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.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Bako Sahakyan, President of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh) met Yervand Zakharyan, Chairman of the Real Estate and Cadastre State Committee at Armenia’s government on Monday. According to a press release by the Karabakhi presidential administration, issues related to...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Viet Nam's fisheries forecasting was both inadequate and inaccurate, heard a meeting organised by the General Fisheries Department earlier this week. Information provided quarterly by the Fisheries Research Institute to help fishermen know where, what and how much...
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Property rights have always been shown in 2D with the surface parcel being the fundamental representation of ownership. Complex 3D situations, interlocking properties, multi-levelled train station, underground rock caverns are all immediate but unresolved challenges for us...
