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Coronavirus - Further Extensive Amendments to the Regulations – South Africa

Under Gazette number 43199 of 2 April 2020, the Department of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has issued various amendments to the regulations issued by it in terms of the Disaster Management Act, relating to funeral attendances, fin...




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Parents’ Rights to Care and Contact of their Children during Lockdown

The lockdown announced by the President on 23 March 2020 left many parents who are co-holders of parental responsibilities and rights uncertain as to what the position is in regard to their right to exercise contact and care to their children during...




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Coronavirus (COVID-19)- Do I still need to obtain an Energy Performance Certificate?

The Government has published advice on meeting the regulatory requirement to obtain a valid Energy Performance Certificate (“EPC”) prior to marketing a property during the Coronavirus outbreak. By way of reminder, the Energy Performance ...




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Coronavirus – A global conversation: post-COVID-19 re-entry/return to work planning – Global

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Changes in the customs regulation of Russia and the EAEU caused by COVID-19 pandemic

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Coronavirus – Dividends payable partly in stock may provide capital flexibility to BDCs – US

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Coronavirus – Webinar – Practical experience with measures to mitigate the economic consequences in Slovakia – SK

Slovak-Austrian Chamber of Commerce together with law firm Eversheds Sutherland invites you to a webinar: First practical experience with measures to mitigate the economic consequences of COVID19 in Slovakia. The Slovak republic applied a number of ...




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Review to influence future of the Financial Services Authority policy

The cornerstone of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) policy in the mortgage industry is the Mortgage Effectiveness Review (the Review). The first stage of the Review was published in 2006 and concentrated on disclosure, advice and selling pract...




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The Pre-Action Protocol for Possession Claims - a view from the courts?

The Pre–Action Protocol for Possession Claims (the Protocol) has been in operation for three months. In 2009, we are beginning to get an idea of how the courts are interpreting its use. However, before going further, it's worth remembering wha...




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Pre-action protocol for possession claims - a new checklist

Evidencing compliance The introduction of the pre-action protocol for possession claims in November 2008 represented one of the most significant changes for lenders in recent years. Few would argue with the principle behind the protocol - to encou...




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Credit hire agreements unenforceable if consumers not provided with notice of their right to cancel

Hot on the heels of our guide to credit hire essentials we find that the enforceability of the credit hire agreements themselves is back on the agenda. In the case of Wei v Cambridge Power and Light Company (2010) the court decided in an appeal hear...




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Leadership Program Virtual Workshop: Four Trajectories for Post-COVID Futures

Start Date: 
May 21 2020 - 2:00pm
End Date: 
May 21 2020 - 3:30pm
Timezone: 
Hawaii time
Description: 

COVID-19 is exposing many fault lines in the global system and is having strong and unpredictable effects on all aspects of our lives: energy, manufacturing, food supply, finance, science, technology, politics, and social values. As a tool for collective understanding, Forum for the Future (based in NY with offices globally) has outlined four possible post-COVID-19 futures. In this session we will examine these futures and discuss ways to use them in our own organizations. LP alum Alisha Bhagat, a futurist and senior strategist at Forum for the Future, will lead the session. This session is open to Leadership Program alumni.

 

Location: 
Zoom meeting
Contact Name: 
Christina Monroe




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Making the Right Decision – the Public Sector Equality Duty and Planning

In recent years the importance of paying ‘due regard’ to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)1 when it comes to decisions to reduce or withdraw local authority services in response to the austerity agenda has been underlined by a serie...




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Lawbite: overriding third party rights – a new statutory regime

Housing and Planning Act 2016 Developers often rely on local planning authorities’ powers under section 237 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to override easements and other rights over land which has been acquired for or appropriated to  pla...




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Policy to Become Law - The Government’s Response to Consultation on Improving the Use of Planning Conditions

The Government chose the last month of 2016 to announce some legislative proposals that will have a significant impact on the ability of local planning authorities (LPAs) to impose planning conditions. Consultation seeking views on proposals for imp...




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Further Reforms to Compulsory Purchase

Many of the reforms to the compulsory purchase system that were first consulted on back in 2015 are finally being implemented. However, the introduction of these measures has been complicated by the fact that they are split between the Housing and P...




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Eversheds Sutherland: first law firm to back government’s Northern Powerhouse partnership programme

Eversheds Sutherland (International) has become the first law firm to join the government’s Northern Powerhouse partnership programme. Established by Prime Minister Theresa May and led by Northern Powerhouse Minister, Andrew Percy, more than 9...




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Aylesbury Estate CPO – The Secretary of State Consents to Judgment

In September 2016 Communities secretary Sajid Javid decided not to confirm a compulsory purchase order (CPO) which underpinned regeneration proposals for the Aylesbury Estate in the London Borough of Southwark (Southwark). The CPO sought to acquire ...




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Town and village Greens: They're not always what you expect

The risk of inadvertently sterilising the development potential of land As the phrase ‘town or village green’ tends to conjure mental images of a rural idyll with village fetes and cricket matches played on broad expanses of green land i...




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Selling your property? You have the right to choose your conveyancer

One of the most frequently asked questions in a property purchase is why, if the buyer of a property is paying the conveyancing attorney, the seller has the right to appoint him? Our common law specifically states that a seller is the party entitled...




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Proposed revisions to the planning system for electricity storage

The Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 requires the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 (compared with the previous target of at least 80% reduction from 1990 levels). Developing or enhancing the nece...




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Files show Chinese 1st to survey Mt Everest

Historical records and surveying instruments show that Chinese researchers were the first to conduct surveys at the world’s highest mountain Qomolangma, or Mount Everest.




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Top-grosser ‘Better Days’ walks away with 8 awards

“BETTER Days” became the biggest winner by taking home eight awards out of 12 nominations, including the best film, best director, and best actress, at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards yesterday. Due to




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China to unveil policies to support firms, secure jobs

CHINA will unveil and further improve policies and step up efforts to support enterprises and secure job positions, according to a State Council executive meeting yesterday. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang




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Ancient tomb found

An ancient tomb has been discovered in Inner Mongolia.




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Team sets off to remeasure Everest

A team of more than 30 Chinese surveyors yesterday left a base camp at Mount Qomolangma, or Mount Everest, for a higher spot on their journey to the peak, as they endeavor to accomplish a mission to remeasure




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WHO backed to find the origins of virus

CHINA said yesterday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and said the US was trying to shift blame over the coronavirus, after President




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Graduate Students from 26 Nations to Gather in Honolulu for International Conference on Asia Pacific Research

Graduate Students from 26 Nations to Gather in Honolulu for International Conference on Asia Pacific Research
HONOLULU (Feb. 11, 2011) -- More than 130 graduate students from 48 universities in 26 nations are set to gather next week at the Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu to present their research at the East-West Center’s 10th annual International Graduate Student Conference. The interdisciplinary gathering, planned and organized by EWC students, is the largest of its kind worldwide. All conference panel sessions are free and open to the public.




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Intolerance and Identity in India

Intolerance and Identity in India

New book by noted journalist Gautam Adhikari explores how intolerance threatens to overshadow the idea of a secular, liberal India

HONOLULU (March 4, 2011) – More than 60 years after its independence, after enduring the trauma of Partition and multiple religious conflagrations, India still struggles with issues of national identity, according to a new book by Gautam Adhikari, visiting fellow at the East-West Center in Washington and an internationally known journalist and commentator.




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Chinese Educators Arrive for Launch of Six-Month Residency in U.S. Schools

Chinese Educators Arrive for Launch of Six-Month Residency in U.S. Schools
HONOLULU (Dec. 1, 2010) – Fifteen elementary and secondary school teachers from China have arrived at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, for the inauguration of a new educational exchange in which the teachers will spend six months living, learning, and working with their counterparts at host schools in six U.S. states. EWC is offering the China-U.S. Educational Exchange Residency Program in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Education.




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EWC in Washington and ISEAS Release Special Journal Issue on America’s Re-engagement in Southeast Asia

EWC in Washington and ISEAS Release Special Journal Issue on America’s Re-engagement in Southeast Asia
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan.18, 2011) — A collaborative research project between the East-West Center (EWC) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) has resulted in a special issue of Contemporary Southeast Asia , ISEAS’ internationally refereed journal on the politics, international relations, and security-related issues of Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic environment. The collection of articles by American and Southeast Asian specialists featured in the journal’s recently released December 2010 issue focus on the topic of America Re-engages Southeast Asia .




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East-West Center to Host High-Level Pacific Islands Dialogue

East-West Center to Host High-Level Pacific Islands Dialogue
HONOLULU (Jan. 19, 2011) -- The East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program will be hosting a high-level dialogue on Pacific island issues January 25-26 at the Center’s campus in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.




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East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change

East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change
HONOLULU (September 24, 2010) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change.




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Young Environmental Leaders from Asia To Study Sustainability on Big Island

Young Environmental Leaders from Asia To Study Sustainability on Big Island
HONOLULU (June 1, 2010) -- A group of 20 undergraduate scholars from Burma, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand will be visiting the Big Island June 2-8 as part of an innovative environmental leadership program designed to foster a greater understanding of sustainability in the U.S. and aid in the development of more resilient communities in their home countries.




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Asia Pacific Scholars, Officials and Business Leaders to Gather at EWC 50th Anniversary Conference

Asia Pacific Scholars, Officials and Business Leaders to Gather at EWC 50th Anniversary Conference
HONOLULU (June 10, 2010) – An estimated 800 Asia Pacific and U.S. scholars, officials, educators, business leaders and other professionals – most of them alumni of East-west Center programs – will gather in Honolulu July 2-5 for the Center’s 50th Anniversary International Conference at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.

The gathering will provide an opportunity for alumni from more than 35 countries who have participated in Center programs over the last five decades to reunite, renew friendships, and reminisce.




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ASEAN Chief’s Media Conference Speech To Be Streamed Live Online

ASEAN Chief’s Media Conference Speech To Be Streamed Live Online
Media Contacts:

Derek Ferrar
East-West Center
Hong Kong Mobile: (+852) 6256-5774
Email: ferrard@eastwestcenter.org

Ms. Kylie Chan
HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre
Mobile: + (852) 2219-4416
Email : kyliec@hku.hk




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Leading Chinese Journalist Hu Shuli to Make First Public Comments since Leaving Caijing

Leading Chinese Journalist Hu Shuli to Make First Public Comments since Leaving Caijing
Media Contacts:

Derek Ferrar
East-West Center
Hong Kong Mobile: (+852) 6256-5774
Email: ferrard@eastwestcenter.org

Ms. Kylie Chan
HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre
Mobile: + (852) 2219-4416
Email : kyliec@hku.hk

Leading Chinese Journalist Hu Shuli to Make First Public Comments since Leaving Caijing

Highly Anticipated Speech Will Be Streamed Live at EWC50.org/mediaconference2010 April 27 at 11:45 a.m., Hong Kong time




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Hannemann, Asian Metro Leaders to Speak on Cities’ Growing International Role

Hannemann, Asian Metro Leaders to Speak on Cities’ Growing International Role
Free public discussion on March 30 will focus on the
rising importance of cities in setting policy on global issues

HONOLULU (March 22, 2010) – Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann and four metropolitan leaders from Asia will present a free public forum on the growing global role of cities Tues. March 30 at the East-West Center. The forum, titled “Cities Rising: The International Role of the Metropolis Today,” will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road.)




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Metro Leaders Gather to Discuss Urban Issues in Asia and United States

Metro Leaders Gather to Discuss Urban Issues in Asia and United States
HONOLULU (March 25) – Metropolitan leaders and experts from a variety of Asian and U.S. cities are gathering at the East-West Center March 29-31 for a seminar on critical urbanization issues facing Asia’s cities. Attendance at the meeting is closed. Among the attendees are the governor of Jakarta; vice-mayor of Shenzhen; deputy mayor of Taipei; urban affairs advisor, Government of Karnataka (Bangalore); directors of city planning from Denver, Colorado; Miami, Florida; San Francisco, California; and Seattle, Washington; along with other officials and specialists from Pakistan, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Los Angeles, New York and more.




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UN Democracy Fund Awards East-West Center $225K to Help Strengthen Democracy in Pakistan

UN Democracy Fund Awards East-West Center $225K to Help Strengthen Democracy in Pakistan
HONOLULU (Feb. 18, 2010) – The East-West Center has received a grant of $225,000 from the United Nations Democracy Fund to help strengthen Pakistan’s recently restored democracy. The project will reinforce electoral and parliamentary processes and enhance civil society’s capacity to promote accountability and transparency.

“Pakistan is a Muslim country of 164 million people, and a nuclear power,” said project leader Shabbir Cheema, Director of the East-West Center’s Asia-Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiative. “But a weak Parliament, lack of trust in electoral processes and weak civil society institutions have constrained the deepening and consolidation of democracy in the country.”




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East-West Center to Honor the Past and Look to the Future at 50th Anniversary Kick-Off Gala Dinner

East-West Center to Honor the Past and Look to the Future at 50th Anniversary Kick-Off Gala Dinner
President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Daughters Among the Honored Guests




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Hawaii to Host APEC Summit in 2011

Hawaii to Host APEC Summit in 2011
HONOLULU (Nov. 14) – President Barack Obama’s selection of Honolulu as the site for the annual APEC Leaders Meeting in November 2011 means that Honolulu will both open the U.S. year of hosting APEC with an agenda-setting conference, as well as close the year with the huge Ministerial and Leaders meetings.

President Obama announced Hawai‘i’s winning bid today at this year’s APEC Leaders Meeting, currently being held in Singapore. Honolulu had already been selected to host the first event, an academic and government officials’ conference and an informal senior officials meeting to be held at the East-West Center in December 2010. Several other smaller ministerial and senior official meetings will be held in other U.S. cities.




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East-West Center in Washington Director Represents U.S. at Presidential Friends of Indonesia Conference

East-West Center in Washington Director Represents U.S. at Presidential Friends of Indonesia Conference
HONOLULU (Aug. 21) – Dr. Satu Limaye, director of the East-West Center’s Washington office, was selected by Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Special Staff for the President as the sole U.S. representative to the recent Presidential Friends of Indonesia Conference (PFoI). Distinguished guests from 13 countries participated in the program including top government officials, journalists, academics, entrepreneurs, and artists. During the conference, from August 13-19, participants witnessed first-hand Indonesia’s progress and development.  




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NSF Awards East-West Center $1.4 Million to Study Development’s Role in Avian Flu Transmission

NSF Awards East-West Center $1.4 Million to Study Development’s Role in Avian Flu Transmission
HONOLULU (Sep. 1) – The East-West Center (EWC) was awarded a three-year grant for $1,398,380 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate the impact of development-based environmental change on avian flu transmission.  The project, “CNH: Coupled Natural-Human Systems and Emerging Infectious Diseases," will examine the interaction of urbanization, agricultural change, and habitat alteration with outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in Vietnam.




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East-West Center Expert to Discuss Future of Global Energy Markets

East-West Center Expert to Discuss Future of Global Energy Markets
HONOLULU (Sept. 8) – East-West Center Senior Fellow and energy expert Fereidun Fesharaki will discuss the “Outlook for Global Energy Markets after the Great Recession: With Perspectives on China and Iran” at a public forum co-sponsored by the East-West Center in Washington and the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 3 PM. 




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International Development Experts to Discuss Microfinance For Community Development

International Development Experts to Discuss Microfinance For Community Development
HONOLULU (August 20, 2009) – Many developing nations are now using microfinance as a means to reduce poverty.  On Tuesday, September 1, the East-West Center (EWC) will host a public forum on “Microfinance as a Tool for Community Development” in the EWC Gallery featuring presentations by the following international development experts:




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Leading Experts To Address Implications of the Global Economic Crisis For The Asia Pacific Region

Leading Experts To Address Implications of the Global Economic Crisis For The Asia Pacific Region
HONOLULU (July 23, 2009) – The implications of the current global economic crisis for the Asia Pacific region will be the topic of a luncheon forum hosted by the East-West Center on Monday, Aug. 3.  The luncheon at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall) is open to the public and will feature a panel discussion by leading experts from the Asia Pacific region, including:

  • Barbara Weisel, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Weisel is the lead negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership initiative and the U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Malaysia and Thailand. 




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Fesharaki Appointed to Board of Dubai Mercantile Exchange

Fesharaki Appointed to Board of Dubai Mercantile Exchange
HONOLULU (August 6) – East-West Center Senior Fellow Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME). The DME is the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, providing a financially secure, well-regulated transparent trading environment.




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East-West Center Officials to Join in Higher Education Mission to Indonesia

East-West Center Officials to Join in Higher Education Mission to Indonesia
HONOLULU (July 22) -- East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison and Director of Education Terance W. Bigalke will be among the delegates of a U.S. higher education leaders’ mission to Indonesia July 26-31. Mission organizers have said that the delegation’s scheduled visit will not be altered by the recent hotel bombings in Jakarta.




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Pacific Island Graduates Return to Hawai‘i for Seminar on Addressing Regional Issues

Pacific Island Graduates Return to Hawai‘i for Seminar on Addressing Regional Issues
HONOLULU (June 23) - More than 20 graduates of an East-West Center-administered scholarship program for accomplished young scholars from Pacific island nations are back in Hawai‘i this week to attend a special seminar on addressing issues and envisioning futures in the region.

The former students are all graduates of the United States-South Pacific Scholarship Program (USSP), which is funded by Department of State and administered by the East-West Center. Among the attendees are graduates who are now working in public health, communications, finance, planning, education, government, scientific research and more. Participants have travelled from as far away as the UK, Norway and across the Pacific to attend the seminar.