After almost 20 years of school promotion in the Sabah-province on Malaysian Borneo the Danish founded Borneo Child Aid Society (BCAS) is responsible for the primary education of more than 8400 students – mostly children of the immigrant workers from Indonesia and the Philippines on the many palm oil plantations nearby, subsequently there an increasing…
Denmark, Indonesia
FLSmidth wins large cement order in Indonesia
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The Danish comapny FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately 55 million Euros with the Indonesian cement producer PT Semen Gresik for an 8,000 tonnes per day cement production line. The contract is for the Tuban plant, which is located about 100 km west of Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia.The Gresik Group is today Indonesia’s…
Denmark, Malaysia
Restlessness in the blood
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For some people is a big leap to move to a foreign country to pursue the carrier ambitions, but when globetrotting runs in the veins, a relocation on, give or take, a few thousand kilometres isn’t so big a deal. “My parents have lived in Taipei for a number of years and before them my…
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Thailand
SAS Thailand: Free travel to Scandinavia for children
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To be eligible, the adults must sign up at the SAS booth at the Home, Health and Family show at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center 10am-9pm, Thursday 30 July-Sunday 2 August. When one adult buys a ticket, one child (age 2-11) travels free. The offer is available for SAS flights between Bangkok and Scandinavia…
Norway, Vietnam
Vietnam joins UN Convention against Torture after meetings with Norway
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From now to the end of 2009, Vietnam will release the Human Rights Magazine, a website on human rights and prepare to join the United Nations Convention against Torture, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem at a meeting of the Steering Board on Human Rights after discussing the subject with the Norwegian delegation. The…
Laos, Norway
Norway supports UXO activities in Saravane
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The Norway government has recently provided a grant aid worth about US$ 2,200,000 for the project to survey and clear the UXO in the southern province of Saravane, Laos. A ceremony to sign a MoU for the project from 2009-2011 was held in Vientiane on 3 July between Mr. Mariya Sayavong, Director General of the…
Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore
Carlsberg Malaysia plans to buy Carlsberg Singapore
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The Malaysian unit of Danish brewer Carlsberg said on Tuesday it has offered to buy Carlsberg Singapore Pte Ltd for 370 million ringgit ($105.5 million) in cash. Carlsberg Malaysia expects to complete the planned acquisition on or before November 1, it said in a statement to the Malaysian stock exchange. Carlsberg Singapore is a unit…
Cambodia, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Vietnam
EU at ASEAN regional forum in Phuket
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The European Union met with nations of the Asia-Pacific to discuss security policy in the region at the ASEAN regional forum on July 22-23 in Phuket, Thailand. On the agenda were issues such as North Korea’s nuclear tests and the situation in Burma. The EU was represented by the EU Council Secretary General and High…
Philippines, Sweden
Ericsson employs 20 Filipinos in Stockholm
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Philippine Ambassador to Sweden Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson has hosted a cocktail reception for the 20 Filipino employees hired by Ericsson in its global headquarters in Stockholm at the Embassy Social Hall on July 3. The 20 Filipinos who attended the reception are the new batch of Filipino employees occupying positions such as consultant, contract…
Cambodia, Norway
Norwegian organizes Cambodian Miss Landmine contest
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The second annual Miss Landmine beauty pageant, a controversial event that debuted in Angola last year, will open in Cambodia next month, with organisers saying they hope the event will raise awareness about the continuing risk of land mines around the globe. “I believe it is a good way of looking at things in a…
