The sky is falling
Article Abstract:
Over 1.4 mil chickens were slaughtered in Hong Kong during one week of Jan 1998, in an attempt to control an outbreak of avian influenza. Four people were killed by this flu in Dec 1997, and 12 more have contracted the disease. Quarantines and widespread destruction of chickens have failed to calm people in Hong Kong, and the absence of chicken from the Chinese diet is causing widespread difficulty.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Pocketbook democracy
Article Abstract:
An estimated 40,000 people gathered at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4, 1998, to protest the Tiananmen Square massacre, the shrinking economy, and unemployment. Furthermore, voters turned out in record numbers to reinstate democratic candidates who had been replaced with Beijing backers. Some pro-Beijing candidates who campaigned for better housing and more jobs won their elections as well.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Party politics
Article Abstract:
The 1998 Philippine election season is as much a celebration as an exercise in democracy. President Fidel Ramos, whose six-year term will end in July, believes the centennial occasion will help alleviate conditions for the country amidst Asia's financial crisis. Critics fear the festivities will take attention from serious economic issues.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: The stones keep rolling. Snooping on the job. Peace de resistance
- Abstracts: Duelling Banjo. Closed book
- Abstracts: The best taste is exportable. The other side of Eden. Yes, Master
- Abstracts: Defense: sinking feeling. Engulfed in uncertainty. The fugitive kind
- Abstracts: At their bidding. Portrait of a leader. Black magic music