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...characteristic of the French colonial era and popular with affluent Khmers until the outbreak of civil war. Nestled amid lush vegetation in the old resort community of Kep (or Kep-sur-Mer as it was known to the French), Knai Bang Chatt is a roughly three-hour, mostly coastal drive from Phnom Penh and is the brainchild of Belgians Jef Moons and Boris Vervoordt. While making their own pilgrimage to Angkor in 2003, the intrepid duo took a detour and immediately saw the restoration potential of Kep's decaying French villas. They bought up four adjacent houses and set about...
...negatively affect Thailand." In a country where the King is widely revered, the junta's Cabinet has shrewdly tied its closing-door strategy to an existing royal mandate. After the regional financial meltdown a decade ago, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej urged his subjects to forgo the turbo-charged drive of capitalism for a Buddhist-inspired "sufficiency economy" that embraced moderation. Sounds harmless enough. But free traders complain that the military junta is now using the fuzzy precepts of a sufficiency economy to undermine the legacy of former Prime Minister Thaksin, a billionaire who avidly pursued free-market policies, signing...
...scores of international companies as well as a magnet for overseas capital. Foreign direct investment in Hong Kong totaled $33.5 billion in 2005 (the most recent figures available); in Asia, only mainland China has attracted more FDI in recent years. Close ties to the booming mainland continue to drive Hong Kong's economy, which grew 8.6% in 2004 and 7.3% in 2005. (For 2006, the final figure is expected to be 6.5%.) That success is partly due to the fact that Hong Kong is home to a major concentration of firms such as Li & Fung, which help orchestrate the production...
Customers have long been able to take a car for a test-drive or listen to a stereo before buying. But other kinds of retailers are finally catching on, and they're being lauded for expanding the concept of using samples to entice commitment-phobic consumers. A Mercedes is one thing, but a fine wine? Here are some new things to try before...
...characteristic of the French colonial era and popular with affluent Khmers until the outbreak of civil war. Nestled amid lush vegetation in the old resort community of Kep (or Kep-sur-Mer as it was known to the French), Knai Bang Chatt is a roughly three-hour, mostly coastal drive from Phnom Penh and is the brainchild of Belgians Jef Moons and Boris Vervoordt. While making their own pilgrimage to Angkor in 2003, the intrepid duo took a detour and immediately saw the restoration potential of Kep's decaying French villas. They bought up four adjacent houses and set about...