... ported, citing research from Ricacorp Property Ltd. With solid demand for housing estates from end-users, the rents for small and medium-sized residential property units could rise five to 10 percent ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... n the existing regulatory regime. Under current rules, all drivers are required to pass container truck driving license tests, which means they must have multi-year driving experience. However, many o ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
Hong Kong should promote high-end ecological-tourism, rather than just shopping and sightseeing tours, in the territory, an academic said, pointing out that such strategy can help preserve the country ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... ut the Platinum Visa program, which allows immigrants to obtain permanent residency within 12 months if they make a A$15 million (US$12.35 million) investment. The price tag is 19 times more than the ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... ped in Ma Tin Pok in collaboration with Po Leung Kuk. The completed units will be rented out to youth at half the market rent levels. Lee is also looking to build some 10,000 home units of a size simi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
The property market is likely to level off in the last quarter of the year or the first quarter of 2016 as the US dollar continues to strengthen and panic buying subsides. Impulse buying of so-called ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
Temple Street (廟街) is a popular hangout for tourists seeking good bargains, cheap knockoffs and seafood restaurants in a lively night-time atmosphere in Hong Kong. The street -- named after a Tin Hau ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... hile, Sha Tin district councilor Mak Yun-pui is wading into Golden Forum, Hong Kong’s most popular internet forum, to help young people achieve their political ambitions, Ming Pao Daily reported Wedne ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... rently renting units in public housing estates and cannot afford private flats. The robust demand for the HOS units reflects the huge number of end-users who have been driving up prices in the seconda ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
A police officer fired four shots to try to stop a thief early Monday, Ming Pao Daily reported. The officer was conducting a surveillance operation at about 5 a.m. after receiving reports of thefts of ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying got booed by the crowd at the Sha Tin Racecourse on Saturday as he was presenting the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s 130th Anniversary Cup. A 28-year-old man surnamed Tsang wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... g to Shun Tin Estate at the Shun Lee Fire Station in Kowloon on Jan. 9, Apple Daily reported. The fare was HK$4.9. However, his attempt to tap his Octopus card on the fare box failed, apparently becau ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... te in Sha Tin is likely to be used as a pilot for the affordable public housing scheme, sources familiar with the matter told the newspaper. The project, which includes four phases, was originally ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
The Hong Kong government will subsidize primary and middle schools that seek alliances with mainland counterparts, a move aimed at promoting educational exchanges across the border, Sing Tao Daily rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... that Sha Tin and Yuen Long had the most number of newly registered young voters aged between 18 and 20 among the 18 electoral districts, with 4,954 and 4,568 respectively. Legislators from Yuen Long ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-08
... , the Sha Tin police division commander, during the clearing operation at the Mong Kok protest site in late November last year. Ken Tsang described the report as ridiculous. "The government said it i ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
If you take the B2 Exit at the Yau Ma Tei MTR Station in Hong Kong, you will soon find yourself in an ocean of tin-sheeted structures and accosted by a strange smell that is probably a mixture of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... en circulating early last year that Shenzhen would follow the lead of Shanghai and Beijing in imposing restrictions on car purchases. However, at the Guangdong People's Congress in January last year, ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
The year 2015 has just begun and ridiculous things are already all over the place. First, a 14-year-old girl who had been caught drawing an umbrella and a flower on the "Lennon Wall" with a chalk was ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
... disappointing despite the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme. The market's main Hang Seng Index added just 1.3 percent in 2014, after a 3 percent gain in the fourth quarter. Actual ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
