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SINGAPORE PAINT INDUSTRY
BY MARK ROWE
IN tough economic times, an industry has to sell itself harder. It is no surprise, then, that if you glance at the websites of Singapore’s leading paint companies, you will see plenty of buzzwords such as “technology”, “improvement” and “development”.…
BIRD FLU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MASS vaccination campaign against bird flu might result from the ongoing outbreak in Asia, with the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) moving away from a pro-culling policy. Following meetings with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office International des Épizooties on animal health the FAO said that a targeted vaccination campaign in heavily affected countries maybe required.…
IAEA SECURITY CODE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its updated Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, which has been strengthened in line with concerns sparked by the September 11 attacks in the USA; these revisions were approved by the IAEA Board of Governors.…
DRINKS-MUSIC LINK
BY PHILIP FINE
A NUMBER of major American drinks companies have signed up with
online music operators in a flurry of cross-promotional activity following growing public awareness of the fact that illegal music downloading could run the risk of legal action for consumers.…
US SPIRITS ADS
BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN spirit producers are toning their marketing muscles these days because of the broader scope for advertising they have enjoyed since the end of a prohibition-hangover induced 50-year self-imposed ban on electronic media advertising.
It has only been since 1996 – when this Seagram defied this moratorium – that distillers have been able to realise this advertising potential.…
MOBILE PHONE HEALTH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INITIAL results from the world’s largest ever study into whether mobile phone use causes cancer suggest that the technology is safe. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says that research carried out in Denmark, forming part of the global INTERPHONE study, has concluded: “Use of a cell phone for 10 years or more did not increase acoustic neuroma risk over that of short term users.…
BUSQUIN - RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SUPPORT for the future preservation and even expansion of nuclear fission appears to be growing in the European Commission, with European Union (EU) research Commissioner Philippe Busquin adding his backing to the pro-nuclear stance long adopted by energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio.…
NAZI ART LOOT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FIFTY years after the turn of the tide in the Second World War, the European Parliament is calling for the creation of a comprehensive international legal system to identify the whereabouts of artworks looted by the Nazis, fairly settling ownership and compensation claims.…
IMO CONVENTION UPDARE
BY ALAN OSBORN
FOLLOWING this month’s accession of Malta to the 1996 Protocol of the 1976 International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), the amounts of compensation for maritime claims for loss of life or personal injury, and property claims, will be sharply increased from May this year.…
BIRD FLU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MASS vaccination campaign against bird flu might result from the ongoing outbreak in Asia, with the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) moving away from a pro-culling policy. Following meetings with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office International des Épizooties on animal health the FAO said that a targeted vaccination campaign in heavily affected countries maybe required.…