... t said, citing unnamed sources. Newly appointed chief executive Lincoln Leong said the significant increase in costs is largely due to construction problems on the West Kowloon Terminal and on a new c ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... poles and tin or thatch. There's nothing left, people are just sitting in rubble." Aid flights, including a New Zealand military Hercules aircraft carrying eight tons of supplies and an initial team, ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
... Shui, Sha Tin and Hung Hom, Ming Pao Daily reported. Police will deploy at least 300 officers at the Government House, 200 in Tsim Sha Tsui and 500 in two other districts for the anticipated rallies. ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
Spontaneous learning, not just hitting the books, is the key to earning high test scores in secondary school, award-winning students say. Setting aside time for relaxation is also important, say this ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... ed of treating hawkers as nuisances who must be kept out of the streets. HCT has been tasked with curbing illegal hawking activities as well as minimizing nuisances created by street vendors. The prob ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... Friday, citing a survey by the Hong Kong Women Development Association. The survey interviewed 492 people in January. People between 40 and 49 are less happy due to work pressures and challenges in br ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
Fear gripped a neighborhood in Tai Wai in Sha Tin on Wednesday after a student spotted what looked like a crocodile in the nearby Shing Mun River. A police search yielded nothing, however. And video f ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... umnist Ko Tin-yau said both sides are right and wrong at the same time. The problem is none of them had defined what they mean by "burst", he wrote. Some may consider a 30 percent decline in property ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
Less than a third of construction work on the Sha Tin-Central Link has been completed, pushing back its launch by at least a year, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported Thursday. The delay is being ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... e “two meetings”, the annual sessions of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress. The uncontrolled implementation of the scheme has been blamed for th ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
Tighter rules on property purchases don’t seem to mean the dream of owning a home is getting any closer. The new round of tighter mortgage rules from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has done little s ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... participating in the protests should not allow themselves to be carried away by emotions and turn the demonstrations into a display of their anti-mainland sentiments or their discontent over the terr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang has offered a package of sweeteners, including tax rebates, as he unveiled on Wednesday the budget for the coming fiscal year. In doing so, he has continued ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... le in Sha Tin on the second day of the Lunar New Year? Netizens made a big fuss of the incident, interpreting it as an inauspicious sign about what could happen if she pursued her plans to run for chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... ent, targeting an annual private housing supply target of 19,000 units. The New Territories will account for 22 of the sites that will be put up for bidding. Two sites will be from Hong Kong Island, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
Exactly a year after the savage chopper attack that nearly killed him, former Ming Pao Daily chief editor Kevin Lau is still waiting for justice. He said he has recovered from injuries he sustained in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... net, rewriting lyrics of traditional new year songs to make fun of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, his family members, loyalists and other principal officials. Following a longtime tradition, Lau Won ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... onth's meeting of the National People's Congress. It seems the Hong Kong leader has the capacity to listen to the people after angry protests were launched against mainland visitors in the past weeks. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... t the Sha Tin Che Kung Temple by the Sha Tin Rural Committee for a 10th year in a row. However, Ip was not on the official guest list, according to committee sources quoted Monday by Apple Daily. Ip l ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... annual meeting in March. The Individual Visit Scheme was launched by Beijing in July 2003 as parts of efforts to shore up the tourism sectors and the broader economies of Hong Kong and Macau. An outbr ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
