Archive for June, 2008
Friday, June 27th, 2008
The Indian government Thursday approved the Cruise Shipping Policy of India that envisages a zero-tax regime for cruise ship operators, according to Indo-Asian News Service Thursday.
Under the policy, cruise operators will be exempt ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Consumer confidence in several Asia-Pacific countries and regions has fallen to levels similar to those seen during a regional financial crisis 10 years ago, a MasterCard survey said on Thursday.
The six-monthly survey of 13 markets ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Double-digit inflation is likely to continue for a few more weeks in India before the government's efforts to ease the rate of price rise succeed, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday.
In an interview with CNN-IBN, Chidamba ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
An amendment to the air services agreement between the Philippines and China's Hong Kong will pave the way for local airlines to fly to Hong Kong from Clark and other places in the country, according to local media on Thursday.
The ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
South Korean banks' lending rates rose for the second consecutive month in May as market interest rates advanced, the South Korea central bank said Thursday.
The average lending rates for households and companies reached 6.96 percen ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
German import prices chalked the biggest gain in nearly 18 years in May, mainly due to surging energy prices, official figures released on Thursday showed.
Import prices in May rose 2.4 percent from April, the biggest increase since ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Sanshui District in Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province, was recognized as a "Chinese Longevity Town" by the Gerontological Society of China (GSC) on June 26, 2008.
It is the first "Chinese Longevity Town" in Guangdong Province.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
About 40 exhibits using the horse as a subject are on display starting from Friday at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
The exhibition, Story of the Horse, features artifacts of different dates and in various medium ranging from Chinese ...
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