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...polished woods and Thai silks, while the suites will awe you with their soaring ceilings. The cliff-top pool affords the best view of Lanta's dramatic sunset. Also on the Andaman Sea is Zeavola (zeavola.com). The 52 bungalows that dot the sand along Koh Phi Phi's Laem Tong Bay appear basic on approach, but first impressions deceive. Hip Bangkok design house Beyond Living has created colorful murals and textiles for these luxurious quarters, and outdoor showers come with all-natural Thann products. Next door, France's Accor Group plans to raise the first Loh and Behold Avant-garde...
...PERSONAL LEE TIME: Speaking of your son, the Lee family is in such positions of power in Singapore that there has to be some resentment. LEE: In 1984 [then Defense Minister] Goh Chok Tong was looking for potential ministers to be M.P.s. He persuaded [Lee Hsien Loong], then a brigadier-general, to stand for elections. I said to [Hsien Loong]: You need to remarry?his first wife had died in '82?going into politics will make it more difficult. He decided to go into politics in 1984, and he remarried in 1985. In 1992 he had leukemia. His world crashed...
...Perhaps 200-300 from MIT, but basically just Harvard.” The librarians said they view the acquisitions as a way to “liao jie qing kuang,” or “understand the circumstances.” In a 2005 study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University released a list of the top 500 universities in the world. As was the case in 2004, Harvard ranked first in the world, with a full score of 100, compared to the 73.6 of Cambridge University, ranked second. According to Harvard students who have studied or lived in China...
...free press by Western standards does not always lead to a clean and efficient government." GOH CHOK TONG, former Singaporean Prime Minister, responding to a Reporters Without Borders report ranking Singapore 140th out of 167 countries on issues of press freedom...
...Anna L. Tong...