Vlad Tepes (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
I wonder if China might show the world how a different strategy might work. Here is a SITREP from Stratfor.com: China: Pirates Threaten Crew If Rescue Attempted November 30, 2009 Somali pirates warned they would kill the crew of a mainland bulk carrier if the Chinese navy attempted to wrest control of the vessel from them, South China [...]
Maritime News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The stormy waters of the global financial crisis are finally starting to recede for shipping lines such as China Shipping Container Lines and Cosco Container Lines, which have broken even on the Asia-Europe route. Helped by reviving cargo demand from the US and Europe, the shippers are starting to raise rates after months of suffering losses,reported the South China Morning Post....
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has managed to increase its freight rates threefold since August because of increased shipping demand and capacity cuts, The South China Morning Post reported Tuesday, citing the airline's chief executive. Shipping has so far recovered more quickly than Cathay's passenger business, with freight demand 14% above target...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... reindeer races, porridge eating and chimney climbing before Chan emerged as winner, the South China Morning Post reported. Several hundred people watched the challenge in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius on Sunday, during which contestants were also given marks for yo-ho-hos and jolly dispositions. Chan has worked as a magician and a Santa Claus for 17 years in Hong...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Hong Kong - Pushy Hong Kong parents are enrolling 3-year-old children in two kindergartens at a time, schooling them for up to 10 hours a day, a news report said Monday. Children signed up to two kindergartens typically start classes at 8 am and finish at 6 pm, then have homework to complete overnight, the South China Morning Post said. The trend among middle-class families in...
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... should be able to announce the second driver in a couple of weeks,” the Englishman told the South China Morning Post. “There is a possibility he may have won the Macau Grand Prix before...”Di Grassi aside, the only other drivers Booth could feasibly be referring to are Mike Conway – who triumphed in the Far Eastern Portuguese enclave in 2006, and is due to test for Mercedes...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
HONG KONG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
France24 (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Hong Kong police are seeking the Internet user behind a Facebook group that encouraged teenagers to commit mass suicide, a report said Thursday, after a 15-year-old member tried to kill himself. Nearly 190 people joined the group "I have to practise suicide," which called on members to take their own lives on December 21, the daily South China Morning Post reported....
2point6billion.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Nov. 26 – The Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Han is expected to be freed within days after Cosco Qingdao apparently agreed to pay a US$3.5million ransom to the Somali pirates who kidnapped the vessel last month, according to the South China Morning Post. A spokesman for the company was quoted as saying that an agreement [...]
IOL (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... to 14 weeks in jail but the sentence was deferred to allow him to lodge an appeal. The South China Morning Post reported that he told the court: "I have been falsely accused."Kwok had been accused of groping the same woman five times while travelling on the same bus route, but was cleared of four of the five charges because of lack of evidence.He was arrested after the woman's...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... to 14 weeks in jail but the sentence was deferred to allow him to lodge an appeal. The South China Morning Post reported that he told the court: "I have been falsely accused."Kwok had been accused of groping the same woman five times while travelling on the same bus route, but was cleared of four of the five charges because of lack of evidence. He was arrested after the woman's...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... serves up beef balls and turnip cake for just 10 Hong Kong dollars, according to Friday's South China Morning Post. Michelin guides director Jean Luc Naret admitted the shortcomings of last year's debut guide and said: "Hong Kong has the most affordable star restaurants in the world."At the opposite end of the scale, two Hong Kong restaurants, both at the Four Seasons hotel,...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
I recently attended the wonderful Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia. Here’s a good news story about it, published in the South China Morning Post on 1 November: With its old craft culture, mildly bohemian cafes and array of misty hilltop vistas, Ubud in Bali seems to have grown almost to fit its twin [...]
