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
... of Lantau Island will be developed into a third key business district, after Central district and East Kowloon, and it’s one of the city's most strategic land reserves. Under the bay area plan, there ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
... man-made islands was raising tensions and risked "militarization" by other claimant states, Reuters reported. Kerry's blunt criticism of Beijing, in front of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, is likel ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... The small island state has laid out plans for its economy to rise up the value chain and boost the productivity of its workers. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was quoted by the Straits Times newspaper ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... ss of the Island Shangri-La, a luxury hotel, as their residential address, qualifying them as electors in Chung Wan constituency under the Central and Western District. Democratic Party lawmaker Alber ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
... (a Lantau Island development including a cultural village and cable car). However, they have proven to be less attractive to tourists, the study said. By contrast, Singapore and South Korea, two of Ho ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday confirmed that an aircraft part washed ashore on an Indian Ocean island last week was part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The anno ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
Hong Kong people who came down with food poisoning from imported Taiwanese sandwiches are not getting much sympathy from the island's netizens. Some said sandwiches should not be casually brought in b ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
... Caribbean island paid just US$628,000 of what was due on securities sold by its Public Finance Corp. because the legislature didn’t provide enough money, Melba Acosta, the president of its Government ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
Malaysia said airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane that vanished last year, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... that the island state share the same situation--lots of busy parents and not all families can afford or want a full-time maid. The startup recently received S$1 million (US$726,680) funding from an a ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
Plane debris washed up on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777, according to officials and aviation experts. The find potentially provides some ans ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
... hough the island's economy was languishing, people would still crave good food. But instead of dining out, a growing number of Taiwanese will prefer to buy good ingredients and cook at home. Ke decide ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-25
... with the island state's top leaders, and was the target of a defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his late father Lee Kuan Yew. The magazine was banned for a long time in Singa ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... suen Wan, Island and Tseung Kwan O lines. The new trains, featuring modern operating systems and equipment, will be delivered to Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023. The first of the new trains is expecte ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-23
... sday. The island state recorded year-on-year declines in visitors in 14 of the 15 months up to May, and hotel room rates dropped for 10 straight months. The Singapore dollar has gained against the cur ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-23
