China backs down on Hong Kong visa plan
HONG KONG: Hong Kong said on Friday that Beijing will suspend a plan to allow millions more mainland Chinese to visit the southern city, in response to a public outcry about the influx of tourists. The plan, which was to have taken effect on September 1, would have loosened visa requirements for mainland visitors and allowed...
Malaysiakini wins right to start newspaper
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court Monday overturned a government ban on plans by an online news portal to publish a newspaper, in what the site's lawyer called a "landmark case". Independent portal Malaysiakini has over the past decade become a leading source of information in the Southeast Asian nation, where major newspapers...
Former Australian mining magnate Nathan Tinkler living it up with the rich in Singapore
Perth Now- September 28, 2012 HE has his own beefed-up security, a luxury car in the driveway and has shopped around for homes that rent for up to $78,000 a month. Life has been good for former Australian mining magnate Nathan Tinkler at his new home of Singapore, but the question for the former billionaire is how long it...
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