... tephen Ng Tin-hoi and British Consul General Caroline Elizabeth Wilson, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. A highly esteemed hotelier and philanthropist, Harilela began as a tailor in the 1940s ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-31
... been operating a number of A-level commercial properties centered around Taikoo Place in the area since 1990. It should also be noted that the government imposes a plot ratio cap of 8 to 10 times for ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
... ner consisting of steamed fish (grass carp) with preserved cabbage, fried beef with choi sum (flowering cabbage) and tomato and potato pork soup, is HK$108.20 (US$13.92) this quarter, up 28 per cent s ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
Guess who is the highest-paid public servant in Hong Kong? It may come as a surprise to many, but the answer is Fred Lam Tin-fuk, who has been chief executive of the Airport Authority (AA) since Octo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Google has just released the top 10 search topics this year but they're nowhere as interesting as those you'll find at a typical middle-class Chinese dinner table. Daughter: “Dad, why didn’t you buy a ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
... er of Sha Tin district, during the clearing of the Mong Kok protest site in November. He is demanding a criminal investigation but said the police are treating his case as a routine complaint that wil ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
... ty in Lam Tin was 7.76 percent less than its appraised value of HK$2.08 billion, falling short of market expectations, the report said. The deal, however, remains the largest mall acquisition this yea ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-09
... f the Sha Tin police division who allegedly assaulted two passersby during a police clearing operation in Mong Kok a few days ago, went on leave before his official retirement. The arrangement meant t ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... es are getting smaller. Interestingly, Hong Kong has always prided itself on having the largest number of millionaires in the world. But the city's millionaires are living in shoebox dwellings, when c ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... talum and tin are mined, smuggled, and illegally taxed by violent armed groups and provide off-budget funding to abusive militaries and security services. Consider just four African countries -- Sudan ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
... y were hunting wild boar using explosives. Chan is believed to have made the bomb but Ho said he knew nothing about the explosives, according to the report. Police were alerted by witnesses who saw t ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... f the Sha Tin to Central Link, the Apple Daily reported Tuesday. Chan has supported the proposal to relocate the Song and Yuan Dynasty relics, which would only cost HK$10 million (US$1.29 million), as ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
... m the Sha Tin College Parent-Teacher Association. The prizes, I suspect, have also been adjusted to the income bracket of the parents -- a bit less eye-popping than those offered by CIS. The top pri ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... pation, citing biblical passages that enjoin people to obey their rulers. But there are others who cite the example of Jesus Christ himself, who condemned the hypocrisies of church leaders, who perfor ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
... ngs. Wong Tin-long, one of the founders of the Hong Kong version of the wall, said 20 volunteers are helping collect the stickers. They are taking photographs as part of plans to recreate the wall as ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
MTR’s West Island Line will finally be ready for passengers by the end of this year. But initially, the line, which will extend the existing Island Line from Sheung Wan to Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Univ ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
... g the bursting of the city’s housing bubble, the proposal to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law, and education reform. But, instead of journeying back to the old times, Hong Kong people need to be ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
... Fred Lam Tin-fuk welcomed the decision and cited various programs to address environmental concerns related to the project. The authority promised to build a 2,400-hectare marine park and establish t ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
A prominent religious leader has criticized Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying for his controversial remarks on public nomination and said he is thinking of giving up the privilege of nominating candidat ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-29
... ia, collecting over 600 signatures from peers in the industry within two days. Meanwhile, over 60 clergymen, including Rev. Yuen Tin-yau from the Methodist Church, Rev. Lo Lung-kwong, Rev. Fung Chi-wo ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-22
