboring island of Hengqin; it aims to develop products for the international market. Chui was criticized by two legislators for lack of progress in redeveloping the old and dilapidated districts of ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
... Hong Kong Island Command who were on their way to Fanling for training. The officers got off and helped the driver crawl out of the car. The road accident became the topic of heated discussion on the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... C). South Island Line (East Section) will now cost HK$16.9 billion, up from HK$15.2 billion, although it's on track for completion in 2016. But the Kwun Tong Line extension will have cost HK$7.2 bill ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
Singapore marks this month the 50th anniversary of its reluctant independence in 1965, when the island was abruptly expelled from Malaysia. Professor Wang Gungwu -- a famed historian who was formerly ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
Sri Lanka may be a small economy, but situated along the key Eurasian shipping route, the island country in the Indian Ocean has served as an important transshipment hub. It is also seen as a vital no ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... Hong Kong Island police headquarters recorded 469 complaints relating to taxi drivers, including overcharging, refusal to take passengers and failing to take the most direct routes to destinations. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... sense of island identity. Membership of the European Union is a matter of business convenience and ease of travel and buying property – not a feeling of empathy with the citizens of the other 26 memb ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... finished island reclamation in disputed waters. However, what this means is that China will now move to the next stage, of building infrastructure on these artificial islands, including military faci ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
