Monday, October 17th, 2011
The Government has made changes to the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement to provide certainty to enable local authorities and developers to make land available for post earthquake residential development, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today. "The...
Monday, October 17th, 2011
The Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America in the first time the rocket, which traces its lineage to Sputnik and Gagarin, has been deployed outside Russia's bases. And its payload will be the first two...
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Pakistan is unlikely to make the desired progress to complete 35 hydro power projects with the objective of minimising the energy crisis in the country as donors have yet to disburse any part of the pledged Rs...
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
The break-up of a stranded cargo ship on the Astrolabe Reef in New Zealand has triggered the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters. With cracks appearing the hull, and an estimate 1,900 tonnes of oil and...
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
President Ma Ying-jeou unveiled Wednesday a large-scale infrastructure plan targeting roads, railways, water treatment systems and broadband Internet connection to increase Taiwan's competitiveness. The plan would also make the country a more attractive and convenient place for...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
THE Tuvalu National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has plans for a nationwide needs assessment of water, agriculture, and health facilities this week. The assessment is expected to take 20 days to complete. United Nations Office for the Coordination of...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
One hundred years ago today, China kick-started a rebellion which overthrew centuries of imperial rule, stripping the young emperor and regent of power. Ecstatic revolutionaries did away with the reviled pigtails mandated by the Manchu rulers and decried...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
FINNMAP's Legal Expert Dr Jukka Pekka Tolvanen was awarded the Royal Order medal of Officer at the medal awarding ceremony at the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) on 24 August 2011.
