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With their venue plans now having received the necessary approvals from the 26 international sports federations, Chicago 2016 bid officials now can focus entirely on the issue that will have the greatest impact on their chances to win the Summer Games.
Money.
But the thorniest part of that issue is out of their hands.
It will be [...]
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The Competition
For our February competition we are joining with JapanVisitor.com and QatarVisitor.com to provide our biggest competition yet.
This one is absolutely free! All you have to do is send your best photograph of China to bjvphotocomp@googlemail.com along with your contact details and any additional information you would like included.
The runner up in the first round will win a free set of Eco chopsticks, while the winner will win an HDR software download from our sponsors Photomatix and proceed to the final round.
For full details of the rules and prizes visit our China Photo Contest page.
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2009
30
Jan
It would seem that the long suffering British taxpayer may end up having to foot the bill for every major venue for the unwanted London 2012 Olympic Games.For why?Private finance has dried up.That at least is the view of John Armitt, the chairman of th…
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遮打道
Chater Road, in Central on Hong Kong Island, is named after Catchick Paul Chater (1846-1926) a prominent Hong Kong businessman of his era. Chater Road is closed on Sundays and public holidays and is a well-established meeting place for the Filipino community (mostly female domestic helpers), who gather to exchange news, eat and relax.
Chater Road is at the heart of Central, Hong Kong’s financial centre, and nearby skyscrapers include the HSBC Tower, International Finance Centre, AIG Tower and The Landmark.
On a more human, older scale are Statue Square, Chater Garden and the old Legislative Building of Hong Kong.
Statue Square, now the main gathering point for Filipina amahs on Sundays, was laid out in the 19th century, with statues of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward VII and HSBC bigwig Sir Thomas Jackson. Some of the images were carted off by the Japanese during World War II but have been returned. Queen Vic was shunted off to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. Nearby is the World War I cenotaph.
Chater Garden, is a pleasant inner city garden with water features, near the neo-classical Legislative Council Building, the former seat of the colonial Supreme Court of Hong Kong.
The nearest MRT station to Chater Road is Central.
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2009
28
Jan
North Side resident John Berchem says Chicago’s Olympic bid will be worth it.
“The benefits to the city seem fabulous,” Berchem says. “Sure, it’s going to cost the taxpayers a lot of money. But, so what?”
South Side housing activist Ora Williams says she’s concerned neighborhood residents will be displaced by Olympic-related development projects.
Their comments came [...]
2009
28
Jan
Mark Johnson was appointed coach of the U.S. Women’s Olympic hockey team for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and that’s good news on so many levels that it’s impossible to list them all.
He wasn’t appointed because he played on the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. men’s team at Lake Placid, N.Y., where he scored twice in [...]
2009
27
Jan
Cllr Colin Barrow, leader of Westminster City Council, has warned that “irresponsible” pubs will be shut in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.Cllr Barrow has also threatened to find out which venues have served drunks.Could he define exactly what constit…
2009
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Jacques Rogge, has rather bizarrely claimed that the London 2012 Olympics has not overshot its budget.This is rather an “odd” statement given that the original “budget” for the games was £3.4BN, it …