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...Jetting frequently from TV appearances in Taiwan to lectures at Harvard, Lin has his own favorite landing spots. He cites Osaka's Kansai International Airport as very positive for its high ceilings. He also likes the much acclaimed Hong Kong International Airport for the generous amount of natural light it allows into the terminal. Lin warns that there can be serious consequences when qi is out of balance. After a fatal accident in 2000 involving a Singapore Airlines plane as it taxied around Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport, Lin was brought in to suggest what he terms "transcendental solutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feng Shui for Fliers | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...business world, where they are seen as a kind of insurance, that doesn't mean today's hubs of aviation want to admit publicly how they might supplement their wind charts. The office of famed architect Norman Foster states that no feng shui consultants influenced its design for Hong Kong International Airport, though it believes a feng shui consultant helped with its location, beneath a ridge of peaks and close to a wide expanse of sea-both auspicious features. The Airport Authority Hong Kong declined comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feng Shui for Fliers | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...flannel shirt sleepily rolled up a blue foam mat over the hull of his collapsed tent. It was just after 10 a.m. on a rainy Saturday, as small birds rushed between the cement pillars of Queen's Pier Hong Kong's harbor banged with its constant din of construction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Colonial Nostalgia, A Seed of Democracy? | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...expose him to all the myriad intricacies of undergraduate life at this, the country’s most prestigious university? Well, in short, I did pretty much what that article said I would. We went to a stein club, hosted a party, went to a senior bar at the Kong, and, of course, stopped by a few of the final clubs...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: Accepting Normalcy | 5/6/2007 | See Source »

...called upon leaders from around the world to grant Palestine, “legitimacy, leadership, and business.” “We need to increase the opportunities for Palestinians,” Gillerman said of business development. “They can turn Gaza into the Hong Kong of the Middle East if their leaders choose to do that instead of turning it into a launching pad for terrorism.” Affirming his belief that there is sufficient hope for Palestinians, Gillerman called upon the establishment of visionary Palestinian leaders and the recognition of these leaders...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Israeli Ambassador Offers Hope for Peace | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

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