China is defending its efforts to reclaim and develop land in disputed waters in the South China Sea, saying these pose no threat to other nations. Satellite images show China has significantly expand ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (SHKP, 00016.HK) is offering plots of land for the construction of a shopping center near the border on a not-for-profit basis, Apple Daily reported Friday. The mall will ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... reclaimed land in the ocean off Colombo. Construction on the project began last September, and was expected to take eight years for completion. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who took offi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
Thailand has the world's happiest -- or least miserable -- consumers, a comparison of 51 economies shows. The ranking is based on Bloomberg's calculations of the "misery index", which is found by addi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... e inch of land" or seeking "maritime hegemony" (though history attests to his use of military force – for example, executing local rulers – to control maritime chokepoints). In reality, little disting ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... d the mainland, the lack of opportunities for our young people to climb up the social ladder and our unfair political system all add up to the current social crisis. Although the 79-day Occupy Movemen ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. (00012.HK), meanwhile, increased the prices of its three remaining units at a development in Cheung Sha Wan by about 10 percent. However, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... Some mainland brokerages have cut their benchmark interest rate for margin trading. Citic Securities (600030.CN) lowered its one-year margin trading rate to 8.35 percent from March 2. These measures ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
... entire islands with airstrips, helipads, harbors and facilities to support large numbers of troops. To tip the operational balance of power in its favor, China has dredged millions of tons of rock an ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
... 90 as its land-price bubble began to burst, according to Roy Smith, a former Goldman Sachs partner who correctly called the Japanese meltdown. “Nobody agrees with me. But they didn’t agree with me in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... nues from land sales. However, things might not turn out in the way the government wants, because once the housing bubble bursts, the government is still likely to be blamed, because it has allowed th ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
A work group on long-term fiscal planning has proposed a draw-down from the HK$220 billion Land Fund to make up the endowment for the so-called future fund that is being set up by the Hong Kong govern ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
The Hong Kong government plans to add 16 new sites in its land sale program for the coming fiscal year that begins in April, but none of those plots will be on the main Hong Kong Island, Ming Pao Dail ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
With China’s economic slowdown more apparent than ever, its prospects of avoiding a hard landing are weakening. Whether policymakers succeed will depend on whether they can navigate the challenges ste ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... e current land funds) and its use, the future fund represents the ultimate long bet that current marginal investment in social and health infrastructure will win the day. Proponents of this strategy c ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
... h both on land and at sea, it is really important for China to convince them of its good faith in reviving “One Belt, One Road”. Geographically, there are also many hindrances. The Silk Road will go t ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... and lower land and labor costs as overheads continue to climb in the wake of decades of rapid economic development, the report said. In addition, labor quality has been deteriorating. Many employers c ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... optimize land utilization and increase land supply through a combination of measures. In the fiscal year starting April 1, 2014, the government put up for sale a total of 20 residential sites, capabl ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... . The mainland's economic well-being is also important for Hong Kong as any troubles or social upheavals resulting from poor growth there could easily spread across the border. Many people in the main ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... raints in land ownership" are "hindering the prospect of improving and diversifying farm production". It also shows there are now more than 3,000 hectares of inactive arable land, accounting for over ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
