| Prime Minister Fukuda Should Be Blamed? | | 2008-07-16 10:46:00 | | I have been complaining for almost 2 weeks already on why the air-conditioning units in our faculty room has not ever been opened. Do you know why?A month ago, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced that they are aiming to lessen carbon dioxide emissions in Japan by 2020. The result? He ordered all government facilities to keep the air-conditioning units to not lower than 25 degrees Celsius or to not turning on at all. The effect? Well, some inconvenience on most employees, students and stakeholders of most government offices. Japan has been recently very fanatic about minimizing C02 emissions. Well, good. But at a terrible inconvenient price. Temperature here during summer swells up to 40.5. Yesterday, plastic coverings in a pipe fittings in a parking lot melted due to extreme temperature. I was terribly sweating two (2) days ago because of PM Fukuda's initiative. Yet, despite this, how can the government attain its goal if most government offices are open during weekends and beyond 6P | | By: Rey Ian\\\\\\\'s Personal Blog | | |
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| Deputy Minister tells paper industry to meet school needs | | 2008-07-16 03:20:00 | | Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Bui Xuan Khu has directed the paper sector to ensure ample supply for the new school year, scheduled to start in September.
At a working session with the Viet Nam Paper Association on Friday, the Deputy Minister directed businesses to fully exploit the capacity of paper mills and chalk out concrete plans to import products to meet the market's demand, | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Good jokes-The Minister | | 2008-07-14 02:08:00 | | A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him in front of the service station. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump."Reverend," said the young man: "Sorry about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip."The minister chuckled: "I know what you mean. It's the same in my business." | | By: Life Disguised in Humor | | |
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| Thailand foreign minister quits | | 2008-07-10 07:00:56 | | Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama has resigned after a top court ruled he had violated the constitution by signing a deal over a disputed temple.Cambodia had been petitioning to have the temple on the Thai-Cambodian border listed as a World Heritage site.But judges ruled the government should not have backed Cambodia without asking parliament, as the temple is built on land disputed by the two countries.Some Thais saw the move as an implicit surrender of sovereignty claims.The Preah Vihear Hindu temple, near the Thai-Cambodian border, was awarded Unesco World Heritage status on Monday. Assertive courtsMr Noppadon made the announcement that he was stepping down on national television."But I insist that I have done nothing wrong. I have not sold out the country. I love Thailand, and would not cause any damage to the country," he said, fighting back tears."I want to see national reconciliation. In order for the government to continue working to solve the country's problems, I resign. | | By: A Pakistan News | | |
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| TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT FOR NIGERIAN MINISTER IN INDIA | | 2008-07-06 21:52:47 | | http://www.prlog.org/10077944-nigerian-ex-minister-prefers-indian-orthopedic-surgeon-for-total-knee-replacement.htmlVisit http://www.kneeindia.comKnee surgery India for total knee joint replacements, Unicondylar replacements, ACL Reconstruction, osteotomy, cartilage surgery, meniscal surgery. | | By: www.kneeindia.com blog | | |
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| Prime Minister releases North East Vision 2020 document | | 2008-07-03 04:19:00 | | NEW DELHI, Jul 2: The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that all-round development of the north eastern states was the topmost priority of the government and announced its decision to link all state capitals in the region by rail lines. Emphasizing that connectivity and infrastructure development was the cornerstone of development in the region, the Prime Minister said the government had taken several initiatives to bridge the infrastructure gap including an ambitious road-building programme for the north east region. He was addressing the ceremonial function of the release of the North Eastern Region Vision 2020 Document at the plenary hall of the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today at 10.30 am.He said, "The north eastern region is the land of rising sun for India. The time has come for the sun to shine on it and shine brightly. This Vision 2020 defines the path to that bright future."Referring to the initiatives being taken in Manipur, the Prime Minister highlighted that work | | By: Tingplik Express | | |
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| Ex-minister slams Cyprus government over price rises | | 2008-06-22 02:57:00 | | Keravnos who served as Finance Minister in the government of Tassos Papadopoulos and is a senior member of the centre-left DIKO party is widely credited for bringing state-finances under control.He says oil prices have been rising for several years now and that is nothing new. Other factors causing price increases are high real estate prices feeding into higher rentals, the professional services (lawyers, doctors, plumbers, electricians and others) continuing to over-charge customers while underestimating their income and as always, the retailers greed in jacking up prices more than warranted.“Until now they (government of Christofias) have been feeding the public political explanations, but it no effective measure have been taken to curtail the problem.”
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| Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to attend opening ceremony | | 2008-06-19 03:56:45 | | The Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Kevin Rudd is perhaps one of the first western leaders to be proficient in Mandarin Chinese having living in Beijing for a number of years when he worked at the Australian embassy.
“It is very important for our [...] | | By: Beijing Olympics 2008 | | |
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| Former Vietnam Prime Minister H.E. Vo Van Kiet dies | | 2008-06-11 08:12:17 | | It is a sad news as our former Vietnam Prime Minister H.E. Vo Van Kiet, a major force behind economic reforms started in the late 1980s, died on Wednesday, his family said. He was 85. Relatives said he died in a Singapore hospital of acute pneumonia and his body would be returned to Vietnam. Born on November 23, 1922, in the southern Mekong Delta, Kiet served as prime minister from 1991 until he stepped down to be replaced by his former deputy Phan Van Khai in September 1997. In his term as premier, and as the most senior southerner in the ruling Communist Party and government, Kiet was a leader in the Southeast Asian country's market-oriented economic reforms in the late 1980s and 1990s which started to replace a failed Soviet-style system. This news has just been released in some newspapers and magazines. I have not heard the official announcement from the Government of Vietnam or TV. God Bless Him and his soul will soon be on the paradise.
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| Karnataka Home Minister Dr. VS Acharya comments on my blog post | | 2008-06-08 23:07:00 | | Yesterday Morning I was in for a pleasant surprise-Was checking my mails in gmail and saw a comment from Dr. VS Acharya. (for my Coco Fresco Hyderabad post, wherein I had described a new approach adopted to promote tender coconut) The name sounded familiar-went to blogger profile and subsequently to his blog. As suspected, it turned out to be the blog of the very person who had taken oath as Cabinet Minister along with Karnataka CM Mr. B S Yadyurappa a week ago and was assigned the portfolio of home ministry less than 24 hours earlier. (He was minister for Medical Education earlier).Never expected politicians to be tech savvy and have a blog. (Do SM Krishna, known for his IT friendliness, has a blog? No idea.) But then, Dr. VSA holds a doctorate and is one of the few highly qualified personalities in the political corridor. His bio data in this post. I feel honored to have such high profile visitors to my blog who stop by and leave a comment too. Here's wishing Dr. Acharya all the be | | By: eNidhi - A professional amateur | | |
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| Prestonwood Baptist pastor: Church appalled, disgraced by minister's sex sting arrest | | 2008-05-18 10:14:00 | | 12:43 AM CDT on Sunday, May 18, 2008PLANO – A Prestonwood Baptist Church minister arrested for soliciting a minor online has resigned from the church, Pastor Jack Graham told his congregation Saturday evening. Dr. Graham addressed the crowd at the start of the church's regular worship service. He said the church had accepted Joe Barron's resignation, which took effect immediately. Dallas News | | By: Frisco Texas Living | | |
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| Minister issues rice assurances | | 2008-05-13 19:03:00 | | Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Cao Duc Phat discusses the world’s rice shortage and its consequences for Vietnam with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times).
Will we have enough rice for both domestic consumption and export despite the possible losses in the centre and north from natural disasters and infestation?
As the head of the agriculture sector, I would like to | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| ACB Bank names former minister chair | | 2008-05-13 02:03:09 | | Former Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Xuan Gia has been named chairman of Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB), one of the nation's leading commercial banks and one of only two banks, with shares listed on the nation's stock exchanges.
"I want to work and they need me," Gia told the newspaper Sai Gon Tiep...
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| Lebanese minister: Hizbullah believes way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut | | 2008-05-10 06:38:00 | | "Iran is responsible for what is happening in Lebanon. The subject now is the Iranian attack on Lebanon. They want us to surrender totally without any compensation," Lebanese Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Friday during an interview with the Al-Arabiya television network Friday amid reports that Hizbullah gunmen seized control of large parts of Beirut."Hizbullah has turned from an opposition party into a militia attempting to impose its control. I think Hizbullah believes that the way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut," he said. Fatfat said Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had "taken advantage of the government's decision to outlaw the (Shiite) group's communications network in order to declare war." More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Minister rules out offshore banking | | 2008-04-29 03:14:00 | | Traditional offshore banking which has been affiliated with money laundering will not be one of the services to be provided by the Government's proposed Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre (TTIFC). Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira made the disclosure on Tuesday as she announced the time had come for "an alternate strategy" to move this country's economy away from its dependence on the oil and gas sector. She said development of the financial services sector was one way to do so. Nunez-Tesheira spoke on these issues during a symposium on the TTIFC, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in downtown Port of Spain. Nunez-Tesheria said the benefits of establishing the TTIFC could be "substantial" since as it could prove to be the key element of a sustainable diversified economy would and would not be provided.
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| Minister receives threats after stripper legislation | | 2008-04-25 10:22:00 | | Security has been tightened around Immigration Minister Diane Finley following threats related to Conservative efforts to keep foreign strippers out of Canada.
Numerous threats, of an escalating nature, have been made against the minister in recent weeks, several sources told The Canadian Press.
The exact nature of the threats was not revealed, but sources say they are directly linked to Bill C | | By: News Alert | | |
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| Malaysia's Former Prime Minister Again Stokes the Islamists' Fire | | 2008-04-24 15:06:17 | | Last month, I wrote on the importance to global security of then-pending elections in Malaysia , followed afterwards by Zachary Abuza's analysis of the gains by Islamists . The ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, has tenuously remained in power, and earlier this month demonstrated its commitment to counter-terrorism efforts by handing over two alleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah to Indonesia, as reported here by Kenneth Conboy . Badawi's predecessor, former Prime Minister Mahathir...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| St Regis a milestone: Singapore Minister Mah | | 2008-04-20 22:47:47 | | St Regis a milestone: Singapore Minister Mah
By ARTHUR LEE
NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan last night commended owners of the St Regis Hotel for bringing this fine name in hospitality to Singapore.
Distinguished hosts and guests: City Developments executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng, Mr Mah, Mrs Cecilia Kwek, Foreign Minister George Yeo and Mrs Yeo at [...] | | By: singapore property real estate news blog | | |
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| Quotes: Bush v. Iraqi Information Minister | | 2008-04-18 14:58:55 | | When I saw the headline across the Web: Bush Claims No Recession for US; Bush Rejects Recession Claims; and Bush: United States Not In Recession, I couldn't help but think of the words coming from the mouth of the Iraqi Minister of Information, Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, during the US invasion of Iraq.I snickered. And then I opened Photoshop. I simply couldn't help putting together this photo collage mixed with George Bush quotes along side some of the quotes from the Iraqi Information Minister.As a quick aside, I'm not usually one to blog politics. Everyone has their own personal views and the little-known blog of Worlds Beyond Rittman certainly isn't going to change anything. It's just for fun, really.
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| Hopes that new construction orders would follow Silvio Berlusconi's election as prime minister | | 2008-04-17 04:55:00 | | Italian real estate - Shares in the largest Italian builder, Impregilo, closed 4.6 percent higher even as the DJ Stoxx index of European construction companies fell.Impregilo had headed a consortium to build the Sicily bridge under Berlusconi's previous government, from 2001 to 2006, but the outgoing center-left government scrapped the plan.Among toll-road operators, Autostrada Torino Milano added 2.7 percent and Atlantia climbed 6.1 percent.
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| Indonesia overtakes Malaysia as top palm oil producer: minister | | 2008-04-14 04:04:46 | | Indonesia overtakes Malaysia as top palm oil producer: minister
Kota Kinibalu, Malaysia (ANTARA News) - Indonesia likely overtook Malaysia as the world’s top palm oil producer in 2007, due to dramatically increased planting there, Malaysia said Monday.
“From preliminary figures in 2007 it looks like Indonesia has already overtaken us in terms of production,” Plantation and Commodities [...] | | By: Indonesia First | | |
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| Minister Tours U.S. to Promote Investment | | 2008-04-11 11:04:00 | | Viet Nam’s Minister of Planning and Investment is making a tour to the U.S., which he hopes will result in further spending from the fifth highest foreign investor in the Southeast Asian country.
During the April 9-11 trip, Minister Vo Hong Phuc, accompanied by Government officials and entrepreneurs, is set to conduct promotional activities in New York, Texas, and Washington D.C.
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| Happy Birthday Delhi Chief Minister | | 2008-04-01 04:01:48 | | Either everyone wants to be in the photograph or they are desperate to eat the cake or possibly both, any which way I want to know who paid for the 51 kg birthday cake and if it was the tax payers money then why wasn’t I invited? | | By: Social Cause India | | |
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| Poison pen letter campaign launched against Prime Minister, targets 3 million Umno members | | 2008-03-26 22:44:00 | | themalaysianinsider
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – All signs point to the Umno party elections being postponed till early next year but this is unlikely to blunt moves by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s critics to force him out of office.Leaning heavily on tactics which worked well for the Opposition in Election 2008, the critics are taking their case and campaign to discredit the President of Umno and Prime | | By: No2umnO | | |
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| Minister believes in stock market rebound | | 2008-03-26 07:51:18 | | The Finance Minister said he expects the stock market will rally gains from now to the end of the year.
The minister, Vu Van Ninh, made the statement at his meeting with the press on the sidelines of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s seventh meeting in Hanoi on March 26.
“At the moment, investors should buy...
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| Minister explains ideas behind VAT law reform | | 2008-03-26 06:22:00 | | The proposed revision of the Law on the Value-Added Tax was part of the Government’s tax-reform strategy to 2010, Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh said yesterday.
It was part of the effort to apply the same tax to commodities and domestic services, he told the opening of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s seventh session in Ha Noi.
The revisions would adjust the tax rate for three of 28 | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Minister | | 2008-03-22 02:57:14 | | I bleive that I have been called to Preach The Gospel. Please pray with me as I seek Go’s face for more instruction. Also please Pray for The Phillips Family in Virginia that God can lead us all.
- Todd Phillips from South Hill/ Glen Allen, Virginia | | By: Prayers Online | | |
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| WeAreChange vs Prime Minister Harper | | 2008-03-17 18:03:00 | | Thanks to 911blogger for the heads up on this one...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O8GaeMHihI (See this link for more hyperlinks) www.wearechangevancouver.org Fed up with a "Manchurian Candidate" Prime Minister that continues to harm Canada and commit treason against the country we love , we show up @ the Westin Bayshore (Vancouver) to voice our strong opposition. 1. Why have you secretly allowed for an agreement with the United States military to operate on our soil ? A military that condones and openly practises torture such as waterboarding,secret prisons and even taking pliers to childrens genitals ? some have called this an act of treason 2. Why do you continue to hide from Canadians the fact that the North America Union is real and being done undemocratically ? some have called this an act of treasonTECHNORATI TAGS:9/11, 911, september 11, september 11 2001, 911 Truth, 911 Truth Movement, 911 Proof, 911 Truth Canada, Inside Job, 911 Inside Job, Government, US Government, Canadia | | By: Canada Wants 9/11 Truth | | |
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| Action needed on railway plan: Minister | | 2008-03-17 05:35:00 | | Key railway projects scheduled for 2008 will help speed up the development of a modern national railway system in Viet Nam, Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung has said.
At a meeting on the projects held in Hanoi this month, Dung said although investment was high, work was progressing very slowly. He urged responsible agencies to write up detailed plans to make sure the projects would be put | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Razaleigh move against Prime Minister? | | 2008-03-15 07:27:00 | | Razaleigh seen as man who can rally Chinese, Malay ground
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has fired a broadside against Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , writing a letter to all 193 party division chiefs calling for a special meeting to discuss the reverses suffered at the polls.
Ku Li, as Razaleigh is known in the party, is viewed by some of Abdullah’s critics as someone | | By: No2umnO | | |
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| Malaysian prime minister at risk in vote | | 2008-03-10 00:55:00 | | By Thomas Fuller
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's ruling coalition, which has governed this multiracial country without any major challenges for the past four decades, suffered a string of defeats in key constituencies Saturday and lost control of the relatively prosperous industrial state of Penang.
Early results showed that the coalition of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi retained a majority | | By: No2umnO | | |
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| Foreign workers a boon: Singapore minister | | 2008-03-04 20:23:31 | | Foreign workers a boon: Singapore minister
By LEE U-WEN
THE secret of Singapore’s strong job growth, according to Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen, is not to rely solely on locals to fill the vacancies. Instead, it was the ministry allowing businesses here to readily tap foreign workers to meet their needs that has proven to be the [...] | | By: singapore property real estate news blog | | |
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| Prime Minister asks measures to curb inflation | | 2008-02-29 05:55:00 | | Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries and agencies to curb inflation and ensure the economy records an increase of more than 8% this year.
Addressing the regular cabinet meeting on February 28, the prime minister said the rise in consumer prices has been triggered by world price rises and partly by inappropriate monetary policies that must be improved.
He asked the Finance | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Vietnam fin minister calls for rethink on bill sale | | 2008-02-29 05:21:00 | | Central bank should rethink the timing of its compulsory debt issue to banks next month to avoid damaging financial markets, the country's finance minister said in a government statement.
The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) dropped 16 percent last week on panicky selling by local retail investors after the central bank ordered banks to buy a combined 20.3 trillion dong ($1.26 billion) in | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Finance Minister P.Chidambaram's Budget Speech 2008-09 | | 2008-02-29 04:15:00 | | Following is the text of the 2008-09 Budget speech by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram:Mr. Speaker, SirI rise to present the Budget for 2008-09. This House and the United Progressive Alliance Government have bestowed upon me the honour of presenting all five Budgets on behalf of a Government - a rare honour that I have the privilege to share with only one of my distinguished predecessors, Dr. Manmohan Singh.I. THE ECONOMY: AN OVERVIEW2. Honourable Members! The India growth story, so far, has been | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
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| Rajasthan Chief Minister Presents a Financially Inclusive Budget 2008-09 | | 2008-02-25 10:21:00 | | - Revenue Surplus for the second consecutive year. Fiscal deficit reduced - Equal emphasis on physical and social infrastructure of the state- Focus on education, health and women's development- All inter-state border check posts to be abolished from May 1, 2008- 50 % reservation for women in all Panchayati Raj institutions- Minimum wages for unskilled, semi skilled and skilled workers raised by one third. The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Smt Vasundhara Raje, who also holds the finance portf | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
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| Vietnam’s finance minister best in Asia for 2007: Banker magazine | | 2008-02-23 04:16:00 | | Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh was honored by the Banker Magazine as Asia’s Finance Minister of The Year 2007 for keeping a cool head through a challenging year.
The Banker is published by the UK’s Financial Times Group.
The award was presented by Mark Kent, UK Ambassador to Vietnam in Hanoi Thursday.
Vietnam’s finance industry developed stably through most of 2007, but inflation shook the | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Indian Prime Minister Meets with Coalition for AIDS Treatment Access (CATA); Assures Action on HIV/AIDS Treatment | | 2008-02-23 03:05:00 | | A delegation from India's Coalition of AIDS Treatment Access (CATA), a diverse group of civil society partners who engage the collective advocacy interests of all the participating members towards better HIV/AIDS treatment, efficient treatment facilities and efficacy in treatment provision for people living with HIV/AIDS throughout India, met on Friday with Dr. Manmohan Singh, the honourable Prime Minister of India, at the 7 Race Course Road residences. The CATA delegation, led by Dr. Chinkh | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
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| Singapore Finance Minister unveils 20% tax rebate | | 2008-02-16 01:24:35 | | Singapore Finance Minister unveils 20% tax rebate
SINGAPORE : Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced on Friday a 20 percent tax rebate for Singaporeans.
However the Government will keep income tax unchanged, a surprise move that leaves the top personal rate at 20 percent.
“We will not be making any further move on personal income tax this year,” he [...] | | By: singapore property real estate news blog | | |
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| Prime Minister subsidises petrol importers | | 2008-02-13 04:43:00 | | Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a directive to compensate the financial losses of petroleum importers in a bid to ease their business conditions.Under the directive, the Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to compensate the losses of enterprises that imported oil in 2006 and 2007.According to the directive, the State would not compensate losses for gasoline imports in 2007, but the MoF would instead consider delaying import tariffs on gasoline till global prices decrease to a level which would allow importers to recoup last year’s losses.The Prime Minister also asked both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to grant importers the right to determine domestic petrol prices subject to the volatility of the global price under provisions set out in Decree 55/ND-CP.Experts said that compensation was difficult due to the State’s limited financial resources. Last year, the State failed to recover 8 trillion VND (500 million USD) in losses | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| I attended Shoaib's engagement: Former AP minister | | 2008-02-03 07:34:11 | | CNN-IBN
New Delhi: The cross border love story and the alleged ‘marriage’ of Pakistan cricket team skipper Shoaib Malik has taken a new turn.
Just a day after Shoaib denied marrying Ayesha Siddiqui,...
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| Minister of Tourisms from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand agree to open new flights | | 2008-01-30 15:23:23 | | Three Minister of Tourisms from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand (three countries which are known as the Growth Triange (IMT-GT)) have an agreement to increase the tourism visits to the region. They have a plan to open new flights, for example flights from Banda Aceh to Penang, Langkawi to Phuket and from Medan/Padang to Hat Yai.At the ASEAN Tourism Forum in Bangkok (January 18-22, 2008), the three ministers agree to do anything to push the growth of tourism in the region, they have a plan to la | | By: Visit Indonesia, euy... | | |
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| Visit Indonesia Year 2008: Minister Optimistic 7 Million Visitors target attainable | | 2008-01-18 11:09:50 | | On 26 December, Minister for Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik officially launched Visit Indonesia Year 2008 that aims to achieve 7 million tourist arrivals in 2008, offering at least 100 events throughout the archipelago throughout the year.During January through November 2007 the number of tourists visiting Indonesia jumped a promising 14% compared to the same period in 2006, Central Bureau of Statistics data showed.The 4.11 million arrivals through Indonesias 15 main entry points were boosted b | | By: Visit Indonesia, euy... | | |
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| Prime Minister to Financial Advisor | | 2008-01-16 17:31:36 | | Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is an advisor at the leading financial company, JP Morgan. How does one become a Prime Minister & then become a financial advisor? It is not exactly a typical career move for high ranking officials like Tony Blair.You would have thought that he would retire & spend his retirement years, perhaps living in a solitary mansion, hunting foxes in the English country with royalty & the super rich. It certainly is not the case for George Bush’s ex-war poodle. Maybe George Bush would be an OPEC advisor after he retires from office.Lol. | | By: movie special | | |
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| Special interview with Mr Jero Wacik, Minister of Culture & Tourism | | 2008-01-10 09:26:07 | | Year 2008 has been stated as the Visit Indonesia Year, which was launched by Ministry of Culture & Tourism. Yet there are several difficulties in time the Government preparing the program such as limited budget, the competition against the Malaysian tourism, Indonesian airlines condition etc.Below is the special interview between Antara News and Mr Jero Wacik, Minister of Culture & Tourism.Antara News: In year 2008 there will be BeiJing Summer Olympic and also the fact that Government of Malaysia already extend the Visit Malaysia Year program until mid 2008, how big the effect from those two big events for Visit Indonesia Year program...?Mr Jero Wacik: Yes, you're right that we will have BeiJing Summer Olympic in mid 2008 and also Visit Malaysia Year is extended until mid 2008 and yes we are competing with those two programs. In fact tourism business is a competition. We will try to cover and fix our weaknesses and also we have to show our abilities. We're not afraid if we have to be involved in a competition because it's a natural thing. Last year we didn't have any tourism programs and Malaysia had Visit Malaysia Year but we competed and we could attract 5.5 million tourists. People have a tendency always to see our weaknesses, they said we're too late and we're late to promote Visit Indonesia Year 2008. We had the Grand Launching on December 26, 2007 meanwhile Malaysia had their Grand launching on January 6, 2007. Indonesia and Malaysia both had a long preparation for this tourism program. The problem is the promotion. If we have US$80 million we will have a great promotion, but if we only have US$15 million/year the promotion will be lesser and smaller.Antara News: What about the promotion of Visit Indonesia Year 2008 in other countries, is it only in 12 major markets...?Mr Jero Wacik: We have several "promotion mix": using website, doing road shows to other countries, attending tourism mart in Berlin, London and China. We also make some visits to | | By: Visit Indonesia, euy... | | |
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| Defense Minister Barak: We Can't Defend Yad Yair Synagogue | | 2008-01-03 14:30:00 | | Defense Minister Ehud Barak informed MK Rabbi Meir Porush (UTJ) in a letter Wednesday that the Israel Defense Forces cannot protect the Yad Yair synagogue in Samaria.Barak recommended that the synagogue be moved instead."The congregation which prays at Yad Yair Synagogue in the Binyamin area faces security risks and it is hard to secure it in a permanent and continuous manner," wrote Barak. "Therefore, the IDF recommends relocating the synagogue to the Talmonim Bloc, thus preventing a situation in which human lives are put at risk."Barak's letter was written following a demand by Porush for an explanation regarding an attack in October on the synagogue. Torah scrolls, prayer books and other Jewish sacred texts were destroyed in the flames. The arsonists also defaced the nearby memorial to Yair Mendelson, for whom the synagogue is named. Mendelson was murdered by Arabs at the beginning of the first intifada in the 1980's.The attack in October was the third in 18 months. Both the synagogue and an adjoining building are located on privately-owned Jewish land. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Malaysian minister resigns after admitting sex scandal | | 2008-01-03 11:45:05 | | Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek admitted that he is the man in an unmarried couple sex romp featured in two widely circulated DVDs.
Although he said he will not resign when he made his apology to the prime minister and other ruling party leaders, Mr. Chua resigned January 3, 2008 as health minister and lawmaker and has blamed 'certain partymen' of his Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
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| Minister inaugurates use of VIY 2008 logo by Garuda planes | | 2007-12-21 22:33:36 | | Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik inaugurated on Friday the use of logo `Visit Indonesia Year 2008` by national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia airplanes. "When Malaysia launched its Visit Malaysia Year 2007, all Malaysian airplanes carried the VMY 2007 logo,"the minister said when inaugurating th e VIY 2008 logo by the Garuda aircraft at the Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) here on Friday.He said that Malaysia was able to attract 15 million foreign tourists by painting its VMY 2007 logo on its airplanes.The minister said however that basically Indonesia was able to attract more foreign tourists, especially in terms of the money it had spent on tourism promotions.Wacik said that with US$10 million in tourism promotion cost, Indonesia was able to attract five million foreign tourists, while Malaysia which spent US$80 million managed to attract only 15 million tourists."With the promotion cost, Malaysia should have attracted foreign tourists 80 times bigger," he said.He said that in order to attract more foreign tourists to Indonesia, he had ordered national airlines to paint the logo Visit Indonesia Year 2008 in their aircraft."I was upset several weeks ago (to see the slugishness of airlines in painting the logo on their aircraft). If they still failed paint the logo on their planes until the President launches the Visit Indonesia Year 2008 on January 1, these companies have no sense of nationalism," the minister said.In the meantime, Garuda Indonesia President Director Emirsyah Satar said the VIY 2008 logo had been painted on Garuda planes as part of the company`s initial support and commitment to making Visit Indonesia Year 2008 a success.He said that all Garuda airplanes would later carry Garuda`s silhouette logo which constituted Visit Indonesia Year 2008 with a message reading "Celebrating 100 Years of National Awakening".Source: Portal Nasional
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| Former N.S. minister fined $920 for traffic accident | | 2007-12-18 11:32:00 | | A former Nova Scotia cabinet minister who was found guilty Tuesday of failing to remain at the scene of an accident has had his political career thrown into limbo by Premier Rodney MacDonald. Judge Bill Digby ordered Ernie Fage to pay an $800 fine, plus a 15 per cent victim surcharge, bringing the total he must pay to $920 after finding him guilty in provincial court. Fage, 54, who currently | | By: News Alert | | |
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| Bollywood’s dashing hunk John Abraham chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son, Ritesh Deshmukh celebrated their birthdays on December 17 | | 2007-12-18 04:21:00 | | Bollywood’s dashing hunk, John spent his 33rd birthday having a quiet dinner with family and close friends while Ritesh spent his 30th birthday by throwing a lavish bash and inviting all his friends from Bollywood. John spent his birthday with 200 visually impaired children at an organization called ‘Happy Home’. Being the brand ambassador for Fast Track eyewear, he gifted special eye glasses to these children. The handicapped children not only sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and cut a cake, they also gifted John a special birthday card in Braille which they read out to him. On the other hand, chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son,Ritesh Deshmukh, had a grand bash at a posh five star hotel, J W Mariott. The party was organized on a large scale, with lavish decorations and mouth watering delicacies. To add to the glamour, were Bollywood celebs, the Bachchans, Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Malaika and sister Amrita Arora, Dino Morea, Ashish Choudhary, Arshad Warsi etc. | | By: Bollywood News | | |
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| Putin Ready to Be Medvedev's Prime Minister | | 2007-12-17 08:52:00 | | Like Batman and Robin, Bush and Cheney, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, Festus and Marshal Dillon, Burns and Allen, chocolate and peanut butter, and, well you get the idea. Medvedev and Putin are part of a team."If Russian citizens express their confidence in Dmitry Medvedev and elect him as the country's president, I will be ready to head the government," Putin told a congress of his United Russia party held near Moscow's Red Square."(We) shouldn't be ashamed or afraid of transferring the key powers of the country, the destiny of Russia to the hands of such a man," he added.Of course, the real reason that Putin nominated Medvedev has nothing to do with all the speculated political intrigues and loyalties. The real reason is Medvedev is the only man in the Kremlin shorter than Putin. Save to del.icio.us
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| Prime Minister of Rwanda | | 2007-12-11 05:08:00 | | Prime Minister of RwandaGrégoire Kayibanda 19 October 1960 1 July 1962 Parmehutu Post Abolished (1 July 1962-12 October 1991) Sylvestre Nsanzimana 12 October 1991 2 April 1992 MRND Dismas Nsengiyaremye 2 April 1992 18 July 1993 MDR Agathe Uwilingiyimana 18 July 1993 7 April 1994 MDR Jean Kambanda 9 April 1994 19 July 1994 MDR Faustin Twagiramungu 19 July 1994 31 August 1995 MDR Pierre-Célestin Rwigema 31 August 1995 8 March 2000 MDR Bernard Makuza 8 March 2000 Present MDR | | By: President World | | |
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| "Indonesia Minister of Communication and Objects the IT Survey Result of Foreign Agencies" | | 2007-12-05 04:16:50 | | Indonesian Minister of Communication and Informatics Mr. Muhammad Nuh has confirmed that the government is on the way of preparing the legitimate and sophisticated data to counterbalance some result of recent survey by foreign agencies regarding to IT progree in Indonesia."By the end of 2007, We'll publish complete IT data starting with the infrastructure, Man power, Industrial Content, legal aspects and back up regulations which support them".Further more, the Department of Communication and Informatics (Depkominfo) would coordinate with National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) to set up all necessary preparation." We would like to describe to the people, how far is the IT in Indonesia going to be. We don't want Indonesia always be described as a third degree country when in fact there are lots of foreign companies who are willing to invest in Indonesia IT market. "For further anticipation, the government have already done some mapping and preparations regarding to IT networks, infrastructure, Man power,etc.MethodologiesHead of Indonesian Informatics Technology (FTII) Teddy sukardi mentioned that the Foreign survey agencies actually has quite a sophisticated methode." The problem is in the data gathering. It is difficult to gather complete data. After all it is always difficult to compare between one country with another." he said.He strongly suggest the parliament to legitimate the cyberlaw or ITE law so that we could have the measurement of a good e-commerce.Agung Grahaputra, Managing director of PT. Transition Systems Indonesia (TSID), said that until now IT development are still being dominated by "enterprise" compared to small middle business (UKM)According Agung, small-middle business (UKM) could be more competitive and their products could go International with the help of IT development.
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| British prime minister hopeful of new world trade deal | | 2007-11-26 09:00:49 | | A new world trade deal could be reached in the next few weeks, British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown said after meeting the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on 24 November 2007.
Talks on world trade have stalled since their inception in the Qatari capital of Doha in 2001. But the Prime Minister is now hopeful that [...] | | By: Frontier India Foreign Trade news | | |
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| Minister: EU team satisfied with RI airline condition | | 2007-11-21 16:12:05 | | Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said the European Union (EU) team that conducted an audit and verification in Indonesia from November 5 to 9, 2007, was in general satisfied with the current condition of the country`s airline companies.
"They were satisfied after auditing the airlines as they saw improvements in the skills of the pilots and crew members, maintenance and others,
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| Minister sets out plans for tourism in Greece | | 2007-11-08 11:22:00 | | Destinations like Rhodes, Crete and Greece's other holiday hotspots look set to become even more popular in the future following the appointment of a new tourism minister for the country.Aris Spiliotopoulos recently took over the job of Greek tourism minister and has outlined an ambitious agenda for the industry, eTurboNews reports.Mr Spiliotopolous set out his plans for the country's travel industry at the Philoxenia International Tourism Fair in Thessaloniki.
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| Pink handbag of the Health Minister endangered the security of Hungarian camp in Afghanistan- says FIDESZ | | 2007-11-06 11:51:00 | | The Hungarian Health Minister HORVÁTH Ágnes visited a hospital under construction in Afghanistan with her husband. Opposition party FIDESZ argued that if the Ministry was invited, then a relative had nothing to do there especially on the money of the taxpayers. And besides, as the National Defence Workgroup of the party said the pink case of the Minister had been a security threat to the whole Hungarian base because of its "rich colour".I apologise to all the photoshop experts! | | By: The blog of Hungary | | |
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| Morocco's new prime minister | | 2007-10-13 21:13:00 | | Abbas el FassiSome have described Abbas el Fassi as the man who gets elected between transitional phases; he was elected as the ambassador to France during a time when the relationship between Paris and Rabat was undergoing transformation. Likewise, el Fassi was elected as secretary-general of Istiqlal party in 1998 following in the footsteps of Allal al Fassi and the influential Mohamed Boucetta. In the same vein, el Fassi’s appointment by King Mohammed VI as the sixth prime minister of Morocco after Driss Jettou (2002-2007) and before him the socialist Abderrahmane Youssoufi, heralds the advent of a new phase, one that al Fassi stresses must head in the direction towards democratization and development. - Mohammed Bukhazar writing for Asharq AlwasartMorocco has a new prime minister, Abbas el Fassi, Secretary-General of the Istiqlal (Independence) party. For those interested in keeping and eye on Moroccan politics you will find an interesting ( and well written) piece in the daily A | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
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| Interview with Paul Hellyer X-Minister of Defence,Ca. | | 2007-10-05 21:02:02 | | Paul Hellyer, minister Canada of 1963-1967, expresses itself over the conspiracy of the shade government, their plans, to station weapons in the universe the reproduction of extraterrestrial technology from the crash of Roswell and the necessity to terminate the secrecy over extraterrestrial visitors on earth. He is outrider of the international movement for Exopolitics.
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| Al Qaeda leaves Iraq and goes to Algeria, says Iraqi Prime Minister | | 2007-09-29 21:20:00 | | Algeria may be attacked by Al-Qaeda according to a "whole file" still unknown and non-identified, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki told a newspaper. Al-Maliki said he ordered to present this information to Algeria. "Few days ago, I was recommended to transmit a complete file about Al-Qaeda to Algeria because it is going to carry out dangerous acts there," he told the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat.Asked whether Al-Qaeda members started leaving Iraq or running away from it, Al-Maliki said they started going out. "We have information from Al-Qaeda that it wants to move or transfer a part of its acts to prove its presence," he said. "Al-Qaeda members escaped to Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. A part of them have come back to North Africa to Algeria," he added. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Indian Prime minister confess "He believe in higher forces" | | 2007-09-28 12:44:09 | | It’s really an exiting time for Blogger, who always believed that India is already been contacted by Aliens “Higher Forces”. I got an exclusive video footage for all of you, in this footage you saw Raj Chengappa, Managing editor, India time Group (No reason not to trust this guy).When last month, he had Interviewed Prime Minster of India, about 123 deal (After 2 year intensive dialogue between India, USA & Higher forces. After intensive dialogue USA ready to share its nuclear technology with India. Now communists party (CPM &CPI always been label pro China) in India opposing & creating hurdle about not to put this deal in effect.On times web site we can saw China is really happy if this deal don’t work out. Now here what Mr.Manmohan Singh Prime minister of India told in his interviewed to Mr.Raj that “He really hurt about what all going on now days about this 123 deal”.At this time opposition party (BJP, was in power before Mr. Singh) had to support him in this | | By: SKYWATCHER:VIDEO BLOG | | |
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| slightly open letter to John Baird, Canada's apparent Minister to the Environment | | 2007-09-19 11:01:00 | | Hey kids! Here's a fun activity! Click the photograph below to send your thoughts to John Baird, who is supposed to be Minister of the Environment. Of course, there are several meanings to the word "minister":min·is·ter /ˈmɪnəstər/ Pronunciation[min-uh-ster]–noun1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.2. a person authorized to administer sacraments, as at Mass.3. a person appointed by or under the authority of a sovereign or head of a government to some high office of state, esp. to that of head of an administrative department: the minister of finance.4. a diplomatic representative accredited by one government to another and ranking next below an ambassador. Compare envoy1 (def. 1).5. a person acting as the agent or instrument of another.–verb (used with object)6. to administer or apply: to minister the last rites.7. Archaic. to furnish; supply.–verb (used without object)8. to perform the functions of a religious minister.9. t | | By: progressive imposition | | |
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| Putin's Hudsucker Proxy - Zubkov Nominated for Prime Minister | | 2007-09-12 09:27:00 | | Recent news reports have Vladimir Putin accepting the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov today and nominating virtual unknown financial monitor Victor Zubkov for Prime Minister. State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov says the lower house could vote on Zubkov for PM as soon as this Friday.Speculation has been that Putin's annointed choice for the next elected President would be nominated as Prime Minister first. This would indicate a path to the presidency that Putin traveled, as he was similarly nominated as Prime Minister by Boris Yeltsin. With the recent resignation of Fradkov, rampant speculation was either Sergei Ivanov or Dmitri Medvedev would be nominated.However, I had been pointing out in other forums for weeks now that if Putin plans a return to the presidency in 2012, it would serve his purposes to nominate someone less powerful and entrenched than either Ivanov or Medvedev. After all, why would either one of those candidates step aside for Putin 2012? And wouldn't a s | | By: The Accidental Russophile | | |
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| Former Israeli finance minister Hirchson stole millions | | 2007-09-02 16:52:00 | | Former finance minister Avraham Hirchson should be indicted on charges of stealing millions from a workers union he headed in 2003, police said in a statement Sunday.The statement said police have "substantial evidence" that Hirchson embezzled funds and accused him of breach of trust and money laundering. The findings of the investigations were handed over to the state prosecutor, the statement said. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is under investigation about real estate deals and his involvement in the sale of a state-owned bank.
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| French finance minister says subprime crisis shows globalization will last | | 2007-08-28 03:17:00 | | The value of assets fell sharply amid an increase in defaults of subprime mortgages in the United States. Investors began to pull funds and creditors started asking for more collateral to back their loans, causing a credit crunch. Lagarde said French banks have a "very limited exposure" to subprime products. The real estate market — which her government is trying to stimulate through tax exemptions on interest payments — should not be affected, she said. Keen to avoid any risk to France's fragile economic growth, she urged banks not to tighten credit for companies "simply because it is time for them to finance investment."
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| Message from the Minister | | 2007-08-07 09:37:01 | | This is the exact message from the Minister of Enterprise Development & Investment Promotion, Dr. Sarath Amunugama published on Gem Talk April issue.It gives me much satisfaction to issue a message of good wishes for the 3rd issue of "Gem Talk" which I am happy to learn has become a useful, well worth reading and pleasing to look at publication, creating a thorough awareness of Sri Lanka Gem and Jewelry industry among both local and foreign entrepreneurs.Sri Lanka has been celebrated for its gems from ancient times. Along with the mining of gems there were other aspects connected with the gem industry, which have been a great value to Sri Lanka. Foreign exchange earnings for the country, employment, opportunities, created by the industry, as well as the transfer of technology are among them.I wish to urge the business community not to think with an "Island Mentality" and depend on the faith of the international community to reach the US $2.00 billion investment target projected for thi | | By: Sri Lanka Jewelers | | |
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