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User Blog: VABruin Posts made by VABruin on Way Too Early Information on Tickets vs. Virginia VABruin Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:55:17 -0400
Bumped. This was posted few days ago but there is good feedback in comment thread folks should take note of. GO BRUINS. - BN Eds.

Seeing as nobody is talking about UCLA football right now, I thought that I'd post some early information on the ticket situation for our opening game on August 30th against the University of Virginia.

While this game is a road game on paper, UVA's recent stretch of dismal performances, UCLA's anticipated success this year, and the strong Bruin population in the area could make this feel more like a home game. If you are considering coming out for the game, I would encourage you to go. Charlottesville is a beautiful college town, it's within a couple of hours, and, well, we only get to see Brett Hundley in the blue and gold for so long.

I've done some inquiring on the ticket situation. As of today, the UCLA CTO does not list the ticket prices for this away game. My call to the ticket office a few weeks ago didn't answer that question either. The man I spoke with said that when UVA gave UCLA the ticket prices, UCLA would list them. However, he did not know when that would be.

I decided to hunt on UVA's website and have studied the layout of their stadium. While I would enjoy sitting with any of you Bruin faithful in the visitor section, looking at the visitor section at Scott Stadium leaves much to be desired. Every single visitor section is up in the nosebleeds, most of them around one of the endzones....the worst seats in the house. It reminds me of where USC likes to sit a lot of us at the mausoleum. With UVA offering tickets in much closer seating between $35 and $50, I am leaning toward planting my Bruin party right in the middle of one of their better home sections.

Tickets go on sale on May 2nd through the UVA website. If anyone from Bruins Nation is interested in coordinating our seat sections with my group (I've got about 15 folks), let me know in the comment section and we'll fill one of their home fan sections.

Less than five months until kickoff!
 Per Adam Schefter, Hundley will be coming back for another year VABruin Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:49:21 -0500
Per Adam Schefter, Hundley will be coming back for another&nbsp;year

This would be incredible.

 Redeeming the Past: Can UCLA Exorcise Arizona Demons? VABruin Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:16:03 -0500
Bumped. - BN Eds.

Who is ready to exorcise some demons?

No, not the Sun Devils. We'll deal with them in a few weeks. I'm looking at you, house of horrors in Tucson. We were hoping for a more dominating performance against Colorado, but that didn't happen and now the big questions and concerns surrounding our team persist.

And now, whether we like it or not, we move onto Arizona. Many have circled this game as a potential trap game. This is the game we should win. On paper, we should be the easy pick:

Against FBS opponents, Arizona gives up almost 26 points/game. Despite our offensive woes against Stanford, Oregon, and even Utah, we still have averaged over 37 points/game which puts us at 26th in the nation.

Against all opponents, Arizona is ranked 26 in the nation in their run game (275.4 yards/game), while their pass game is down at 112 (187.8 yards/game). Our front seven will present the best front seven they have faced (hoping that Kendricks is back) and will be in a great position to stop their run and force them to pass.

Yet, this is a scary game.

Remember the last time we were in Tucson? It was a Thursday night and Arizona had just canned their coach, Mike Stoops. They were in a state of disarray and many thought that Coach Neuheisel would get a badly needed win over an opponent that was down. We ended up getting stomped 48-12. Our leading rushers were Prince and Coleman each with 13 yards. Jetski had 11. A demoralized Wildcats team hung 573 total yards on the Bruins.

And of course, there was the brawl. Shaq Richardson, the dining hall thief and transfer to Arizona was involved and helped to escalate an ugly episode that put UCLA in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. For me, this ranked among the worst games I've witnessed as a Bruin fan. Take out the recent beatdowns by the Trogans, and this one is in the top 3, easily.

Last year was partial redemption. We blew the doors off of an Arizona team that had a reputation for being a strong offensive machine but defensively poor. We crowned a new leading rusher for our school. Heck, we even rolled out alternate jerseys that looked good.

Where do we go from here? Vegas has been watching us. It isn't impressed and put us even with Arizona on a betting line (that has since moved to UCLA as 1 point favorites). We have a lot of talent, but our offense has gone vanilla. Doubts on our teams ability to play to their potential have crept back in.

So Bruins, here's to redeeming the past. Mazzone, please begin calling plays that utilizes our players and that show you have confidence in their ability. Brett, please trust your receivers and be confident in your abilities to get them the ball. And to all players who touch the field, cut down on the darn penalties.

This game is a must-win and a should-win. Bruins, play to your ability and get this thing done.
 Recommendations for an Outsider VABruin Sun, 13 Oct 2013 20:44:22 -0400
Hey there Dawgs, I wanted to get your insider recommendations for next year's season. My brother found out 3 days ago that his job is moving him and his wife and boys to Atlanta in December. My brother and I have already tentatively discussed heading over to Athens to catch a game (I will not go to a Georgia Tech game in Atlanta, I just can't).

I looked at your schedule and wanted to get your recommendation for a game to attend. I'll be at the UCLA - UVA game on August 30th, so the Clemson game is out. I'd prefer to not watch a bloodletting of an FCS school.

So that leaves 3 SEC conference games: 9/27 against Tennessee, 10/04 against Vanderbilt, and 11/15 against Auburn.

Can you tell me if any of these games would be better to catch than others? Are there any special traditions/events for any of these games? Do you have any recommendations for a first time visit to Athens (besides making my Gator wife leave her Florida sweatshirts in the car...)

Much appreciated!
 UCLA - Cal game announced to kick off at 7:30 Pacific VABruin Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:48:20 -0400
UCLA - Cal game announced to kick off at 7:30 Pacific

According to ESPN, the game will be on either ESPN 2 or ESPNU.

 An Additional Thought in the Wake of Kiffin's Canning VABruin Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:46:18 -0400
It's been an interesting day for college football fans as we learned about USC axing Lane Kiffin. I fell asleep on the couch at 1:30 am while ASU was crushing USC, woke up a few minutes later and had two thoughts: time to go to bed and Kiffin's in trouble. My kids woke me up around 8:00 around the time Kiffin's firing was announced. Text messages started flowing in from my dad, my brother-in-law and a few friends.

I've had a number of thoughts in my head on this subject. I was at our game in Knoxville when Kiffin was there and a couple of locals were genuinely excited about bringing in Kiffin and him taking over for Phil Fulmer. I thought of those folks month later when Kiffin left Knoxville and despicably arranged to take some of his players with him. When the firing was announced today, I thought of those folks in Knoxville again. I hope they were smiling a little (or a lot).

But the big thought that really occupied my mind was that I am so glad that we have Coach Mora. Right now, there isn't a big enough sample size to determine if he'll bring us up to maintained excellence. But I think we can affirm that with Coach Mora, we have a coach that genuinely cares about his players, cares about the program that he gets to lead right now. Mora brings a fire to see his players improve and to drive them to excellence. You know he wants the win, but I really think he enjoys the development that his players go through in his program.

There have been other instances in the past (notably for me, Mora going on Twitter to defend a player), but the way that Mora handled the tragedy of Nick Pasquale's death really showed me that Mora is truly invested in his job. Many of us teared up in his post-game interview on the field when we saw his passion and love for one of his walk-ons who was taken way too early. I am going to bet that we will lose some games with Mora at the helm, but I don't think he'll ever screw our program and become a national laughingstock like Kiffin did at USC. I think there's too much personal investment on Mora's part in our beloved Bruins to ever let anything like that happen.

So we'll watch USC flail around this season; it's going to get ugly. Who knows if Kiffin will find a new job, but his name is sullied and should be kryptonite for any program that doesn't want to tank. USC may find a homerun hire to replace Kiffin, but I'm proud that we have Mora. Just like he wouldn't trade his players for anyone else, I wouldn't have anyone else running our program right now.
 Q & A with the Attorney Who Helped Clear Eddie Vanderdoes VABruin Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:06:59 -0400
Bumped. GO BRUINS. - BN Eds.

During this bye week, I want to take a trip down memory lane. Maybe you remember when you heard that Eddie Vanderdoes had been cleared to play this year. I certainly do. We were all thrilled that he was going to be a Bruin, but many were resigned to have to wait to watch him crush offensive linemen until next year. Appeals had been denied, Brian Kelly was not going to budge, there wasn't much hope to see Eddie playing on Saturday this year. Then suddenly, on July 30th, the NCAA did the improbable and cleared Eddie to play. Elation erupted across this page and we got a huge boost on the defensive line.

As you may know, Eddie went to my high school in Auburn, CA. Auburn's not a large city and having a national top 10 prospect coming out of my small town high school certainly was the buzz of my town. Many people (including my dad) from the town showed up to his hat ceremony when he picked to go to Notre Dame. It was a pretty electric story there.

So I wasn't terribly surprised when my mother texted me after Eddie was cleared that a close family friend had served as Eddie's lawyer in his final appeal with the NCAA. Sandy Amara has practiced law with her husband in Auburn since I was in elementary school and has known me since I was eight. Her son, Andy (also a lawyer now), was in my class and got to assist on the case. When I heard that Sandy was so involved in this case, I asked her if she would answer a few questions about the entire process. She graciously agreed and gave me permission to share it with all of Bruin brethren on Following are the questions and answers from our correspondence. I hope you enjoy it.

VAbruin: What can you tell us about the beginning of your interactions with Vanderdoes family to get the NCAA to approve his appeal? Who reached out to you to get your help with the appeals process? What were your expectations for the case when you initially took it?

Sandy Amara: I was initially contacted by the Vanderdoes family in March of 2013, after Eddie Jr had requested his release from the National Letter of Intent (NLI) contract with Notre Dame. I have known the family for many years. Not having had any previous experience with the NLI or NCAA hearing process, my initial approach was to educate myself on all of the pertinent law. This took quite some time to learn the intricacies of the process. Fortunately, my son Andy Amara, who is also an attorney, had some experience in this area as a former baseball player and compliance officer at UC Irvine, and he was able to assist me in preparing for this appeals process. My initial approach was to attempt to mediate a successful resolution for Eddie Jr, since I thought that there were enough procedural and recruiting irregularities, as well as other valid personal reasons for Eddie Jr to be released in an amicable way.

VAbruin: As you were preparing to present your case to the NCAA, with whom were you in contact from UCLA? How close did you work with (football coach) Joey Montoya or anyone else from Placer High. To what extent, if any, did you have contact with the football staff or administration of Notre Dame? How difficult was the preparation for this case?

Sandy Amara: Initially, I worked very closely with NLI personnel as well as one of the athletic directors from Notre Dame. At that time, and based on the assumption that we were working toward a settlement, the athletic director from Notre Dame was in close contact with the Notre Dame football coaching staff. At one point, it appeared that we had the matter settled, but for various unknown reasons, it was never able to be finalized. Over time, it became increasingly clear that Notre Dame would not back off from their position of holding Eddie Jr to the NLI so that if he switched schools, he would lose a year of eligibility. It should be noted that there were actually 2 appeals. The first appeal was conducted without any testimony, and commenced when in early April, Notre Dame submitted a written rejection Eddie Jr's request to be released from the NLI. This appeal was denied. The second appeal, wherein Eddie Jr was allowed to testify, and I was permitted oral argument, occurred on July 29th. This hearing took place via teleconference, in the presence of 5 NLI Appeals Committee members, who are NCAA appointed Commissioners for various Division I conferences throughtout the nation. Andy and I were present with Eddie Jr and other family members. Andy and I worked very closely with UCLA staff, and in particular, Matt Elliott, in preparation for this hearing. We felt strongly enough about the merits of our case that if we had not prevailed, we would have sought court intervention thereafter. However, we were hopeful at the outset that the Committee would be fair, and decide the case on the merits.

VAbruin: On the day that you presented your case for the appeal to the NCAA, who was present with you and Eddie during the presentation? How was the atmosphere during this presentation? Tense? Relaxed? How long did the presentation last? How were Eddie and his family handling the wait for the final decision? When the NCAA approved Eddie's appeal, what were the reactions within the room? Does anything really stick out from those first moments when the approval was announced? Did you or Eddie get to speak with the UCLA administration to announce the good news or was that handled by the NCAA?

Sandy Amara: Despite being confident in the strength of our case, which included personal issues involving Eddie Jr and his family, as well as recruiting and procedural irregularities, we certainly were not sure how the Committee would rule, especially since we had been told that appeals of this nature were not routinely granted. At the close of the case, I felt it would be best if the Committee notified Eddie Jr of their decision first, since this matter obviously affected him first and foremost. I was notified the next day by Eddie Sr. Needless to say, the Vanderdoes family members were extremely happy, and relieved to have an end to a process that took almost 5 months to resolve.

VAbruin: Out of appreciation for your efforts, UCLA brought you down to the Rose Bowl for the game against Nevada and a tour of the stadium. What were your impressions of the Rose Bowl, your interactions with the UCLA football staff/school administration, and the game? How exciting was it for the Vanderdoes family to see Eddie get on the field and start his collegiate career?

Sandy Amara: We were happy to be able to attend the first game at the Rose Bowl, where we were able to see Eddie Jr play and perform well. We are glad that this issue has been put to rest, and that Eddie Jr can now concentrate on his experience at UCLA to maximize his development as a person and a football player at that great institution.

Many thanks to Sandy and Andy for their work in clearing Eddie. Enjoy your bye week Bruins Nation. As always, GO BRUINS!
 Getting It Right VABruin Fri, 03 May 2013 00:12:40 -0400
Bumped. Great reflections from VABruin following his trip to campus of University of Florida. GO BRUINS. - BN Eds.

DISCLAIMER: This fan post will likely not present any new arguments to anyone who frequents this site. These are just my observations from seeing something that just about every other FBS school has.

My wife and I just got back from taking our two oldest children to Florida. We loaded up the van and trekked down from our house in northern VA to hop around Florida for a week. As we were passing through Alachua county, we decided to make a last-minute stop at the University of Florida. I should clarify that it was my wife who made the decision since I have still have horrible reactions when I think about what that school has done to us in the past few years.

As we drove through the campus, my wife pointed out all of the lecture halls and dormitories. And right in the middle of the campus like a big 90,000 capacity beacon sat Ben Hill Griffin stadium. Simply incredible. Next to the libraries and residence halls was this massive ode to everything Florida football. There were big marquees announcing the past championships, statues of the Heisman winners next to the stadium, and all sorts of other signs announcing to the world that this is where football is played (a little more impressive than a few sandwich boards). You could feel it in the air there, the excitement of another coming football season, to be played right there on campus. Wearing a UCLA shirt (of course), I hopped out and walked around this building, peeked in a bit, and then we were off.

As we drove away, my wife reminisced over the many Saturdays that she spent in that nasty sweltering humid heat watching her team. She mentioned that many of the students often would make a last minute decision to attend the game and that the stadium was always packed.

I thought about that for a few minutes. I thought about what I had gone through to catch a game while at UCLA......Having to find a ride with friends when I didn't have a car. I think there was bus transportation, but I don't remember it being well advertised. There was also the time cost of going to a game. For the casual fan, it wasn't 4 hours for the game. It was an all day affair with the commute and parking and everything that we all went through. Who knows how many students stayed home from games due to the hassle and time cost of going to a game? How many casual fans didn't become devoted fans during their time at UCLA because getting to the Rose Bowl wasn't feasible?

I've read a lot of the pieces on this site indicating why getting a stadium on campus isn't feasible. I've read the roadblocks that stand in the way of getting a stadium, a real Bruin stadium, 5 minutes by foot from the dorms. From what I understand, getting the stadium is improbable, but not impossible. Maybe things will change someday and that will happen. Heck, if Coach Mora can make progress on fixing the shoulder stripe, maybe he can get this ball moving on this.

Looking online at the capacities of the Rose Bowl vs. the Swamp, there isn't much difference. Both stadiums have a capacity of around 91,000 for their college football games. I was a bit surprised at that. But even when Florida has a lackluster team or record, that stadium is filled. I wish it were the same for the Bruins, but I understand why it isn't.

Many of you reading this live in cities with large college football stadiums. None of this surprises you. You've likely attended those games and walked through the campus to get there...along with thousands of students who are forming a deep love for their football team.

I wish Coach Mora the best this year. I like his style and attitude, and he made significant strides in turning the team around last year. But I know that it will take sustained excellence to pack out the Rose Bowl week after week. To turn the Rose Bowl into the hostile den filled to the brim with screaming fans so loud that opposing teams can't hear the QB calls will require a program that can motivate even the most casual fan to get over to the Rose Bowl and spend a day watching the team. I hope we get there, and I hope we get that stadium on campus someday.
 Coach Mora visits Auburn, CA to talk to Vanderdoes VABruin Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:35:11 -0500

Per the Auburn Journal, Coach Mora made a recruiting trip to Auburn to talk to Placer High Senior Eddie Vanderdoes. Not only is this 6' 3" 303 lb Defensive lineman ranked the number 33 overall prospect out of high school (per ESPN), he also attends my high school alma mater so I have a bit of an emotional interest in watching a fellow Hillman don the blue and gold. While Vanderdoes committed to the Trogans in July, I like our chances to flip him. Watching Mora and the rest of the staff develop our players has convinced many top recruits already that UCLA is the place to personally develop and play for a team that has no excuse to not win a ton of games. The coach at Placer High runs a disciplined, hard-nosed program that has turned the team into a force in the conference (sound familiar??) The Bruins would be a perfect fit for this lineman.

Of course, I could just be dreaming/grieving the end of football season, but I really don't want to think about college basketball right now. I cannot wait for National Signing Day.
 It's Getting Really Hard to Wait for Saturday VABruin Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:47:22 -0500
I'm going to add a repetitive voice to Bruins Nation's anticipation for this Saturday's game. As it does for many of you, this game brings back fond memories for me. This rivalry is great. It's truly a fantastic match-up that really isn't replicated like this in the country. Two rival schools within 12 miles of each other playing in the second largest city in the country. If you're in the area you can go every year, whether it's at the Rose Bowl or the Coliseum. Not many rivalries can produce that kind of atmosphere.

As the leaves turn different colors, and Thanksgiving plans are formed, I often think of this game and memories of my family pop in my head. My family spent Thanksgivings at my grandparents house in Southern California. Grandpa was a USC fan, a season ticketholder after moving to the area in the late 40's. Dad switched allegiances to the Bruins after attending UCLA in the early 70's and has never looked back. I spent a number of years watching the annual game with both of them, listening to them cheer their teams on, watching the blue and red run all over the screen. Even after a stroke wiped out a good portion of his short term memory, Grandpa was always excited to watch the big game.

It's been a long time since this rivalry has approached anything near competitive. As has been documented, discussed and dissected numerous times on Bruins Nation, this game has produced many years of disappointment and frustration in the past decade. Heck, there hasn't been much to cheer in UCLA football for a few years. Recruiting and practices did not bear out the results on the field. Preparation wasn't made, games were given away and our team slipped towards irrelevance. Last year's 50-0 loss to our crosstown rivals was the worst feeling I've had as a Bruin fan.

It's excitingly unreal to watch this team this year. With a lost decade of football in our immediate past, watching this team execute has been incredible. Brett Hundley is the real deal and has kept himself healthy throughout the year. Our wide receiving corps runs smart routes and pursues (and catches the ball). Our running attack can pound the ball against just about any defense. The offensive line has improved immensely and works well as a unit. There's an excitement in the air about this program. Jim Mora has molded this team into a formidable force. Whether it's a field goal as time expires against ASU, a shootout with Nebraska, or a beatdown of Arizona, this team has generally gotten it done. It hasn't been perfect, but it's been a massive improvement.

But it's incomplete.

As was mentioned in other articles on this website, this season will be lacking if we don't get a win on Saturday over Southern Cal. An improved record won't matter much if our team can't put away over a decade of frustration and futility and beat our rivals. For many of us, a win on Saturday will spare us what has become the annual ridicule from Trojan friends, coworkers and, for many of us, siblings, parents, and spouses. A win on Saturday will give us just one more thing to be thankful for while we're at the Thanksgiving table and the Trojans with us are crying into their stuffing.

Coach Mora has done a fine job this year and he now has the opportunity to make the statement that we've been waiting for so long: to guide this team to victory, to put UCLA back at the top of the Pac-12, and to reestablish this team as dominant force that it once was. Our players can do it, our coaches can do it. I can't wait to see it.

LET'S GO BRUINS, BURY THE TROJANS.
 ESPN reporting that Mike Stoops has been fired at Arizona VABruin Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:48:55 -0400

This just hit ESPN's website.

Stoops out after 1-5 start

There hasn't been any replacement coaches named yet and Arizona won't play until they host the Bruins in Tempe Tucson.  Should be interesting to see how Arizona's team will respond with an interim coach.  Will they rally their team together?  Or fold like the Boston Red Sox did this year?  Bruins better be ready, the Wildcats may come in with more intensity after this.


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The room-night rate per person includes:

  • Lavish breakfast buffet every morning
  • Attractive weekly dining program from buffet to a gala dinner or
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  • Free outdoor parking (subject to availability)
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  • Public W-LAN (2 stations in the lobby)
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Half board by choice
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Full board

If you like to eat lunch and propecia price dinner in-house, we charge CHF 20 - per person

Room with breakfast instead of half board

You will receive a credit on the room rate of CHF 20 - per person.

Extra bed

CHF 170 - Breakfast included

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Length of stay

At Christmas time, your stay is at least twelve nights, early January to late February at least seven nights.

Well-behaved dogs are welcome everywhere except the dining room, the Segantini Hall. We charge CHF 20 - per day per animal, excluding food.

Arrival and departure

Your room will be available on arrival from 15.00 clock on, and on departure day until 11:00 clock.

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The number of parking spaces is limited. The outside parking is available free of charge. For a place in the collective garage we charge CHF 25.- per night.

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  • 30 days before arrival and your refund is 100% of your deposit
  • 10 days before arrival and your refund is 50% of your deposit
  • With less than 10 days before arrival, we unfortunately can not grant you a refund

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  • Mastercard/Eurocard
  • Visa
  • Diners Club
  • JCB International

Children sharing with parents

  • Under 6 years of age: free, including breakfast and halfboard
  • 6-12 years: CHF 60 -, including breakfast
  • 13-16 years: CHF 100 -, including breakfast

Available for our youngest guests are:

  • Baby chair
  • Crib

  • Changing mat

  • Bottle warmer
  • Baby monitor (bebetel)

  • Night light

Kindergarten and Child Care

We do our best to make your stay with us for you and your youngsters as easy as possible. We do provide you with all necessary amenities as highchairs and cots etc. and it is certainly no bother to heat up your baby’s food. And our front desk staff know who cares best for your youngster. (Babysitters will charge you the local hourly rate.) From December till April your children 3 years of age and older will be cared for at the hotel kindergarten. Operating in winter from Monday to Saturday 12.00 am till 9 pm.

Prices for hotel quest in CHF:

  • For hotel guest’s children we only charge lunch 8.00

Prices for external guests in CHF:

  • Per hour 7.- for locals and non-residents
  • Lunch 8.-
  • all day including lunch 45.-

Children's dinner
Dinner may be chosen from the children's menu or we charge the half board menu according to the child’s age.

  • 0-5 years: a la carte from the children’s menu
  • 6 - 11 years: CHF 10.–
  • 12 - 15 years: CHF 20.–
  • 6 years and older: CHF 45.–

Our front desk clerks know who cares best for your children and will arrange gladly help you find a suitable babysitter.

Children's doctor
Bienentreu Rolf, Dr. med. Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Via Maistra 1, 7500 St. Moritz +41 (81) 834 40 40

Children's Outdoor Equipment
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Sad saga of the little girl with 'no cash'

PUBLISHED : Sunday, 27 June, 1993, 12:00am
UPDATED : Sunday, 27 June, 1993, 12:00am

HERE is a sorry little tale which may interest your readers. You cannot get very angry if you are cheated out of $2.50, but it is a pathetic story.

I was walking through Cityplaza one lunchtime when a little girl of around eight years old came up to me and said: ''Could you please lend me $2.50, I need to go home but I have only got 50 cents with me.'' I was suspicious of how a girl of this age could be left alone without money to go home. I asked a lot of questions like who was taking care of her, where were her parents, how I could contact them . . . etc.

She answered one by one: both parents were working, but her mother would be back home to make food for her at around 4 pm. She did not know the telephone numbers of the parents' place of work. She had an MTR ticket to go back to Chai Wan but it was bent so was not valid - it was shown to me.

Believable? I thought so too. I told her she should not be asking for money from people on the street and that I would call her parents that day to tell them that.

She said her name was Wong Wai-man and her father's Wong Wai-yin. I then gave her $2.50. I went back to the office and tried to call her parents - only to find out the telephone number she gave me was that of a bank and was obviously made up at that moment.

The telephone directory number for Wong Wai-yin was not that of a man with a daughter named Wong Wai-man.

If what she said was true, and only the telephone number was wrong, could someone tell me so that I am not persuaded that Hongkong is to become a crooks' paradise with children honing their skills to cheat for money at the age of eight.

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Who is your hero?

PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 November, 2004, 12:00am
UPDATED : Sunday, 21 November, 2004, 12:00am

Derek Chung, 16

I appreciate Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, who was born in Argentina in 1928. He worked hard to graduate from medical science in university. But instead of becoming a doctor, Guevara gave up a life of wealth and chose to live a hard life in developing countries, where he helped to fight revolutionary wars. In 1959, he joined a revolutionary organisation in Cuba that ended the corrupt dictatorship rule of Fulgencio Batista.

He also worked in Middle Africa to help promote freedom for slaves. He was only 39 when he was captured and executed. I think this type of hero truly deserves our admiration, instead of soldiers who are often portrayed as glorious figures in history books. Our world needs peace.Our ultimate Top Teen will win this Xbox video game system worth $1,199 from Microsoft HK.

Vanessa Cheung, 15

My hero is my mum because she is a very strong woman. Whenever anyone needs a hand, she tries her best to help. After my father died, she raised me and my brother all by herself, working three jobs to keep my brother and I in private schools. Despite the fact that my mum was almost never at home she would always try to be a part of my school life by attending school meetings and plays. Looking back now, I can see that it was very hard for her. I would like to thank my mum for all that she has done. If I was her, I definitely would not have been able to do it.

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Mentorship maketh the bank

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 19 November, 2011, 12:00am
UPDATED : Saturday, 19 November, 2011, 12:00am

Mentoring is a powerful personal development and empowerment tool, and is prevalent in the banking industry. It is an effective means of helping individuals to progress in their careers by means of a partnership - that between mentor and mentee.

The rationale of mentoring is to support and encourage employees to manage their own learning, so that they can maximise their potential, develop their skills, improve their performance, and become the company asset they want to be.

Standard Chartered Bank's Candy Leung, head of learning and talent development for Hong Kong and Japan, outlines the mentoring programmes of her employer. 'The bank operates a number of mentoring programmes, including 'Development and Networking Alliance' (DNA), one-on-one mentoring and reverse-mentoring for junior staff to share knowledge with senior staff,' she says.

Standard Chartered's programmes are highly advanced and finely tuned, as Leung explains. 'One of the key programmes is our group mentoring programme, DNA, which was introduced in 2009. It is a nine-month group mentoring programme for the bank's talents. As its name suggests, it offers a platform for our talent to learn from, and network with, both the DNA leader and fellow members,' Leung elaborates.

The programme begins with a session to announce the official launch of the timetable of learning. Each DNA leader - the mentor - will take on a team of four or five mentees.

Meetings driven by each DNA team are a core component. Mentees are free to propose learning objectives, topics, alternative formats and approaches to their mentors. The only requirement is that each team has to organise at least five meetings in the nine-month period. Leung says the most popular topics tend to be career development, change management, and work-life balance.

The final element of the programme is the closing ceremony which acknowledges the achievements of its participants.

'We all live and work in rapidly changing times. To continuously improve the programme, [Standard Chartered] adds some new elements to our DNA each year,' Leung adds.

'The programme utilises small group mentoring to allow members to learn not only from leaders, but also from other team members, both within their own teams and across other teams.'

The benefits of mentoring are wide-ranging. 'DNA is a win-win strategy creating mutual benefits for both the leaders and the members, who take ownership of their learning and development by setting their own learning objectives and design the content, instead of conventional uni-directional learning.'

Leung continues: 'This allows mentees to learn at their own pace, style and preferences. DNA also offers a very good opportunity for them to interact with others from different departments in the bank.'

Another benefit is that DNA enables the bank to grow leaders, in order to grow talent. 'For DNA leaders, it provides an opportunity for them to practise and enhance their leadership and coaching skills by leading a group of young talents,' says Leung.

Another firm believer in the power of mentoring is UBS. 'UBS businesses provide employees at all levels with a wide range of mentoring programmes designed to develop both mentor and mentee,' says Betty Tsui, deputy chief executive officer, UBS Wealth Management (Hong Kong). 'At its heart, our philosophy regards employee development as a shared responsibility, in which employee, manager and the wider group all play extremely important roles.'

UBS's attachment is based on uncomplicated business logic. 'Mentoring programmes enhance employees' technical skills and confidence. This allows us to improve the service that we offer our clients. It's that simple,' says Tsui.

The tradition of mentoring is deeply entrenched at UBS, she adds, and the bank recognises that the importance of sponsorship is central to mentoring at UBS.

'Research by the Harvard Business Review and other institutions of global renown reveals that career progression is enhanced by the presence of a sponsor - a proactive advocate,' Tsui says. 'Minority groups are less likely to have natural sponsors, so we created a framework that provides sponsors comprising senior figures in the organisation.'

Mentoring is intertwined with an additional key UBS goal. 'In mentoring, our overarching objective is to create a culture in which employees thrive equally, gender differences are regarded as a strength, and in which different approaches improve the service we offer to clients, and, subsequently, to our bottom line,' she adds.

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The Shanghai rubber bubble of 1910 holds a lesson for today

Speculative excess has a long pedigree, given how easily human desire for quick gains can overcome concerns about long-term profitability

When you are reputed to be London's most highly paid hedge fund manager, you can afford to indulge in a few whims.

David Harding's whims are a tad unusual, however. Among other things, the founder of US$26 billion hedge fund company Winton Capital has endowed a Cambridge University professorship in the public understanding of risk, and is patron of the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.

A former theoretical physicist, Harding sponsors the Royal Society's Winton Prize for science books, and in 2009 he donated £20 million (HK$238 million) to Cambridge's Cavendish physics laboratory.

His latest project is equally eclectic. It's a massive and lavishly illustrated 300-page coffee table history of foolish financial speculations, co-authored with the head of Winton Capital's historical research department, James Holmes.

Harding and Holmes cover all the obvious episodes, from the Dutch tulipomania of the 17th century, through England's South Sea Bubble of 1720, right up to the 2007 subprime boom.

But it is in writing about less well known incidents of speculative excess that Harding and Holmes really excel.

They describe the Florentine credit bubble of 1339, punctured when Edward III of England defaulted on his sovereign debt.

They write about the land reclamation and property development frenzy that gripped Bombay in 1863, and the Constantinople crisis of 1895, when the monopoly Ottoman Bank collapsed after investing unwisely in South African mining shares.

Closer to home, they also describe the Shanghai rubber bubble of 1910.

Demand for rubber was already running high in the early years of the 20th century. But when Henry Ford began mass-producing his Model T cars in 1908, it ballooned.

Then, in 1909, when the world's biggest producer, the Brazilian state of Pará, restricted supplies in an attempt to bump up its income, rubber prices surged.

Rubber plantations in Malaya made huge profits, and paid shareholders handsome dividends.

In an attempt to cash in, Shanghai-based financiers immediately began setting up Malayan rubber companies and selling their shares to eager investors.

Many of these issued prospectuses were "highly mendacious", write Harding and Holmes, grossly overstating their acreage under rubber.

Even the genuine companies were high-risk investments, however, considering it takes four to five years of growth before rubber trees can be tapped - and before plantation companies can begin paying dividends.

The prospect of quick gains easily trumped such long-term concerns, however, and a lively derivatives market soon developed on rubber shares.

According to one witness, "brokers had the clothes almost torn off their backs by excited plungers who desired to buy shares 'forward' at three or four hundred per cent premium".

And in an account that will resonate loudly today, the British consul at the time described how money flowed into the market from all over China.

"Chinese officials in charge of government and railway funds recklessly cast them into the melting pot in the sure and certain hope of making their fortune."

The mania couldn't last, and when American demand for rubber slackened, the market "let out a whoosh of hot air and sank to the ground".

"Shanghai's stock exchange, shortly beforehand a hive of activity, sank into a deep torpor that lasted for several years," write Harding and Holmes.

In the aftermath, several of Shanghai's leading brokers were convicted of gambling and sentenced to 80 strokes of a bamboo cane before being exiled to at least 3,000 li from the city.

It's a deterrent that may well appeal to the authorities today.

But if there's one piece of wisdom to learn from Harding's latest vanity project, it's that human folly is timeless.

The threat of punishment won't make financial markets efficient, and episodes of speculative excess will recur again and again, regardless of any lessons the past may try to teach us.

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Merchants Bank raises 27b yuan in Shanghai offering

Hong Kong part of sale is expected to complete one of world's top share transactions this year

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 05 September, 2013, 12:00am
UPDATED : Thursday, 05 September, 2013, 3:29am

China Merchants Bank said yesterday it had raised 27.5 billion yuan (HK$34.8 billion) in the Shanghai portion of a rights offer, paving the way for it to complete the world's third-largest share sale this year.

Investors holding 96.4 per cent of the Shanghai-traded shares subscribed to the offer, the bank said in an exchange filing yesterday.

The Shenzhen-based lender said last month it planned to raise 34.8 billion yuan by offering 3.07 billion Shanghai-listed shares at 9.29 yuan each and 680.4 million Hong Kong shares for HK$11.68 each. The result of the Hong Kong sale will be announced on September 26.

The sale will help the mainland's sixth-largest lender, meet capital needs over the next five years, speed up growth and cope with growing competition from rivals such as China Minsheng Banking and Industrial Bank.

Mainland lenders have announced plans this year to raise as much as 327 billion yuan from bond and equity offerings as the industry regulator tightens capital rules and policymakers crack down on short-term financing.

Shares of Merchants Bank rose 0.42 per cent to close at HK$14.44 in Hong Kong yesterday, bringing their decline for the year to 13.6 per cent. The stock, suspended in Shanghai since Wednesday of last week, will resume trading there today.

Merchants Bank's capital adequacy ratio fell to 10.72 per cent at the end of the second quarter from 11.41 per cent at the beginning of the year, and its core tier-1 ratio dropped to 8 per cent from 8.34 per cent, according to its first-half earnings report.

While both measurements are higher than the minimum regulatory requirement, they are the second-lowest among Hong Kong-listed mainland lenders.

Merchants Bank plans to improve its tier-1 ratio to 9.5 per cent and total ratio to 11.5 per cent by the end of 2015, bank president Tian Huiyu said last week.

The lender in June applied to issue 11.3 billion yuan of new capital instruments to replace subordinated bonds that mature this month and to boost supplementary capital.

It reported a 13 per cent increase in second-quarter profit to 13.3 billion yuan. But its earnings growth for the full year may slow to 4.8 per cent from an average of 36 per cent in the past three years, according to consensus analyst estimates in a Bloomberg survey.

Larger lenders Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Bank of China have announced plans to raise as much as 60 billion yuan each from new tier-2 capital instruments.

Agricultural Bank of China plans to sell 50 billion yuan of similar debt, and raise a further 40 billion yuan to boost tier-1 capital.

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    ... Janet Tam Ka-wing, 16, St Rose of Lima?s College My chair would be great for lazybones who love to eat. The back of the chair could be lowered into a bed position. There would ... another button would turn the chair into a couch. Jimin Kang, 13, South Island School My chair would have a special timing function to allow an hour or two of idle (but luxurious) reclining. But, ...

  4. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

    Another psychiatric patient held after chairs ‘thrown’ from high-rise building

    Posted Jun 12th 2014, 03:18pm by Clifford Lo and Lo Wei

    ... Clifford Lo and Lo Wei No one injured in incident which follows death of salesman hit by falling chair on Tuesday Now five chairs sent crashing to ground A psychiatric patient has been arrested on suspicion of throwing five chairs from his 33rd-floor flat in a Yau Tong public housing estate yesterday, in the second such incident in three days. No one was injured, a police ...

  5. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

    Passer-by killed by chair ‘thrown from 10-storey building’; psychiatric patient held

    Posted Jun 10th 2014, 10:55am by Clifford Lo, Jessie Lau and Shirley Zhao

    ... Clifford Lo, Jessie Lau and Shirley Zhao Police arrest mentally-ill mainlander found drinking on top of building Chair 'thrown' from roof kills man A 22-year-old psychiatric patient has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a passer-by was killed by a chair thought to have been thrown from the roof of a 10-storey building in Mong Kok yesterday. The suspect ...

  6. Smoking chairs

    Posted Mar 07th 2010, 12:00am by Kavita Daswani

    ... Kavita Daswani There is nothing anachronistic about the type of smoking chairs- also called club chairs- that members of London's elite gentlemen's clubs of the 1800s would relax ... smoke-free- households. Belgian designer Stefan Schoning has come up with the Smoke chair (below) for Antwerp-based design house Feld (feld.be). A modern interpretation of the classic club chair ...

  7. Bright sparks

    Posted Apr 09th 2010, 12:00am by Nicolette Loizou

    ... and Sophie Howe, Ralli Design has found solace in sturdy plywood with the Flip Chair, which can be adapted easily for dining and relaxing, and the Stepping Stool, which, in doubling as a mini-ladder, ... Stackable and suitable for indoor and outdoor use, it also has a built-in handle that makes it easy to move around. His Alle chair comes in four-legged and column-based versions and boasts curves ...

  8. A spooky old house and a strange painting spell trouble

    Posted Aug 31st 2008, 12:00am by John Millen

    ... John Millen The Master of the Fallen Chairs By Henry Porter Published by Orchard Books ISBN 978 1 84616 624 2 If you see a chair that's fallen over, are you tempted to pick it up? Most people are. There is something unsettling about a chair that has been tipped over. Chairs are meant to be upright, their four feet firmly on the ground. A chair that has been knocked over ...

  9. News - Hong Kong - TRANSPORT

    Developer Vincent Lo to chair Airport Authority, but only for one year

    Posted May 31st 2014, 03:32am by FANNY FUNG

    ... Fanny W. Y. Fung fanny.fung@scmp.com Lo gets airport job- but will take off after a year Property developer Vincent Lo Hong-sui is taking over as chairman of the Airport Authority after Marvin Cheung Kin-tung abruptly quit citing his health. But in an unu ...

  10. Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO chairs presentation on wagering as racing’s lifeblood at opening session of the 35th Asian Racing Conference

    Posted May 06th 2014, 07:05pm

    ... Hong Kong Jockey Club Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, opened the 35th Asian Racing Conference at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre this morning (6 May) with a keynote presentation for the session titled ‘Racing’s Lifeblood – the future landscape for wagering’. As chair of the three-day convocation’s first ...

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  1. Talking points

    Posted Jul 14th 2012, 12:00am

    ... them in UNHCR refugee camps. Some 300,000 Rohingya live on the Bangladesh side of the border. C.Y. and team keep up the charm offensive Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and his cabinet continue their push to court the public by paying a third round of visits to local districts tomorrow. Leung's team has held similar exercises over the past two weeks- some of which have descended ...

  2. Government, HK experts should discuss term issue

    Posted Mar 17th 2005, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... I support a two-year term for a newly elected chief executive, not five years, but this does not mean that I support the government in the controversy over the tenure. After consulting mainland officials and legal experts on the mainland, Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung Oi-sie changed her view, saying that the tenure of the new chief executive should be two years. I don't ...

  3. We still need dollar peg, monetary chief says

    Posted Jun 19th 2007, 12:00am by Enoch Yiu

    ... chief executive Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, said yesterday. The local currency's future has been hotly debated in recent weeks. Antony Leung Kam-chung, the former financial secretary, has ... it was time to review the peg mechanism and explore ways to 'accommodate' the yuan's growing importance in the local economy. And former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa revealed that he ...

  4. A new learning curve

    Posted Aug 11th 2005, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... C. K. Lau Tung Chee-hwa has not come out to take the credit. But school leavers should thank the former chief executive for having greatly expanded their opportunities for tertiary education. In 2000, Mr Tung took everyone by surprise when he announced in his policy address that the government would provide new opportunities for 60 per cent of young people aged between 17 ...

  5. 'Spiritual advancement' should not be a chief executive's priority

    Posted Jul 23rd 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... I was appalled to hear Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen say in a Legislative Council question-and-answer session that he has had no political ambitions since becoming financial ... these jobs were handed to him, but what we did not know was that he actually did not aspire to them. So why did he agree to become chief executive? He should know the weight of a job that affects ...

  6. The challenges facing the next finance chief

    Posted Jul 28th 2003, 12:00am by Philip Bowring

    ... will be the new financial secretary. Will Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa choose a harmless placeman like the temporary incumbent Stephen Ip Shu-kwan, in the expectation that he will do nothing either in terms of policy or personal behaviour to make himself and the government unpopular? Or can he find an individual with sufficient vision, communications skills and public trust to make the hard ...

  7. Royal academy chief hints at arts hub link

    Posted May 25th 2011, 12:00am

    ... Kong and West Kowloon as part of its planned expansion in Asia and the Middle East. Although it is still an empty piece of land, the site of the future arts hub- along with government museums- is under consideration by the privately funded institution as a location for its first touring exhibition next year. Future collaboration is also on the cards. Academy chief executive Charles ...

  8. Contenders pool for top SFC jobs proves shallow

    Posted Mar 12th 2005, 12:00am by Jane Moir

    ... non-executive chairman, who would implement strategy, and a chief executive responsible for the day-to-day running of the body. History has already shown that the current chairman's slot is hard ... director Alexa Lam to former secretary for financial services Rafael Hui Si-yan. The latter, however, seems to have more cabinet potential following the resignation of Chief Executive Tung ...

  9. HK's next financial secretary must be an expert firefighter

    Posted Mar 27th 2012, 12:00am

    ... But even so, the IMF's study should serve as a caution to our new chief executive that egalitarian crusades are all very well, but above all his choice as financial secretary should ... Tom Holland Leung Chun-ying says that tackling income inequality and inflation will be the top jobs for his new administration. These are worthy enough aims (although the road to economic ...

  10. 'Both sides should vote on Taiwan'

    Posted Feb 28th 2004, 12:00am by Ambrose Leung

    ... to be the next chief executive, the legislator added: 'Somebody may be eyeing a higher seat.' The war of words between Ms Lau and Mr Leung stems from an article he wrote this month ... in a referendum, legislator Emily Lau Wai-hing said yesterday as she repeated her denial she supported independence for the island. Responding to the accusation by Executive Councillor Leung Chun-ying, ...

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  1. Bo skips chance to tout success in war on crime

    Posted Feb 18th 2012, 12:00am

    ... information from the State Department regarding Mr Wang's request for asylum, as well as the status of his condition and his current whereabouts.' Ros-Lehtinen demanded that the Democratic ...

  2. Police out in force again to stop 'jasmine' rallies flowering

    Posted Mar 07th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... corner. In Hong Kong, about 10 activists from the League of Social Democrats rallied outside the Beijing authorities' representative office. ...

  3. Intense power struggle going on behind the sound bites

    Posted Mar 12th 2011, 12:00am by Shirley Yam

    ... On the political front, it can mean zero tolerance for any call for democratic reform. On the economic front, it can mean the forceful implementation of the subsidised home scheme and a clampdown ...

  4. News - China

    China Digest, October 2, 2012

    Posted Oct 02nd 2012, 12:00am by STAFF

    ... BEIJING Huge water park unveiled Beijing authorities announced plans yesterday to build a massive water park, spanning 1.2 million square metres, near the popular 798 Art Zone, the Beijing Times reports. The project will cost more than 50 billion yuan (HK ...

  5. News - China

    China Digest

    Posted Aug 28th 2012, 12:00am

    ... GUANGDONG Luxury spending falls Consumption of luxury goods in Guangzhou has been declining since February due to an economic slowdown, according to officials with the provincial chamber of commerce, the Guangzhou Daily reports. Some high-end brands have ...

  6. Delegate deadline a hard ask for Beijing

    Posted Jun 22nd 2012, 12:00am

    ... Cary Huang in Beijing cary.huang@scmp.com Beijing said yesterday the city's party congress would be held from June 29 to July 3, but analysts said the later-than-usual start suggested that preparations for the upcoming national congress of the Commun ...

  7. Bo Xilai and his white elephants

    Posted Aug 09th 2012, 12:00am

    ... Sandy Li in Chongqing sandy.li@scmp.com Liao Bigang long dreamed of moving out of his 700 yuan (HK$858) a month shack in one of the slums of inner Chongqing. Every day he feared for the health and safety of his six-year-old son, who was growing up in filt ...

  8. Gulf opens between residents and official media over floods

    Posted Jul 29th 2012, 12:00am

    ... Raymond Li raymond.li@scmp.com The news footage on Beijing Television showing Beijing party secretary Guo Jinlong having instant noodles at an emergency meeting over the deadly July 21 flood in the early hours of the following morning lasted only for abou ...

  9. Shanghai land sale flies in face of cabinet warning

    Posted Jul 27th 2012, 12:00am

    ... Sandy Li sandy.li@scmp.com A residential site in Shanghai sold at auction for 1.64 billion yuan (HK$2.01 billion) after a fierce bidding among 11 developers, despite a State Council warning of possible tightening in property curbs. The site was sold on We ...

  10. Heaviest rain in 6 decades causes chaos in Beijing

    Posted Jul 23rd 2012, 12:00am

    ... Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com At least 37 people were killed as the heaviest downpour in six decades hit Beijing, causing chaos and sparking criticism of officials ill-prepared to deal with an emergency situation. The rainstorms, which started on ...

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    Asian universities are set to improve in world rankings, says expert

    Posted Jul 14th 2014, 03:13am by Liz Heron

    ... 16 years, East Asia has emerged as the world's third great zone of research and innovation, following Europe and North America. And it is poised to continue this rapid advance over ... terms of science and technology, and R&D universities, East Asia has already overtaken Europe, and it's on a par with North America," says Marginson. "It has gone ahead since ...

  2. News - World - MIDDLE EAST

    Tony Blair faces claims of conflict of interest in Middle East

    Posted Jun 30th 2014, 12:43am by GDN

    ... and its links to the 2003 war brought Tony Blair back into the headlines last week, along with calls for him to step down as a Middle East peace envoy. And new evidence has emerged that his ... conflicts on the planet, his burgeoning media role in pushing for intervention in Iraq and Syria and his business interests across the globe including in the Middle East. These roles ...

  3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    The major power shift at play in East Asia must not end in war

    Posted Feb 01st 2013, 12:00am by YOON YOUNG-KWAN

    ... Yoon Young-kwan says the parallels between today's East Asia and volatile 19th-century Europe should persuade leaders to redouble efforts for peace Whether East Asia ... of the key variables influencing East Asia's security environment in the years ahead. America's foreign policy will be another key factor. If it pursues a predominantly confrontational ...

  4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    Hong Kong police's harassment of protesters tarnishes good name of Asia's 'finest'

    Posted Jul 10th 2014, 05:02pm by Albert Cheng

    ... Albert Cheng Albert Cheng denounces officers' rough handling and the mass arrest of demonstrators following the overnight sit-in after July 1 rally Harassment of protesters tarnishes the good name of Hong Kong's police force The Hong Kong Police Force has been hailed as Asia's finest. But does it still warrant the title, given the heavy-handed way in which it recently ...

  5. News - China Digest

    The Post's daily China news round-up- July 8, 2014

    Posted Jul 08th 2014, 07:28am

    ... to Beijing not to let its territorial disputes with neighbours threaten Asia's extraordinary economic rise. US academic close to Uygur scholar barred from entering China |Source: Radio Free Asia ... his identity and professional work. Top Russia gold miner courts Chinese as Moscow looks east |Source: Bloomberg Polyus Gold International, the biggest Russian gold producer, held discussions ...

  6. News - Asia - DIPLOMACY

    Lack of trust clouds strategies of China, Japan and the US in East Asia

    Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by Chow Chung-Yan

    ... Chow Chung-yan chungyan.chow@scmp.com A lack of trust and understanding cloud the diplomatic strategies of the big three players in East Asia – China, Japan and the United States A place ... on international history and politics, said the root of the problem, as it was 100 years ago, is the lack of trust and understanding between the major players. The three key players in East Asia - China, ...

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    Asia's leaders must work together to solve their problems and leave the US out of it

    Posted May 19th 2014, 02:32am by Chandran Nair

    ... of leading US politicians. But switch China and America's places and this is almost exactly what happened when President Barack Obama visited Asia late last month. Those words above were ... the spark for a generation's worth of misunderstanding and mistrust. Hardly the goal of political leadership. Asia's political leaders have been little better. They are far from acting ...

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    Chart of the day: Room to rally in Asia?

    Posted Jul 10th 2014, 04:55am by SCMP

    ... Chart of the day: Room to rally in Asia? Emerging Asian equities are hot by all accounts, hovering around their year-to-date highs or better and with investors showing signs of excessive optimism. The latest fund flow numbers crunched by analysts at Citi show the real target has been emerging-market debt, into which twice as much money has been sunk as opposed to equity. "It ...

  9. News - China Digest

    The Post's daily China news round-up- July 10, 2014

    Posted Jul 10th 2014, 07:47am

    ... sites for China’s warships in the vast Pacific Ocean. The coming downturn of China-Vietnam trade telations |Source: East by Southeast Even if government policy does not shift to discourage ... with expulsion |Source: Radio Free Asia The move came days after officials in Xinjiang told Muslim Uygur civil servants, students, and teachers not to observe Ramadan. A step forward for Chinese local ...

  10. Opportunities set to mushroom across Asia for Hokuto

    Posted Jul 09th 2014, 02:08pm by Reports by Stacey Johnson, Christina Liedke and Jessica Ryan

    ... overseas consumers with the benefits of mushrooms by expanding in Southeast Asia. "Educating more Asian countries about how our mushrooms can be used in daily cuisine is a priority ... more opportunities for us over the next 50 years," Mizuno says. "Providing high-quality mushrooms is important to us and I hope that Asia comes to recognise our mushrooms as products ...

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    'Improvements' to Hong Kong multi-entry permits eyed, Greg So says after Beijing talks

    Posted Jun 24th 2014, 04:25am by Emily Tsang and Phoenix Kwong

    ... be banned from making more than one return trip across the border a day. Zeng, from Guangdong, who visits Hong Kong every week to shop and eat, said limiting her visits might cause inconvenience ...

  2. News - China Insider - TOURISM

    6,000 guests and 70 flights: 'Biggest Chinese tour group to US' touches down

    Posted May 26th 2014, 11:55am by Andrea Chen

    ... States descended on Los Angeles over the past week, requiring 70 commercial flights to shuttle more than 6,000 visitors. The tourists are employees of a Guangdong-based, Malaysian-funded ... for the hordes of customers from the world’s second-largest economy. Despite their deep pockets, mainland Chinese tourists were voted the second least-liked tourists, after Americans, in the world, based ...

  3. Business - Economy - TOURISM

    Channel mainland tourism, don’t shut it off

    Posted Jun 18th 2014, 11:31am by DAVID DODWELL

    ... thing that has happened to us in our lifetimes. China's opening up has brought massive stimulus and huge benefits to the entire global economy- and nowhere have these benefits cascaded more ... with much of this trade managed through Hong Kong. The reality is that China's extraordinary emergence is reshaping the global economy, and creating uncomfortable transformations for everyone, ...

  4. News - Hong Kong - TOURISM

    Miramar Group advises against cutting back on mainland visitors

    Posted Jun 12th 2014, 04:31am by Peggy Sito

    ... to use a scheme under which they can visit without joining a tour group. Cutting back on the individual visitor scheme would damage the city's reputation and economy, said Martin Lee ... spending, the hit to Hong Kong's GDP would be roughly 36 basis points this year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a research report. But Martin Lee said the actual impact on the economy ...

  5. News - Hong Kong - TOURISM

    Businesses on a learning curve as tourists sail by

    Posted Jun 09th 2014, 03:03am by Amy Nip

    ... of the cruise industry in Asia will depend on the economic outlook in Europe and the United States; only if economies there remain weak will operators deploy ships to a new market. Wu and Fung agree ...

  6. News - Hong Kong - TOURISM

    Royal Caribbean shows faith in Kai Tak Cruise Terminal with new sailings

    Posted Jun 09th 2014, 03:03am by Amy Nip

    ... in Asia will depend on the economic outlook in Europe and the United States; only if economies there remain weak will operators deploy ships to a new market. Wu and Fung agree the terminal ...

  7. News - Hong Kong - TOURISM

    First drop in number of mainland visitors to Tuen Ng festival in three years

    Posted Jun 06th 2014, 04:06am by Amy Nip and Jessie Lau

    ... question we should ask is: how much of a reduction in tourist numbers can the local economy bear?" he said. Before making policies to control tourist numbers, it was necessary to analyse ...

  8. Business - Companies - TOURISM

    Accor to build one-third of its new China hotels in tourist spots

    Posted May 28th 2014, 01:00am by BLOOM

    ... 64 per cent of rooms in April. That compares with occupancy rates of about 70 per cent in Accor's economy hotels globally and 68 per cent in its upper- and mid-market locations last ...

  9. Property - Hong Kong & China - TOURISM

    Plateauing of mainland China visitor numbers hits Hong Kong hotels

    Posted May 13th 2014, 03:28pm by Yvonne Liu

    ... and strong demand for guest rooms," said William Cheng Kai-man, the chairman of Magnificent Estates, a hotel developer and operator targeting the mid-range and economy market. "But ... in the hotels and hospitality group at property consultancy JLL. "Mainlanders seek budget and economy hotels in Hong Kong, and those that can afford much higher room rates are now seeking ...

  10. News - China - TOURISM

    Disney to receive an extra US$800 million investment for Shanghai theme park

    Posted Apr 30th 2014, 04:42am by Daniel Ren, Amy Nip

    ... "Since we first broke ground in Shanghai we've been very impressed with the growth of China's economy, especially the rapid expansion of the middle class and a significant increase ...

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    Myanmar's reforms may be running out of steam

    Posted Jul 13th 2014, 06:06am by WASHINGTON POST

    ... conditions prompted Tomas Ojea Quintana, a former UN special rapporteur for human rights, to say in April that there is an "element of genocide" in the Rohingyas' plight. The setbacks ... the dictatorship it was five years ago, when it allowed no free elections or public dissent. The government has conditionally released hundreds of political prisoners, abolished censorship and permitted ...

  2. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Curfew in Mandalay after Buddhists mobs go on a rampage

    Posted Jul 03rd 2014, 02:03pm by Associated Press in Yangon

    ... on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to media. Details of his death were being investigated. Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist nation, has been grappling with sectarian ...

  3. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Chief minister forced out in Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state

    Posted Jun 20th 2014, 10:42pm by AP

    ... humanitarian official said she witnessed "appalling conditions" and the worst human suffering she had ever seen in camps for stateless Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Assistant secretary ...

  4. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Gap to be first US retailer to enter Myanmar market

    Posted Jun 07th 2014, 08:47pm by Associated Press in Yangon

    ... at a ceremony attended by the US ambassador. “By entering Myanmar, we hope to help accelerate economic and social growth in the country, and build on our track record of improving working conditions ...

  5. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Freed prisoners in Myanmar now living in a jail of the mind

    Posted Apr 06th 2014, 06:16am by Vincent Macisaac

    ... family and political opinions. As a condition of his release he signed a statement promising not to break any law. He now works as the deputy chief clinical supervisor of a peer-counselling ...

  6. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Myanmar’s first census in decades bars name Rohingya

    Posted Mar 30th 2014, 05:19pm by Associated Press in Yangon

    ... that have left up to 280 people dead and sent another 240,000 fleeing their homes nationwide. Tens of thousands are living in apartheid-like conditions in crowded camps, where they have little ... Sein and political parties, adding that people could call themselves “Bengali”. Some Rohingya, speaking on condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals, told reporters they would refuse. ...

  7. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    US Congress panel slams Myanmar's persecution of Rohingya Muslims

    Posted Mar 26th 2014, 09:12pm by AP

    ... with the government of Burma while human rights conditions in that country have deteriorated," Royce said. Myanmar has earned an end to its diplomatic isolation and sanctions relief by undertaking its ...

  8. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Myanmar's census at risk amid fresh unrest in ethnic powderkeg Rakhine

    Posted Mar 28th 2014, 10:29pm by GDN

    ... conditions impossible for counters. The government is planning a 12-day marathon operation from tomorrow in which 100,000 teachers will fan out across the country to count the population and tally ...

  9. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Medecins Sans Frontieres reopens Myanmar clinics, but not in Rakhine

    Posted Mar 03rd 2014, 03:13am by Reuters

    ... conditions and who otherwise have little access to health care. The UN and human rights groups say at least 40 Rohingya were killed by security forces and Buddhist civilians in a restricted area ...

  10. News - Asia - MYANMAR

    Buddhist mob may have killed dozen Muslims in Myanmar: rights group

    Posted Jan 17th 2014, 05:05pm by AP

    ... Rohingya, who make up 90 per cent of the population in northern Rakhine. It is the only place where the religious minority is in the majority. A resident who spoke on condition of anonymity because ...

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    Pakistani government appeals against lifting of travel ban on Pervez Musharraf

    Posted Jun 14th 2014, 04:20pm by AFP

    ... handover of power since its independence from Britain in 1947. Facing impeachment following the 2008 elections, Musharraf resigned as president and went into self-imposed exile in Dubai. He is also ...

  2. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Pakistan army launch ground offensive against Taliban in North Waziristan

    Posted Jun 30th 2014, 06:47pm by AFP

    ... Agence France-Presse in Bannu Pakistan’s military launched a ground assault in the North Waziristan tribal area on Monday, beginning a new phase in its offensive against Taliban militants, officials said. Troops moved on Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, around 9.30am local time, officials said, after two weeks of air strikes and artillery bombardment of insurgent targets. ...

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    Taliban got new haircuts to elude Pakistani military

    Posted Jul 07th 2014, 04:24am by AFP

    ... and hair very short, saying that they were going to the [Persian] Gulf and wanted to avoid problems at Pakistani airports," Khan said. The Pakistani military launched the offensive against ...

  4. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Pakistan’s new terror law ‘green light for abuse’, says HRW

    Posted Jul 04th 2014, 10:45pm by AFP

    ... the maximum sentence for terror offences to 20 years and allows security forces to hold suspects for up to 60 days without disclosing their whereabouts or allegations against them. HRW said the law ... that ensures the protection of basic rights in the fight against terrorism." The legislation, passed as the Pakistani military fights a major offensive against Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militant ...

  5. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    8 killed in Lahore as Pakistani police clash with backers of popular cleric

    Posted Jun 17th 2014, 10:58pm by AFP

    ... supporters of cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri who lives in Canada but is due to come to Pakistan next Monday. He hopes to lead a "peaceful revolution" against the country's parliamentary democracy which he considers corrupt. The religiously moderate cleric has a large following in Pakistan. But some analysts believe he is also supported by the country's powerful military ...

  6. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Pakistani father cuts the throats of daughter and man she married for love

    Posted Jun 29th 2014, 05:51am by Reuters

    ... included singing, looking out of the window and talking to a man who was not a relative. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said 869 so-called "honour killings" were reported ...

  7. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Chinese-American 'was target of Pakistan mountain massacre'

    Posted Jun 29th 2014, 11:43pm by AFP

    ... then met a local sectarian group in a forest, recruiting two more fighters- against the sectarian group leader's wishes- to bring their number to 10. They left for the Nanga Parbat base camp ...

  8. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Passenger killed as gunmen open fire on jet landing in Pakistan

    Posted Jun 25th 2014, 03:22pm

    ... suicide bombing in North Waziristan since the military launched a major operation against the Taliban and other militants who have strongholds there. Three people were killed in the attack. ... Taliban faction, claimed responsibility, with spokesman Abu Baseer saying it was the start of a counter-strike against Pakistani troops. “It is beginning of our offensive and we will launch ...

  9. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Pakistan launches military campaign in North Waziristan

    Posted Jun 15th 2014, 10:09am by AP

    ... responsibility for the June 8 commando-style attack on Karachi airport. "On the directions of the Government, Armed forces of Pakistan have launched a comprehensive operation against foreign ... to independently verify the accounts. Residents in North Waziristan said they were woken after midnight by the sound of jets roaring overhead but said the strikes happened in a remote mountainous area. ...

  10. News - Asia - PAKISTAN

    Pakistan helicopters pound rebels as 150,000 civilians flee tribal areas

    Posted Jun 20th 2014, 04:45pm by Agence France-Presse in Bannu, Pakistan

    ... Agence France-Presse in Bannu, Pakistan Civilians exodus lawless tribal areas on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan as army gears up for long expected ground offensive against ... ground offensive passed 150,000. Nearly 100,000 people have left North Waziristan tribal area, on the Afghan border, this week after the military launched a long-awaited assault against Taliban ...

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