... al future beyond 2047 needs to be settled in the next 15 to 20 years since “a 25-year mortgage taken out in 2022 will expire in 2047”. Among the city’s 10 largest private housing estates, more than ha ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... me prices beyond the reach of Hongkongers. But this is precisely why Leung is seduced by the idea of doing everything in the book to make him look good -- if not inevitable -- to his bosses in Beijing ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... . Looking beyond these near-term hurdles, the Hong Kong market will find support from several China-related factors. First of all, recent macro numbers point to a stabilizing mainland economy. And pol ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... big thing beyond China's major cities. Other cities such as Tianjin, Hefei and Suzhou have also recently introduced measures to limit purchases as home prices jump. Home prices in at least one distric ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-03
Light is a kind of energy in the form of waves and its visible spectrum has a wavelength of about 400 to 700 nanometers. Beyond the visible spectrum between 10 nm and 400 nm is the ultraviolet (UV) b ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... t patrols beyond the country's 12-nautical-mile territorial waters. US officials said this week that they had not seen formal requests from the Philippines to stop the joint patrols. -- Contact us at ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... vity. So, beyond adjusting to the “new normal” in oil prices, Saudi Arabia must design a radically new economic model that addresses structural impediments to productivity and growth. It is a tall ord ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
... d to look beyond the fact that over US$11 trillion of investments are currently held in sovereign bonds with negative interest rates – the irrational behavior of paying to lend money – to realize that ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-28
The European Union's list of crises keeps growing. But, beyond the United Kingdom's "Brexit" vote to leave the bloc, Poland’s constitutional-court imbroglio, Russian expansionism, migrants and refugee ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
... the boat beyond its safety limit, Surapong said. The driver was detained on Sunday night and was being questioned by police, he said. The accident came as Thailand expects to welcome a record 33 mill ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-19
... iously go beyond 2047, it pointed out. While the words offer some comfort, legal experts say the government should table a concrete plan on land lease renewal, applying to all leases that expire in 2 ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
The Hang Seng Index slumped over 800 points on Monday, the worst performer in the global market, amid expectation that the Federal Reserve might hike interest rates as early as this month. Hong Kong's ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
... 1 program beyond 2019. Some Filipino worker groups are calling for the grant of US citizenship to many of the long-term foreign workers in the CNMI, pointing out that it will ensure that the workers c ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
... u venture beyond that spot, the scene turns into a cluster of random rocks that in no way could be recognized as the fierce big cat. Getting there: To go to Mui Wo: Take ferry from Central or New Lant ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-09
... ing rents beyond reasonable levels and hurting low-end retailers. It will be up to Lau to take the fight further and try to rein in the profit-centric landlord. Like Nathan Law and Yau Wai-ching, Lau ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-06
... ty remain beyond the affordability of most people, many still consider the prices acceptable, or at least they believe that the advantages of buying still outweigh the disadvantages. There's no doubt ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-05
... ion yuan. Beyond that, and once it hits 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million), they face all sorts of challenges, Ma is quoted saying by Apple Daily Taiwan. That's when they have to deal with major decisio ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-01
... l efforts beyond the current affected areas," Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong said in the statement. Several countries have warned pregnant women or those trying to conceive to avoid traveling to Sin ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-01
... influence beyond his ambit. And where his ambitions to win a second term are concerned, he is only too willing to use everything at his disposal to stay afloat because he is sinking like a stone. Acc ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
Caring too much about macro factors can sometimes prevent investors from profiting from well-run and prospective businesses, columnist Hao Cheng Lin wrote in the Hong Kong Economic Journal. Hao cited ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-31
