13 Jan 08 -
BRUNEI Darussalam is poised to sign the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to become the 191st party member, in line with its conservation strategy and towards becoming a more environmentally-friendly and -conscious nation. An...
13 Jan 08 -
BRUNEI should take advantage of opportunities as Asia's economic growth is expected to defy a global slowdown due to the mortgage crisis in the United States, speakers at an HSBC-sponsored roundtable yesterday said. Stephen Green, HSBC's...
13 Jan 08 -
AS AGEING British popstar Elton John prepares for the start of what has been billed his first tour of South Africa at the weekend, locals are recalling his real first in front of South African audiences at the height of apartheid 25 years...
13 Jan 08 -
YOUNG people in Japan are evolving a new lifestyle for the 21st century based on the cellphones that few are now able to live without. While about one-third of Japanese primary school students aged seven to 12 use cellphones, by the time...
13 Jan 08 -
IN A frigid forest in northeastern China, sub-zero temperatures and thick snow aren't enough to dampen tourists' enthusiasm for firing a few rounds at farm-raised animals let loose in the wild. Yuquan International Hunting Field in...
13 Jan 08 -
TAIWAN, a country that has grown from agricultural backwater status to global technological giant, today faces serious negative consequences, especially pollution and degradation of natural resources. Its rapid economic and industrial...
13 Jan 08 -
IT WAS the longest drive of my life. Almost 6000km in 10 days, through three countries, and from sea level to 3500m, and from 34 C to -6 C. I was on a 4WD adventure expedition, from Bangkok, through Myanmar and into China's Yunnan province...
13 Jan 08 -
WHEN I was invited to a trip to Shangri La, I had no idea where it was. Of course I was familiar with the term Shangri-La being used to describe an imaginary paradise on earth. When I looked it up in the dictionary, it described it as the...
13 Jan 08 -
SOMETIMES Bruneians forget that there are other puak jatis or Brunei aborigines who are also Bruneians. Even though they belong to their own native races and speak their own languages and have their own cultures, nevertheless, they have...
13 Jan 08 -
PUBLIC places where human beings are brought face to face, by force of circumstance, with one another provide a wonderful opportunity for observation of human behaviour. Public transport, lifts, queues, waiting rooms and any of a range...
