Government
Ahead of Hong Kong’s national holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, there’re still thousands of Hong Kongers on the street; camping and sleeping in the middle of the road. Here’s the problem – Hong Kong is ready for democracy but China isn’t. And Beijing’s stone age mentality is such that Hong Kong is another mischievous kid, just like […]
... written on Oct 01 2014ATM thefts have gone high-tech, and judging by how the police and banks are running around like a headless chicken trying to piece together the puzzle, the local authorities and financial institutions were obviously not ready for such an attack. And it’s not hard to understand why – the police and banking institutions were trapped […]
... written on Sep 30 2014Hong Kong, Asia’s top financial centre was paralysed after what appears to be the most violent political protests since the 1997 handover exploded. The third largest financial centre in the world as of 2014, behind only to New York and London as measured by Global Financial Centres Index, was in total chaos after pro-democracy activists […]
... written on Sep 29 2014By now, the craze of loom bands or rainbow loom has reached Malaysia,. although it had already reached its craziness in the west since early of the year. Originally targeted at kids from eight to fourteen-year-old, somehow the loom bands disease has spread its tentacles to adults all around the world – from Pope Francis, […]
... written on Sep 28 2014She should have become Emirati’s female pilot much earlier, but due to the fact that women were not allowed to join the country’s Armed Forces, she had to wait several years. Although she could have kicked some baddies’ butt earlier, 35-year-old Major Mariam Al Mansouri became UAE’s first female Emirati Air-Force pilot only in 2007. […]
... written on Sep 27 2014Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Mat Razi Mat Ail has won the Pengkalan Kubor by-election with a bigger majority, defeating PAS’ Wan Rosdi. Mat Razi secured 9,961 votes while Wan Rosdi managed 7,326 votes. The majority of 2,635 is higher than last year’s 13th general election where BN candidate won with only 1,736 majority. But last […]
... written on Sep 26 2014At least 120 militants were killed after the United States and its Arab allies – Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates – unleashed air strikes in Syria on Tuesday, Sept 23. Finally, lame duck Obama found his spine to do what he should have done ages ago. And it appears Britain MPs have […]
... written on Sep 25 2014What will you do as a restaurant owner in order to boost your business? Well, to attract more customers, of course. And how do you plan to do that? Simple way will be “repeat sales”, meaning to ensure customers will return for your delicate food and beverages. In the old days, the magic potion would […]
... written on Sep 24 2014Selangor, the richest and most developed state in Malaysia is getting a new Menteri Besar (chief minister) – Azmin Ali. The “Operation Kajang” is coming to its end. We were hoping for the drama to enter its second episode with traitor Hadi Awang’s chosen PAS candidate – Iskandar Samad – selected and accepted the powerful […]
... written on Sep 23 2014For a moment, we thought Alibaba could breached the US$100 a share and sent everyone on the trading floor jaw-dropping. But the stock hit its highest at US$99.70, just 30 cents of reaching the 100 bucks mark. On the first day of its listing on NYSE, Jack Ma’s baby was trading between the range of […]
... written on Sep 21 2014
