One Man's Meat is another's poison

[David]

Interest(of) News snippets 7/25/2008'

 

From ST:

 

1 HKG - Coca Cola reduces its can size by 7%(from 355ml to 330ml but price remains at HKD19.90(SGD3.47) due to high cost of Aluminium price jumped 25%.

Why don't Cocca Cola enables the customer to redeem say 10 empty cans for a can of the popular drink. They can then beneifts from the resale of the empty can?

 

2 KL - Countries should share archives. Malaysia believes all countries should cooperate with any nation seeking to refer to old documents to resolve international disputes. The Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Shafie Apdal said all countries with archive facilities should ensure they do not deny others the rights to make territorial claims.

Still smarting from the Pedra Branca loss. He was commenting Malaysia had no problems in referring old documents related to its history from foreign countries, except with a neighbouring country who had refused to share the same information.

 

3 SIN - Hello Gordon! Former SIN lawyer and WP member Gopalan Nair wants the court to use that name, as he is now known as, in court document.

 

4 SIN - Amateur golfer Lionel Lim, a car salesman with BM selling Lexus is fighting against being booted out of the Asian Finals of the Mercedes Trophy in Australia.

Diamler South East Asia, which sells Mrecedes, sponsor the event finds it awkward having a employee from a rival company at the event.

DSEA pffered to compensate Lim $7000 but was rejected. Judgement expected today.

 

From TNP:

 

5 In a US Geological report, it claimed that the Artic circle has 90,000,000,000,000(hope I got it right here - anyway its 90 billions) barrels of oil and natural gas waiting to be tap.

Better look at between books if there is any letter that state I am the owner of that piece of the planet.