The News Review:

- News in brief
- `I know Myanmar numbers’: UN envoy
- Cool queen of cuisine
- Youth take travel into their own hands

News in brief
Malaysia Star – Nov 17, 2007
com Bhd (joint offerors) to convene an EGM to approve the proposed delisting of the company from the Mesdaq market. Under the exercise the joint offerors would acquire the remaining 34. 83 million MLACS shares representing some 36. 79% of the issued and paid-up capital not held directly by them MLACS said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia… 5 sen before the trading suspension from 2. Bernama BINA PURI IN NEW THAI JINT VENTURE: Bina Puri (Thailand) Ltd has teamed up with Tanayong Public Co Ltd in Thailand to construct in Saraburi Province (Koak Yae) 2442 apartment units worth RM81mil. In a statement Bina Puri Holdings Bhd said with this new project the group’s total book order in Thailand stood at RM0. Bina Puri (Thailand) is a member company of Bina Puri Holdings. The total book order of the group both locally and overseas now stood at RM2.

`I know Myanmar numbers’: UN envoy
Taipei Times – Taipei Times – Nov 17, 2007
“f course I am happy that large numbers of people have been released but I have my concerns about the situation of those who have not been released” Pinheiro said in Yangon on Thursday. Before leaving Myanmar on Thursday Pinheiro met with jailed labor activist Su Su Nway at Insein Prison. n the run for more than two months the prominent activist was arrested on Tuesday as she tried to place a leaflet near a Yangon hotel where Pinheiro was staying exiled Myanmar dissidents in Thailand said. Pinheiro also met with 77-year-old journalist Win Tin held since 1989 and members of the 88 Generation Students group who have been especially active in nonviolent anti-government protests in recent years. Meanwhile six prisoners of conscience were freed on Thursday including Thet Naung Soe a student sentenced to 14 years in jail for staging a solo protest outside Yangon’s City Hall in 2002 an opposition lawyer said yesterday. The five men and a woman were freed from Insein prison shortly after Pinheiro’s visit. Aung Thein a member of the opposition National League for Democracy’s (NLD) legal advisory committee said five of those freed were NLD members.

Cool queen of cuisine
Malaysia Star – Nov 17, 2007
What would she be doing if she weren’t a cook I ask suddenly. “The mad scientist!” she answers without skipping a beat. Gourmands galore The Westin Hotel is hosting its unique Celeb Chef series this November starting with Patricia Yeo with famed mixologist Joseph Boroski in attendance to coincide with the Malaysia International Gourmet Festival. Under the series chefs are flown in from various countries to present mouth-watering creations to satisfy the most fickle of palates. Yeo is guest chef at the Qba Latin Grill from Nov 7 to Nov 10 and her stint includes a cooking class on her last day. Both Yeo and Boroski will be travelling to Bangkok Phuket and the Maldives as part of her tour after her Malaysian stint. ther chefs who will be taking part include Chef Rodelio Aglibot from Hawaii and Chef David King from Australia.

Youth take travel into their own hands
VietNamNet Bridge – Nov 17, 2007
Du lich bui(self-designed low-cost tourism) is ruled by four ?nos?: no tour no guide no bus and no hotel. “The most enjoyable thing about du lich bui is that I can be free to discover and make my own itinerary without being forced to follow a tour schedule; having to meet on time visit places with a time restriction and even eat at a particular time” says Minh Phuong a 23-year-old sales director for a joint-venture company. Phuong bought herself a return ticket to the Philippines and after looking through the Lonely Planet guide book and asking her Filipino colleagues? advice she was able to plan her own five-day trip. Nguyen Thanh who works in marketing spent two months travelling by motorbike through the central coastal provinces up to the highland city of Da Lat. “I?ve travelled a lot by bus” he says “But now I feel the difference between travelling by bus and by bike… See the world on the cheapWanting to absorb the world unmediated by a tour company is another reason why more and more people are choosing Du lich bui. For those with high incomes it?s certainly not a question of saving money. Twenty-five year-old Thuy Duong has travelled alone to Singapore Malaysia Thailand Laos Cambodia Myanmar and India. “I love the feeling of travelling freely. I go by myself plan my own trip and have direct contact with local people and local culture not indirectly through a tourist guide” she says. “Even though I?ve got enough money to buy tours I?d rather view the world with my own eyes and not be influenced set or fixed by others. Trang Ha a female writer adores free tourism.

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