This week sees the unveiling of www.SoutheastAsia.org, the flagship website of the Southeast Asia: feel the warmth campaign to promote tourism to Southeast Asia. Smartly designed and user friendly, www.SoutheastAsia.org offers a unique resource and travel-planning experience that is tailor made for the modern, web savvy traveler.
The website, which is already live, is packed with cool fea
In a case that is continuing to rile many in Hong Kong's maritime industry, on Jan. 15, a District Court judge gave four highly-trained and experienced seafarers prison terms for their roles in a collision between two ships that resulted in the sinking of one with the loss of 18 lives. The case could bring the territory's reputation into jeopardy over the application of rules and laws.
Hong Kong is an attractive holiday destination to many Filipinos. But a sad tale of a group of first time visitors coming from the country’s Surigao province may put a damper on others trying to get their glimpse of this so-called Asia’s World City.
Hong Kong's top lawyers and Chinese officials are trading blows over the legality of a new campaign for democracy in the former British colony that frames an upcoming special election as a de facto referendum on political reform. When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, Beijing continued to deny democracy to this wealthy financial hub of 7 million people.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. returned to profit in 2009 as cost-cutting measures and bets on fuel prices helped Asia's No. 3 carrier rebound from its biggest loss ever the year before. Hong Kong's flagship airline reported profit of $4.7 billion Hong Kong dollars ($601 million) in the 12 months ended Dec. 31, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
Nearly 100 million women across Asia have "disappeared" because of a huge and growing gender gap that has fatally deprived them of access to health care and food and has led to widespread abortions of female fetuses, according to a U.N. report.
Asian stocks gained Monday as a better-than-expected report about the U.S. job market boosted confidence in the economic recovery. Major markets added as much as 2 percent in the region's second day higher. The euro got a boost after France voiced support for debt-laden Greece, while oil prices edged toward $82 a barrel. As in the U.S., investors in Asia welcomed Friday's news the U.S. economy lost fewer jobs than expected last month.
A few weeks ago, a friend who is a first-time international traveler confirmed that she is coming to Hong Kong. In between her excitement about the trip, which will take place in October, is a question posed out of concern rather than curiosity, “how do you guys avoid acid attacks?”.
In recent weeks, the so called “Post-80s” protesters – composed of embittered youths born in the 1980s - have made their presence felt. Previously labeled carefree and indifferent to social issues, the youthful group has made a splash into the news headlines for reasons different from the past.
China has warned that a plan by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to use a special election as a de facto referendum on democratic reform is a threat to stability in the former British colony. While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it maintains a separate political system and enjoys Western-style civil liberties typically denied on the mainland. But Beijing has continued to deny full democracy. Hong Kong's leader is chosen by an 800-member committee stacked with pro-China figures and its legislature is half elected, half picked by special interest groups.
On Feb. 15, the South China Morning Post reported that WL Ng, a 37-year old IT manager based in Hong Kong, had recently refinanced his 35-year-old Quarry Bay flat and cashed in HK$900,000 to buy blue-chip stocks. He had bought the 980 sq ft apartment for HK$4 million (US$512,000) about three years ago. DBS Bank valued the flat at HK$5.7 million, a 42 percent gain. As DBS only required a two-year binding period on a mortgage deed, Ng pocketed almost HK$1 million from the valuation gain and the cash rebate to play the market, the SCMP said.
CNN's Earth Frontiers maps out the changes in global energy consumption for different regions of the world between the years of 1980 and 2007. A colorful interactive 'infographic' shows how population, CO2 emissions from energy, and electricity – both total and renewable – have changed over the years.
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