... nfare and grand promises for a better and more effective government, Tung announced that all of his principal officials were to be political appointees chosen by the chief executive and would report d ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
... ew York’s Grand Central, is scheduled to open on Aug. 20, he said. That will shrink the commute to Beijing to about 45 minutes and to downtown Tianjin to 15 minutes. Thirteen of 63 buildings in the di ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
What's the difference between the new China and the old? Answer: the internet. Every time Hans Tung, managing partner at GGV Capital, is asked that question, he puts it down to China's online revoluti ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... no doubt grand -- it is said to be among the most expensive in Chinese TV history, with an all-star cast from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- TVB had been accused of trying to bring about a shift in l ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... e said. A grand jury declined to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo, who placed Garner in the chokehold, a maneuver banned by New York City police. Video of the incident taken by a bystander became public ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... of a baby grand piano and weighing in at just over 1,000 pounds (454 kg), doesn’t carry the propellant to fire braking rockets to slow down and slip into orbit. NASA launched a fleet of initial reconn ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
Ting Wai Monastery in Tai Po was founded in 1921 as "Lan Yeuk Yuen" — which literally means "The Orchid Garden" — by Monk Tsang Sau to promote Buddhist teachings to the public. The Grand Temple — the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... ears. The grand people who run Hong Kong’s Education Bureau prefer to focus on the fancier end of the educational system, but countless studies have shown that primary schools are where the real diffe ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... ter and a grand theater. The authority has received HK$21.6 billion (US$2.79 billion) in government funding since 2008 when the project was approved by the Legislative Council. In those 17 years, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... e British Grand Prix whether the private equity fund had a deadline by which it had to sell its 35.5 percent stake, the media-shy businessman replied: "No, we don't. There is no end date." "We have 12 ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... e for the grand event. She said she's very grateful to her supportive father, who, immersed in the world of equities, describes her daughter as a "quality stock with a potential to outperform". So wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... stay at a Grand Hyatt hotel. Those joining five-day tours to Thailand are entertained at high-end restaurants and are also put up at the Grand Hyatt, though they may only fly economy class. At EGL, to ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... udied the Grand Mosque of Cordoba. For a while he regarded it as the high point of Islamic architecture, but later thought it was "too lush and too colorful" to be the essence of Islam. He paid a visi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-01
... pate is a grand one," Li said, although he declined to say how much Beijing would spend. "China has ample foreign exchange reserves," he added, also suggesting the creation of an additional joint EU-C ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
... Europe's grand project to bind its nations into an unbreakable union by means of a common currency. It also carries broad implications for the global financial system. After months of wrangling, Gree ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
... e playing Grand Theft Auto in your twenties. But how much longer do you want your life to continue like this? Let’s get back to the train station metaphor. Imagine you are standing there aimlessly wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-27
... ime for a grand bargain. A grand bargain can put an end to years of quarrels within the eurozone and regenerate positive momentum for the European project. With a grand bargain, Greece would no longer ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-22
... said the Grand Mufti, Egypt's top religious authority, had said in his opinion that the death sentence was permissible for the defendants who had been referred to him. Wearing his blue prison suit, t ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
... rline MGM Grand Air and launched an unsuccessful bid for Trans World Airlines. In the business world, he was known more for making a deal than for nurturing a company over the long haul, often taking ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
... a single grand-slam investment. The markets give little to no value to the company’s other businesses, including Africa’s largest pay-TV network and investments in dozens of other start-ups. A year a ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
