Stories from 29 March 2007
Bermuda: Elections Approaching?
A reader of Politics.bm comments about the “surefire sign” that elections in Bermuda are imminent…
Barbados: Low Cricket Turnout
Barbados Free Press marvels at the low crowd turnout for the West Indies vs. Australia Cricket World Cup match yesterday and wonders “How many hundreds of millions of dollars spent to get to this point?” And they're even less impressed about the ICC's move to charge bar owners for showing...
Thailand: An Unique Thai Tourist Attraction
Richard's Life in Thailand takes to an unusual tourist attraction that has not yet made it to the guidebooks.
Cambodia: Blog Training
The youth in Cambodia are very active helping their fellow citizen's learn blogging and get to grips with information technology. Vutha has some pictures from a recent training held in a Cambodian city.
Singapore: Improving Singapore's Citizen Journalism Site
com125lo feels that a online participatory media site run by Singapore's main news paper has room for improvement. The blogger suggests that the site invite more bloggers to contribute and widen its coverage.
Japan: Money as origami
Edo from Pink Tentacle introduces some fasinating origami made by paper money.
Japan: Abolition of Nationality Clause
Debito reports that Joetsu City will abolish Nationality Clause in limiting foreigner for holding administrative positions (kanrishoku) in the Japanese civil service.
Hong Kong: Government Theme Park
Simon blogs the 4 government building models released yesterday. The government has invited the public to vote: So you can't vote for who sits in the place but you can vote on what they sit in.
