Will Bangladesh’s Asean dream become a reality?

Will Bangladesh’s Asean dream become a reality?

Bangladesh’s renewed quest for Asean membership comes at a moment of acute internal flux and regional scepticism, as interim leader Muhammad Yunus looks to Malaysia for support but finds the path to entry blocked by questions over governance and stability. On Sunday, he revived his country’s call for Malaysia’s backing to secure a place among the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. According to his office, Yunus met with Nurul Izzah, daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar...

20,000 Hongkongers ride Disneyland Resort line on launch in 2005 – SCMP archive

20,000 Hongkongers ride Disneyland Resort line on launch in 2005 – SCMP archive

This article was first published on August 2, 2005. Disney isn’t open, but 20,000 pay to ride Mickey’s caboose By Dennis Eng Disneyland has yet to open and they could not buy tickets when they got there – but nearly 20,000 people tried out the train service from Sunny Bay to the theme park on Monday (August 1, 2005). The only glitch came early in the day, when one of the driverless automated trains stopped at the wrong point along the platform of the Disneyland Resort station at 8am, leaving it...