Cool Old Chinese Villages - a photo tour (Friday, 29 August 2008) Posted by: tomcarter (Hits: 5) The following series of photos, taken from my new book of photography ‘CHINA: Portrait of a People,’ are what I personally consider the most beautiful sites of Old China; those remote villages that have yet to meet China’s wrecking ball, and a proud people contented to proceed with their antediluvian customs as they have for five thousand years.
Filipino teachers continue to fly to US for higher pay (Friday, 29 August 2008) Posted by: Always (Hits: 3) A growing number of experienced Filipino teachers are finding teaching jobs in all corners of the world....
Data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration show that Filipino teachers leave to teach in countries of Africa, Europe, Asia and on the islands of South Pacific. They also go to oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Brunei...The Philippines is attractive because the education is American-based. … We are so impressed with the quality and caliber of teachers there," said a human resources director for the Baltimore County, Maryland Public Schools, Bill Boden, in an infozine report in 2004, provided by the embassy.
New China Photobook Promotes Peace & Understanding (Friday, 29 August 2008) Posted by: tomcarter (Hits: 5) Photojournalist Tom Carter traveled for 2 years across the 33 provinces of China to show the diversity of Chinese People in CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive book of photography on modern China ever published by a single author.
Major monastery reopens in Tibet (Saturday, 30 August 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 3) The major Buddhist Drepung Monastery in Tibet reopened this week five months after being shut by the authorities during anti-government riots that rocked the region's capital, a staff member said Friday
The role of the media in Thailand's political turmoil (Thursday, 28 August 2008) Posted by: photo_journ (Hits: 9) An interesting and frank review of the situation in Thailand as it is now, journalism standards and ethics and how one media group in Thailand is abusing its role.
Big Bad Beijing Subway - a retrospective (Friday, 29 August 2008) Posted by: tomcarter (Hits: 4) Like seemingly everything else in China prefaced with ‘The World’s…Biggest, Longest, Most Populace, etc.,’ the Beijing Subway is presently the world’s fastest growing rapid transit network. By Tom Carter for Air Macau infight magazine.
shinminoo (Wednesday, 27 August 2008) Posted by: Burma Democratic Concern (Hits: 5) Thailand Prime Minister is Nurturing the Military Dictatorship in Burma
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) today strongly condemns the Thailand Prime Minister Samak Sumdaravaj comments on Aung San Suu Kyi by saying that “the western countries not to pin their efforts to bring democracy to Burma on the release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi,” and keep on saying that “Ibrahim Gambari would have more success engaging the military regime if Ms Suu Kyi was left off the agenda”.
Mr Sundaravej went on saying that “Instead of focusing on Aung San Suu Kyi the international community should focus on the constitution and elections as a means of bringing democracy to Burma”.
His irresponsible comment is not only insulting on Aung San Suu Kyi but also insulting on Burmese people. The constitution he refers to is a sham one drawn 14 years long by regime’s hand pick delegation in order to legitimate military rule in Burma and adopted unilaterally.
Mr Samak should also know that people of Burma do not accept 2010 election. Burmese democratic forces also stressed their stand very clearly that there will be no more elections without implementing and recognizing the 1990 election results.
Mr Samart should bear in mind that elections were held in 1990 and the will of the Burmese has been expressed and UNGA had recognised the notion already. United Nations General Assembly has since 1991 on its successive resolution calling on Burma to implement 1990 elections result and hand over power.
“We are very sad to learn that Thai PM is nurturing the military dictatorship in Burma in order to exploit its natural resources”, said Myo Thein, Director of Burma Democratic Concern (BDC).
“I wonder Mr Samak got ears and eyes to see and hear the realities of suffering of Burmese people”, said Myo Thein. “His irresponsible comments seem to say that he cares only the people with GUNS, not with NON-VIOLENT”.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) calls for Mr Samak Sumdaravaj to stop nurturing the military dictatorship in Burma.
Family of murdered tourist call for Thailand travel boycott (Tuesday, 26 August 2008) Posted by: photo_journ (Hits: 18) The family of a man murdered in the popular Northern Thailand tourist destination of Chiang Mai have reacted angrily to Monday’s provincial court ruling that means his killer will serve less than three years in jail and called on Americans to boycott Thailand as a tourist destination.
Pakistani receives life sentence for murdering Thai: Australian gets four years for killing American (Tuesday, 26 August 2008) Posted by: photo_journ (Hits: 7) Just two days after the Chiang Mai Provincial Court handed down a four year sentence to 61-year-old Australian William Thomas Douglas for the March 2008 murder of American tourist Gary Bruce Poretsky, Thailand’s Court of Appeal was reaffirming a life sentence for a Pakistani man convicted for murdering a Thai woman in 2006.
Thai police try to end stand-off (Wednesday, 27 August 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 9)
Thai riot police have surrounded the prime minister's compound to try to evict anti-government protesters who took over the building on Tuesday.
Anwar Ibrahim victory (Wednesday, 27 August 2008) Posted by: Jacques (Hits: 13) Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's opposition leader, has won a landslide victory in a by-election to return him to parliament.
Anwar, who heads the Keadilan party, or the People's Justice, said on Tuesday he was on track to oust a "weakened government".
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Some words about my self:
I spend most of my waking hours on the net. I'm an active netizen for over five years now. I've traveled to several places in the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia. I'd love to travel again this year, perhaps in Macau or China. *keeping fingers crossed*
My Asia
Asian countries of particular interest:
Philippines; Singapore
Asian countries I have visited:
Indonesia; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
Asian countries I would like to visit:
China; Hong Kong; Japan; Malaysia; South Korea; Vietnam
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