| Macanese trek leads to 'oasis' in a concrete jungle I also enjoy going to Bitan in New Taipei City a lot. It is one of the rare places where you can find both green scenery and lakeside recreation in Taipei, right outside the metro station. For me... | |
| Israel's warnings on possible Iran strike put pressure on US WASHINGTON -- Hints, warnings and coded political signals from Israel about a possible strike against Iran are piling pressure on U.S. President Barack Obama and fueling an explosive election year... |
| Speed of Thai reconstruction should not outweigh quality As soon as the floods started receding, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra began assuring everybody that a disaster like this will not occur again thanks to her comprehensive water-management master... |
| Romney win leaves rivals few options But the former Massachusetts governor's win here, coupled with his enormous Florida victory just days ago, proved Republicans have begun to coalesce around his candidacy in earnest. He swept... |
| Davos parties amid the gloom The notable absence of a big Chinese delegation at the Davos World Economic Forum due to the Chinese New Year season gave the South-East Asian nations the opportunity to shine.... |
| Form and substance in muamalat The world is laden with permissible things, and the right attitude to hold is that we must find ways to make them indeed halal, rather than haram. IN Islamic transactions (muamalat), one of the... |
| SPAD must show it means business THE problem is not the taxi coupon system but the people out there, and they can be anyone. I am a taxi driver and when I pick up a fare some... |
| Making science a blast again IT was reported that the Education Ministry would look into the reasons for... |
| Let’s learn again to live, work, play together I WATCHED the play Parah at KLPAC. It was a humorous, sensitive and thought provoking play which explored the complexities of racial realities in Malaysia. It reminded me of the scene in... |
| Finger food and a dark bedroom Sagarika and Anurup Bhattacharya must have had a rude shock when the Norwegian child protection unit, Barnevernet, pronounced their parenting faulty and whisked their children away to be put in... |
| An old rude song Very often after a party, conversation will turn to that loud woman who seemed to think the state of her gall bladder was riveting or the man who stole the gravy boat from under your nose or how... |
| Take destiny in your hands If everything in life is predestined, where is the scope to use our intelligence? Whoever told you that everything is destined? Nothing is destined. It is just that unconsciously you have made... |
| It’s all about the money Las Vegas . As a child, i could not figure out the fuss about the word 'poverty' and 'inflation' was a word i naively related only to balloons. I wondered aloud why the government... |
| Let youth prevail in Bollywood Bollywood largely evoke yawns. Let's face it - cinema is overwhelmingly a medium based on youth and novelty. It's all about that first magical discovery of love, those delightful surprises... |
| Values are thin excuses to start new wars The US is apparently angered by the vetoes of China and Russia concerning the UN Security Council resolution on Syria. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it "a neutered Security... |
| EU cannot act as sole toll bearer of the skies China has taken a tough stance against the EU charges on carbon emissions from flights in and out of the EU by forbidding domestic airlines from taking part in the carbon-emissions system on Monday.... |
| The door's open for aspiring students Open the Firefox browser Click Tools>Options>Privacy<Use custom settings for history Check Accept cookies from sites Check Accept third party cookies Select Keep until: they expire Click... |
| The rise of the brothers Wei and the Ting Hsin International Group From humble beginnings in Chunghua County, four brothers are forging an empire on the appetites of Chinese consumers. They are showing the world how a fine-tuned machine really... |
| US economy races ahead of Europe after job spurt WASHINGTON -- The latest surge in U.S. job creation suggests the world's biggest economy is gathering momentum -- in contrast with the recession taking hold in parts of... |
| Treatment of dissidents highlights limitations of Sino-German friendship Although Merkel studiously avoided giving signs of discomfort about being prevented from meeting critically minded Chinese, the thoughts of most fellow-Germans would have instantly flashed back to... |
| US' Asia focus leaves Europe questioning future But now, having avoided a war, Europeans are finding that it's hard to be considered -- at least in terms of global defense -- boring. It doesn't help the mood that much of the attention is... |
| Singapore faces growing pains as setbacks pile up SINGAPORE -- Senior officials arrested in a corruption investigation. Subway commuters trapped underground without light or proper ventilation. Flooded roads in the financial... |
| More must be done to save Tiaoyutais There is an uninhabited tiny archipelago lying 120 miles northeast of Keelung, the international seaport in north Taiwan. It is known as the Tiaoyutais (???), placed under the jurisdiction of the... |
