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1. Charity begins at home for chain store exempt from levy

   Posted Aug 03rd 2009, 12:00am by Joyce Ng

   ... Edward - where a green 'BYOB' label had been placed next to the cashier - charged 50 cents when a Post reporter asked for a plastic bag yesterday after making a purchase. She explained ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/688724/charity-begins-home-chain-store-exempt-levy
2. Second pact to push electric-vehicle use

   Posted Apr 23rd 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... The government will today sign a memorandum with a second Japanese car manufacturer to promote the use of electric vehicles in Hong Kong, as part of its clean-air initiatives in the budget. The news was announced by Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah yesterday as he appealed to legislators to support the budget. 'Not only can the extensive use of clean ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/677801/second-pact-push-electric-vehicle-use
3. Empire

   Posted Dec 20th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Empire by Anthony Riches Hodder & Stoughton HK$160 A first-time historical novelist looking around for a suitably meaty subject could do a lot worse than select the Roman empire, which, 2,000 years ago, covered much of Europe and beyond. Anthony Riche ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/701755/empire
4. D-Day

   Posted Dec 13th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... D-Day by Antony Beevor Viking, HK$255 On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy; by the end of August they had liberated Paris and the demise of the Third Reich was in sight. But - as Antony Beevor's enthralling D-Day: The Battle for Normandy show ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/701132/d-day
5. Lure of a 'presidential seat inside a luxury car'

   Posted Dec 11th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Ed Peters What can HK$1.398 million get you these days? A 700 sqft flat on Lantau, or about 127 taels of gold, or approximately 186,400 Mars bars. Or, more stylish than bricks and mortar, more manoeuvrable than bullion, and less fattening than confectiona ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700907/lure-presidential-seat-inside-luxury-car
6. BOOK (1974)

   Posted Dec 06th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... The Years of the Hungry Tiger John Gordon Davis (Joseph) To start with a quote from the opening 200-word sentence of John Gordon Davis' The Years of the Hungry Tiger: 'In Hong Kong in the summer-time the sun burns down humid maddening hot on the ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700398/book-1974
7. The Junior Officers' Reading Club

   Posted Dec 06th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... The Junior Officers' Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey Allen Lane HK$240 The title is something of a decoy. Literature was not the primary focus of Patrick Hennessey's exploits in the British Army in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan in the mid-2000s ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700400/junior-officers-reading-club
8. Hero's welcome

   Posted Dec 06th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... One of Patrick Hennessey's publisher's publicists is vehement that he has no time for an interview during his whistle-stop tour of Hong Kong. Another is adamant that he does. And the handler from the financial institution that flew the best-sell ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700405/heros-welcome
9. Classic investment and a whole lot of fun to boot

   Posted Dec 04th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Anyone who thought they could pick up a classic car on the cheap in the wake of the global financial downturn is in for a disappointment. Bugattis, Bentleys and similar veteran vehicles simply don't belong in the bargain basement. 'Classic cars ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700179/classic-investment-and-whole-lot-fun-boot
10. Gulf gateways let visitors discover the Arab world

    Posted Dec 02nd 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

    ... International airports and the host of airlines that jet in and out 24 hours a day make the United Arab Emirates an ideal starting point for exploring the many other fascinating destinations in the Middle East. A few hours in the air can lead to ancient c ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/699976/gulf-gateways-let-visitors-discover-arab-world

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