Word: zeman
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...buzzing megalopolis called Hong Kong is slowly returning to normal. Face masks have disappeared from mannequins in couture window displays, the handshake is once again the business greeting of choice, and restaurants and bars don't look like furniture showrooms anymore. "Everything seems a bit rosier now," says Jonathan Zeman, COO of Lan Kwai Fong Holdings, owner of many trendy bars, restaurants and serviced apartments catering to the expat community in the city center. "We are seeing a lot more business travelers at our places." That includes those on the steep stone streets of the lively Lan Kwai Fong district...
...Zeman can thank Hong Kong's ambitious efforts to defibrillate an economy that had all but seized during the recent outbreak. With 300 dead, Hong Kong become known as ground zero for the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, laying low an already stumbling economy and devastating the local travel industry. During the height of the panic, the airport handled just 20% of its normal passenger flow, and hotel occupancy rates fell to less than 20%. Among the no-shows were the Rolling Stones, who canceled a much anticipated concert, although they will appear at a festival in the harbor...
...latest furor was ignited when Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman told the Austrian magazine profil that the Sudeten Germans were "Hitler's fifth column." "According to Czech laws," Zeman said, "many Sudeten Germans committed treason, a crime which at that time was punishable by death. If they were expelled or transferred, it was more moderate than the death penalty." The reaction from neighboring countries was swift. "Zeman's statement filled me with consternation," responded Edmund Stoiber, the conservative candidate for German Chancellor in the September elections. Stoiber is premier of Bavaria, where many Sudeten Germans settled, and his wife...
...Zeman retorted that the Czechs would not consider removing the laws, the underlying fear being that their repeal would open the floodgates to demands for restitution. "Why should we single out the Benes Decrees?" Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan told Time. "They belong to the past and should stay in the past. Many current members of the E.U. had similar laws." German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder admitted that "in this heated debate, a rational discussion of such questions is much more difficult," but also doubted there would be any long-term damage to German-Czech relations...
That's exactly what Flora Zeman, 71, has been able to do. After she moved to Tamarac, Fla., a friend's husband got Parkinson's disease. "They had no coverage, and she had to give up her house," says Zeman, who bought a lifetime policy just before she turned 65. As a result of diabetes, she now uses a wheelchair. Her LTC policy pays for a home health aide for about nine hours...