The News Review:

- Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan
- Castle Group revenues net grow
- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
- We saw houses destroyed by the cyclone

Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan
Daily Times – May 7, 2008
From whence the news is as usual bad which is just as well for we should not want to be surprised out of our wits at anything good coming out. Before we go there however to examine just one of the several jewels spouted by the leader of the government of the Land of the Pure let me take you once more to Thailand and then to Penang. ur Thai friends who did more for us than I can ever thank them for have a holiday home in Hua Hin an up-market seaside resort located on the shores of the Gulf of Thailand where His Majesty the King (about whom a little later) lives most of the time. Down there we went by road and put up at the Dusit Resort owned by the operators of the Dusit Thani one of Bangkok’s best hotels. The resort was beautifully run as is usual in that part of the world where even budget hotels are a pleasure to be in and we had the time of our lives. From Hua Hin we went by car to the Thai-Malaysian border-town of Hat Yai where we stayed a night and then crossed into Malaysia by road. Here I must mention the special treatment we got at the Malaysian border-post… Please let me point out my age once again and the fact that I was accompanied by my family. Hardly the image of a man entering Malaysia with the intention of becoming a hotel busboy! Anyway there it is and here we are. By the by do our immigration officers also exclaim “Ah! Malaysia!” when Malaysians appear at one of our immigration posts? And do they then send those visitors to their officers for special checking after asking them to “knock before you go in”? No? Why not?Arriving at the E& (Eastern and riental) hotel if you get the chance reader do go stay there it is absolutely out of this world with its old world charm and so much else we saw our host Ahmad waiting in the lobby. Ahmad lives on Penang Hill a most exclusive area situated between 2000 and 2500 feet above Penang its roads so steep that only small jeeps with petrol engines can get up them. We were spending the first night on the hill. What a lovely house is Ahmad’s located down a quite narrow road with a most beautiful garden and the most stunning views of Penang far below. The house itself and its setting could have come straight out of an illustrated book about Cotswold houses in England.

Castle Group revenues net grow
Honolulu Star-Bulletin – May 7, 2008
This is primarily due to three factors: overall economic conditions the loss of two significant airlines with their lift into Hawaii and increased airfares on the part of the other carriers” Mattson said. “n the other hand our expansion into Micronesia New Zealand Thailand and Vietnam should tend to offset the impact of this trend for our company. ” The company currently manages approximately 26 properties totaling more than 3200 hotel and condominium units in Hawaii Saipan Guam Micronesia Thailand and New Zealand.

Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – May 7, 2008
In addition to supporting the IIFA Awards ceremony M-A-C will be backstageat the IIFA charity event Fashion Show on JUNE 7TH. Among the designersshowcasing on the runway are: Alta Moda Vikram Phadnis Sabyasachi Mukherjeeand Rohit Bal. The weekend of film celebrity and Awards would not be complete without theM-A-C Make Up Suite at the Dusit Thani Hotel the official Hotel for the IIFA. C will provide a team of professional make up artists for on-callappointments to guests attending the IIFA red carpet events and activities fromJune 6 – 8th. IIFA guests can book a makeup application appointment in theM-A-C Suite by calling the M… "M-A-C is committed to supporting the professional make up artist industryaround the world. The growth of the Indian Film industry is a testament to thecreative talent that is emerging from this region to influence the world. M-A-CThailand is very proud to be hosting the IIFA's in Bangkok in 2008" – TelanNarirat General Brand Manager M. C Cosmetics Thailand. M-A-C (Make-up Art Cosmetics) M-A-C the leading brand of professional cosmetics was created in TorontoCanada in 1985 and is now part of The Estee Lauder Companies. The company'spopularity has grown through a tradition of word-of-mouth endorsement frommakeup artists models photographers and journalists around the world.

We saw houses destroyed by the cyclone
BBC News – May 7, 2008
I’ve never seen something so bad. Even the tsunami in Thailand was quickly repaired and one year after it looked like nothing had happened. But I think this disaster will take years to fix. We saw monks pulling trees and people using axes and hatchets. I was hoping that no trees would squash me. Communication is impossible… There was no electricity and that felt weird. The streets were pitch black and we had to use a flashlight to see. We met a man who was in bed when the hurricane hit his hotel and he was under the blanket and the glass went all over the top of his blanket and the wind was so strong that the door was hard to open. We also talked to a couple from Canada who said that they had to go down the stairs to get out of the hotel and the water was pouring down the stairs like a waterfall. ” Chatham 9 Bangkok Thailand.

You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.