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1. 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
2. Cross-strait ties are flourishing

   Posted Oct 04th 2010, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... It was with considerable fanfare that the first cross-strait flights in recent years between Taiwan and the mainland took place in July, 2008. A China Southern Airlines jet flew from Guangzhou to Taipei, while a simultaneous China Airlines flight complete ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/726511/cross-strait-ties-are-flourishing
3. 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
4. Find yourself on the road less travelled

   Posted Jun 17th 2009, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Bhutan, the Middle East, South America - there are few limits for truly robust travellers looking for somewhere well off the beaten track. And tour operators with contacts worldwide are ensuring that the route from Chek Lap Kok to Machu Picchu, Persepolis ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/683829/find-yourself-road-less-travelled
5. The Penguin History of Modern China

   Posted Jun 29th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... The Penguin History of Modern China by Jonathan Fenby Allen Lane, HK$480 She was 17 and had been heard to remark that American-made shoe polish was really good. But this was in China in 1957 and Mao Zedong had deemed it politically expedient to put an end ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/643395/penguin-history-modern-china
6. Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922

   Posted Jun 08th 2008, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Ed Peters Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922 by Giles Milton Sceptre, HK$320 It is axiomatic that history repeats itself and while Giles Milton is too subtle a writer to underline a moral, the catastrophe that overtook Smyrna in 1922 is echoed by more recent even ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/640745/paradise-lost-smyrna-1922
7. In Brief

   Posted May 19th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... for summit Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah will attend the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in Seoul today. Mr Yau is to meet representatives from around the world and is expected ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/680703/brief
8. The fear within

   Posted Mar 06th 2011, 12:00am by James Mottram

   ... to the story, which the 31-year-old Edwards describes as 'Lost in Translation, set in Mexico, with aliens'. Aided by the fact that Able and McNairy are a real-life couple (and now married), ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/740054/fear-within
9. HK to feel disasters' financial punch

   Posted Mar 17th 2011, 12:00am by Paggie Leung

   ... The fallout on the Hong Kong economy from the disasters in Japan will be greatest in the next three to six months, according to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council's chief economist. 'We think the difficulties and disruptions will be the greatest in the second quarter,' Edward Leung Hoi-kwok said. Japan is Hong Kong's third-biggest export market. Exports ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/741142/hk-feel-disasters-financial-punch
10. Post takes 11 prizes at 2010 news awards

    Posted Mar 17th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... earthquake in Qinghai , and an art piece in Sotheby's auction respectively. Edward Wong won a merit in features photography for an image showing legislators enjoying music in a studio. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/741093/post-takes-11-prizes-2010-news-awards

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