SA expat assisted in paedophile arrest
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- Jumeirah to open flagship hotel in China and other international…
- Magician David Copperfield cancels Southeast Asia shows following sex…
- Myanmar’s common man bears the brunt of sanctions
SA expat assisted in paedophile arrest
Independent nline – Oct 22, 2007
“He had the same appearance as when he had arrived at the airport. Howard Miller a British volunteer for the Thai tourist police in Pattaya confirmed: “Alf came to me and told me he was convinced he had met Neil in the foyer of his hotel a few days earlier. “I went to the hotel with some Thai officers and we looked through the hotel registration log but we could not find Neil’s name. “I suggested we look at the CCTV and the film showed a Thai friend with the man signing in for them both. “According to the log Neil checked out on ctober 13. He had already fled and we were a few days behind him. “The Thai detectives then spoke to transvestites in Pattaya who identified Neil’s friend and everything then moved very quickly.
Jumeirah to open flagship hotel in China and other international…
CatererSearch – Oct 22, 2007
The new hotels will provide 18160 rooms across five brands with multiple openings in Thailand China and India. The expansion will add around a third more hotels and almost 50% more rooms to Marriott’s lodging presence in Asia-Pacific over the next 36 months. The hotels include six properties in India and Thailand representing the company’s Marriott Executive Apartments brand for extended stay travellers and its deluxe upscale Renaissance brand. All six will operate under long-term management contracts. W Hotels to launch new hotel in Bangkok… W Hotels to launch new hotel in Bangkok. The newly constructed 400-room hotel is scheduled to open in 2011 as part of a mixed-use development in the city?s commercial and diplomatic centre. The W Bangkok will include a signature restaurant and bar as well as 30000sq ft of meeting space. Additional facilities will include a W Kitchen W Living Room a Sweat Fitness Centre an outdoor pool and a signature spa. Hilton to enter Azerbaijan.
Magician David Copperfield cancels Southeast Asia shows following sex…
International Herald Tribune – Oct 22, 2007
“His management sent an e-mail to organizers Sunday to inform that his shows will be postponed indefinitely” said Kittiyong Achawaphong a public relations official of RSi Dream Entertainment which organized his shows in Thailand. Copperfield was scheduled to perform in Indonesia Malaysia Singapore and Thailand in coming weeks. The cancellations come days after FBI agents searched his warehouse and a casino hotel in Las Vegas where the magician regularly performs following charges that he “forced himself” on an unidentified woman. Details about the allegations have not been revealed but Copperfield's lawyer David Chesnoff has said “we know these allegations are false because David Copperfield has never forced himself on anyone. ” Reached Monday Chesnoff insisted the shows were canceled because tour operators in Asia default on their contract not in connection to Copperfield's legal problems.
Myanmar’s common man bears the brunt of sanctions
सिफ॒ – सिफ॒ – Oct 22, 2007
<P>Hotels in Yangon are almost empty and many are laying off staff. <P>The Central Hotel in the heart of the city said it was down to 20 per cent capacity from an average of about 70 per cent this time of the year while the Shangri-La managed Traders Hotel has asked many of its staff to take leave. <P>"The junta gets very little at least as a percentage of its income from tourism" said one long-term US expatriate in Yangon. <P>"By scaring off the tourists lots of small players who have no connection to the military will probably close down their businesses and lots of ordinary people like hotel and tour company staff will lose their jobs. "<P>Struggling to respond to the violence of the crackdown to last month’s protests when officially at least 10 people were shot dead by security forces the EU and US have slapped a range of sanctions on the regime. <P>The latest came on Friday when US President George W Bush announced he was broadening economic bans on the country… <P>"Sanctions just mean that the government gets richer by exploiting this smaller piece of cake" said a former political prisoner based in Yangon. <P>"Countries like China can get cheaper prices for goods and take advantage of the plight of the people of Myanmar. The government has plenty of contracts with China India Thailand and Japan. What do they need the US and Europe for?"<P>Even European and US companies already operating in the country can often bypass sanctions. <P>European importers of Myanmar’s valuable teak for example will instead smuggle their goods through Thailand or China thus shifting the country of origin from Myanmar. <P>ne British employee of a small-scale oil company said the sanctions wouldn’t touch his business. <P>"Look" he said refusing to name his firm "we also do business in Syria and Iran.
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