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Attention! Now Hear This!


2007
07.29

 Than Shwe & Lee Hsien Loong

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore Mr Lee Hsien Loong (Photograph credit: Myanmar Government)

The state of Singapore’s Fourth Estate:

Thousands bonded at Inter-Racial Inter-Religious Harmony Nite (Channel NewsAsia, 29 July)

Punggol East residents forge stronger ties and friendship (Channel NewsAsia, 29 July)

Fans mob Taiwanese pop group S.H.E at MediaCorp event (Channel NewsAsia, 29 July)

The state of Myanmar’s Fourth Estate:

Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Peru (New Light of Myanmar, 28 July)

Minister inspects diesel locomotive shed (Mahlwagon) (New Light of Myanmar, 29 July)

Work Proficiency Course No 31 of Internal Revenue Dept concludes (New Light of Myanmar, 28 July)

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Catcher in the Rice


2007
07.28

Forget crop circles and any-such lame diversions: the good people of Inakadate, Japan, know how to spoil a perfectly adequate rice field.

Whoosh!

More Nippon-style environmental art at http://www.am.askanet.ne.jp/~tugaru/z-inakadate.htm

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Shan State Sauvignon


2007
07.13

Aythaya Vineyard, Shan State, Myanmar

The blue hills of Myanmar’s Shan State cradle the country’s first wine-growing enterprise, Myanmar Vineyards. Located near the Inle Lake, a small town of Aythaya has given its name for the vineyard’s pioneer products, Aythaya Red (a cuvée from Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes), Rosé (Moscato), and White (Sauvignon Blanc).

Has anybody had the chance of tasting these rarities?

Official site: http://www.myanmar-vineyard.com.
More information: Myanmar’s Net.

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Sun, Sand, and Silicon


2006
10.01

The day computers crashed on the beach
“The day computers crashed on the beach”

The front page scoop on the Sunday Morning Post of Hong Kong:

The isolated and picturesque beaches in Sai Kung Country Park are only accessible by a 40-minute hike over steep terrain or by boat. A government spokesman said the computers could have been dumped by smugglers.

The area was once a popular people-smuggling route and the beaches are frequently strewn with illegal cargo from the mainland and Hong Kong.

In February, tonnes of rotten pork and chicken washed up. Criminals steal trees in the area to sell across the border and fishermen have been caught dynamite-fishing in the area. But it may take time to solve the monitor mystery.

“You never know, it could be a work of art,” Mr Catozzo said.

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Bangkok mashup


2006
08.27

The indomitable Bangkok Recorder webzine has mashed up Google map with Bangkok’s finest attractions. Now this is what I call service!

http://bangkokrecorder.com/google-map/bangkok-map.html

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