... he nearby town of Cocula, Reuters said. "That event never took place," one of the investigators, Carlos Beristain, told reporters on Sunday, citing evidence from the site. "There should be a refocusin ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... led "Chinatown" or "Little India". They came into existence not by choice but by necessity. If we want to live a decent and dignified life in a foreign country, we can learn a lot from how the Chinese ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... on to the Town Planning Board to rebuild the hotel into a 25-story office building. But the answer is also yes, because despite the fact that the recent sharp decline in the number of tourists is not ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... e textile town of Bandung to the south. The contract for a 150 km rail line linking the two cities, which would have cut the journey to 35 minutes from about three hours, had provoked stiff rivalry be ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... Hungarian town of Bicske about 40 kimoters (25 miles) west of Budapest which hosts a major refugee camp, and police lined the platforms. Some migrants at first left the train but then forced their way ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... urged the Town Planning Board to remove trams from the streets of Central to ease the traffic congestion in the district. The proposal, initiated by a retired government planner, is quite disappointin ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-29
... ulate the Town Planning Board. This was followed by a flurry of almost unbelievable government explanations for the decision to give New World a new management contract lasting until 2035. Among the e ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... a retired town planner that it is faster to walk than to take a tram. Another example is the “Citizen Tree Lovers” group set up by environmental group Green Sense on Facebook to promote a territory-wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... said. The Town Planning Board last week gave conditional approval to the project that was jointly put forward by NWD and LCSD. Under the plan, the promenade would be closed off for three years for ren ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
Sit Kwok-keung recently tabled his submission to the Town Planning Board seeking to remove the tram line between Admiralty and Central to increase the road space by 30 per cent, so as to ease traffic ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
The Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront enhancement project, which has come under fire for not being contracted out through open tender, was approved by the Town Planning Board (TPB) even as 95 percent of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... n eastern town where violent anti-refugee protests erupted at the weekend. The surge in migrants seeking refuge from conflict or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia has confronted Europe with ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ng in the town of Tikapur against a government-backed plan to include their area in a hilly province, part of a regional overhaul envisaged in a new federal constitution expected to be finalised this ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
... Hom. The Town Planning Board approved the plan despite receiving 340 comments from the public, all but nine of which were opposed to the idea. What's going on here? The government not only approved t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
... ed to the Town Planning Board that the tram service is too slow and that the Central to Admiralty route should be scrapped. Another runner who participated in Sunday's "Man vs Tram Race" said the argu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
The Town Planning Board (TPB) has come under fire for approving a controversial project to redevelop the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade, with some critics dubbing the move as another example of government-bu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Germany is cracking down on right-wing militants and racists after a second night of scuffles between protesters and police outside a refugee shelter in an eastern town near Dresden. Interior ministe ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
... center of town while the protests were under way. However they have demonstrated a keen sense of satire by upping the ratings for Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. Let’s set aside the recent Tianjin disa ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-22
The Hong Kong government said it has no plans to change the tram services under its current transport policy. In response to a recent submission to the Town Planning Board to cancel the Central to Adm ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
