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  • Hong Kong Says It Will Reduce Waste by 40 Percent Per Person

    Ashley Davis , Mon, May 20, 2013 As one of the most populated cities in the world, Hong Kong has a lot of waste. They are hoping to reduce their waste by 40 percent in ten years as part of a ...

  • Cathay Pacifics Airbus A350 to get new first business class seats

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  • New Live Nation JV to Promote Concerts in Hong Kong Singapore

    ) has announced that it has formed a joint venture withLushington Entertainments to promote concerts in the countries. The first joint effort will be a Linkin Park concert in Hong Kong on Aug. 15. Lushington has been operating in the region since 1990, whileLive Nation commenced operations inHong KongandSingaporein 2005. The formerwas established to promoteEric Clapton's first Asian tour, ...

  • Hong Kong The InterContinental Hotels Bounty Of Rooms With A Sensational View

    The sharply angled facade of the InterContinental Hong Kong is one reason why so many rooms have such spectacular harbor views. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here's his first swing: H-VQ or Harbor-View Quotient, which is the number of rooms that have a bona-fide view of a harbor divided by the total number of hotel rooms. If a hotel had only harbor-view rooms, the H-VQ would be one. For most ...

  • Hong Kong launches plan to tackle waste crisis

    HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong on Monday launched a ten-year plan to reduce waste by 40 percent per person as part of efforts to catch up with other leading Asian cities and avert a looming environmental crisis.With a population of more than 7 million, the city currently sends 1.27 kg (2.8 pounds) per person per day to three huge outdoor landfill sites which are set to reach capacity by 2020.The ...


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Patch Adams

Patch Adams

"Patch Adams" would have been a much better movie if it had been more about its real-life subject and less about Robin Williams. Don't get me wrong--Williams is a fine actor, and in the right project with the right director, he can be sheer dynamite. Unfortunately, "Patch Adams" is not the right project for him because it's too much of what we've already seen before in better movies like "Good Mor ... ...

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  • Avian flu Hong Kongs rubber duck deflates

    Duck soup: Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck floats - flattened - in Hong Kong's Victoria harbour, prompting a slew of conspiracy theories. Photograph: Jerome ...

  • Hong Kong shares 0.50 per cent higher

    Hong Kong shares finished 0.50 per cent higher after record-setting gains on Wall Street following bullish comments from a prominent hedge fund manager.The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 113.96 points to end at 23,044.24 on turnover of HK$54.87 billion ($7.14 billion).US stocks surged to new all-time closing highs Tuesday on renewed optimism after a prominent hedge fund manager said the stock ...

  • First Major Hong Kong Business Mission in Kazakhstan | HKTDC

    Some 30 companies and 36 businesspeople from Hong Kong are in Kazakhstan looking for trade, investment and partnership opportunities with Kazakhstan companies. The five-day business mission, which continues through 24 May, was organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). The mission is supported by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Kazakhstan Consulate to Hong ...

  • ExCo meeting suspension valid

    The Executive Council Secretariat says there will be no Executive Council meeting on May 21, because there are no agenda items.The statement was made today in response to media enquiries, and the arrangement was agreed upon by its members at the weekly meeting on May 14.It said the Government attaches great importance to the council's work, which deals with items submitted by policy bureaus ...

  • Health chief attends WHO assembly

    Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man attended the World Health Organisation's 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva today, as a member of the China delegation.Dr Ko met with Minister of the National Health & Family Planning Commission Li Bin and Macau's Secretary for Social Affairs & Culture Cheong U to discuss the latest avian influenza A(H7N9) situation on the ...

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