Showing 11 - 20 of 31 results
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Telecom bidders vie to stand out in Myanmar ‘beauty contest’
Asia focus, Justin Heifetz, Published on 28/11/2013
» Bidders for telecom licences in Myanmar are stepping up activities in the country in hopes of scoring high in a “beauty contest” being held by consultants...
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Drilling for details
Asia focus, Justin Heifetz, Published on 28/11/2013
» While as many as 50 oil and gas companies submitted expressions of interest on June 14 for 30 offshore blocks, industry insiders warn that poor infrastructure...
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Culinary Connections
B Magazine, Justin Heifetz, Published on 28/11/2013
» While Yangon's hot spots for best food and beverages have this year fell under the spotlight, the lists have _ unlike Myanmar's commercial capital _ become a...
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More than lip service
B Magazine, Justin Heifetz, Published on 24/11/2013
» Asia's "Mo Bros" _ from Bangkok to the Movember Foundation campaign headquarters in Melbourne _ aren't letting the hipster handlebars and full-on horseshoes...
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Bad medicine and sick system take their toll
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 01/12/2013
» Naw Mu Htoo is constantly leaking urine. A gentle 16-year-old, she's already had a stillbirth and moves by wheelchair _ if she moves at all. She can't stand,...
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Moderate, for the most part
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 08/12/2013
» Despite an outcry over methods of crowd control through a heated week of political protests on the streets of Bangkok, experts and analysts say the Yingluck administration...
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When the mob mentality takes over
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 15/12/2013
» Is hatred of one man _ even if it is Thaksin Shinawatra _ enough to justify a rebellion of the country's middle class, who some experts say have no other real...
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Bearing the brunt of male chauvinism
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 15/12/2013
» Yingluck Shinawatra is hardly the first female politician to be subjected to misogynistic comments. In fact, the treatment the caretaker prime minister has received...
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Embattled journalists mystified by navy stance as Rohingya story draws legal ire
News, Justin Heifetz, Published on 22/12/2013
» Alan Morison never expected to be on the wrong side of the Royal Thai Navy. Having worked as a journalist in Phuket for nearly a decade, his professional rapport...
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A life spent defying death
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 22/12/2013
» Nine years ago, Mark Weingard ran to the roof of his Natai Beach home when the first tidal wave came towards Phangnga during the Boxing Day tsunami. The entrepreneur...