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1. Whales add to Vancouver Island's timeless charm

   Posted Mar 04th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... There can be few greater contrasts than Vancouver and neighbouring Vancouver Island. The former is a fresh Pacific capital city, bursting with confidence, while the latter - an hour's ferry ride away - is a gentle, rugged mass where the pace of life ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/739823/whales-add-vancouver-islands-timeless-charm
2. Oil giant spreads its wealth

   Posted Feb 25th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Kuwait is one of the most economically powerful countries in the Middle East, providing a beacon to the Arab world. Its influence around the globe has grown considerably in recent decades, and one of the main reasons is the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic D ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/739119/oil-giant-spreads-its-wealth
3. Agreement with mainland on refinery is just the beginning

   Posted Feb 25th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Trade ties between Kuwait and China continue to strengthen, thanks to oil exports from the Arab state. Kuwait's crude oil exports to the mainland surged 32 per cent last December from a year earlier to about 127,000 barrels per day. And there are gre ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/739120/agreement-mainland-refinery-just-beginning
4. Zone offers an unforgettable experience

   Posted Feb 18th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Just about everyone has heard of the DMZ - the 250-kilometre-long demilitarised zone that marks the northern border of South Korea. But the PLZ - the Peace and Life Zone - is a new development that is special. Next to the DMZ and connecting the east and w ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/738476/zone-offers-unforgettable-experience
5. Sweet taste of success

   Posted Feb 18th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Koreans - dynamos when it comes to work or play - are fond of socialising. In former times, it was the bathhouse or the barber's shop where - especially in the depths of winter - friends and neighbours could warm up and chill out at the same time, sp ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/738477/sweet-taste-success
6. Unofficial anthem perfect fit for airline

   Posted Jan 26th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Just about everyone in Australia can recognise the tune of Advance Australia Fair, and knows at least some of the lyrics to Waltzing Matilda. But the continent's unofficial national anthem is I Still Call Australia Home, which was emotively sung by a ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/736746/unofficial-anthem-perfect-fit-airline
7. Exports drive country's growth

   Posted Jan 26th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Chances are that most Hongkongers have, at one time or another, sat down to a lobster dinner or bought some pearls. And chances are that those gems and crustaceans came from Australia. But trade between the Hong Kong and Down Under goes well beyond seafoo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/736747/exports-drive-countrys-growth
8. Ran Jia, the Piano Poetess

   Posted Jan 18th 2011, 12:00am by Sam Olluver

   ... Ran Jia, the Piano Poetess Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra HK Cultural Centre Concert Hall Reviewed: Jan 14 In promoting the mainland pianist, Ran Jia deserved a better platform. Mozart's Concert Rondo in D, K382 is a set of variations on a snippety ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/736035/ran-jia-piano-poetess
9. Halle Orchestra

   Posted Feb 27th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Mark Elder conducts the British orchestra and cellist Alban Gerhardt performing works by Ades, Elgar and Vaughan Williams, Mar 3, 8pm. Elder also conducts the orchestra performing works by Bax, Britten and Sibelius, Mar 4, 8pm. A HK Arts Festival programm ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/739310/halle-orchestra
10. Fugitive don receives HKU award in absentia

    Posted Jun 26th 2011, 12:00am

    ... was not renewed because, he claimed, another professor made defamatory remarks about him. Cheung received his award via video, an event organiser said. He shares the award with Edward Chen Kwan-yiu, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/971757/fugitive-don-receives-hku-award-absentia

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