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CHINA CIGARETTE SALES INCH UPWARDS BUT ANTI-SMOKING LOBBY STARTS TO MAKE ITS PRESENCE FELT
BY MARK GODFREY
ANYONE familiar with Beijing’s nightlife scene will have noticed a sure rise in the number of women smokers over the past couple of years. An increase in the number of women smokers, from a small base, has encouraged a local cigarette industry facing a public ban on smoking in public places in 2011 as well as rising taxes and an anti-smoking lobby growing in assertiveness.…
PALM OIL HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AS BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCK - BUT ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ARE SIGNIFICANT
BY MARK ROWE
THE OIL palm is a prolific shrub that can be converted into palm oil, one of the most versatile fats known to man – rich in solid saturated fatty acids and able to withstand refining at high temperatures.…
UNESCO PUSHES AHEAD WITH AMBITIOUS AFRICA HISTORY TEACHING PROJECT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HISTORIANS are working with Unesco (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and educationalists to try and develop a common African history syllabus, teaching approach and pedagogical materials. The ambitious project will initially focus on helping primary and secondary schools across Africa, and this coming year an assessment will consider how universities in Africa could benefit from such work.…
IFC BOOSTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN VIETNAM AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
BY KEITH NUTHALL
VIETNAM’S Techcombank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, have created a joint US dollar USD50 million fund financing energy efficiency projects in the south-east Asian country. The IFC will also finance with USD20 million an energy efficiency finance programme in the Dominican Republic operated by the Caribbean country’s Banco BHD.…
INTERNATIONAL CONFECTIONERY NEWS ROUND-UP - EFSA SUGAR INTAKE PANEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has refused to set an advisory limit for the intake of sugar by European Union (EU) consumers. EFSA’s panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies has concluded in a comprehensive assessment of dietary requirements for EU consumers “there was insufficient evidence to set an upper limit for sugars”.…
British local authorities should gain immigration powers?
By Keith Nuthall, International News Services
With the British general election looming this week and the prospect of a change in government, one issue seems to electrify UK electors and politicians above all others, and that is immigration. In a sense, this is not surprising. What could be more an issue of public policy that affects people’s daily lives that the management of who lives in a city, community, neighbourhood or even street?
We all interested in the culture, language, shopping needs, personalities and religion of our neighbours. How they live affects everyone. And when there is change in a community, that can be difficult to deal with – because new friends and acquaintances impact on daily lives.…
MEXICO DRINKS INDUSTRY GROWS GLOBAL REPUTATION FOR EXPORT SALES
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
According to the US department of agriculture (USDA), about 70% of the 2.5 billion litres of fruit and vegetable juices sold in Mexico in 2009 were produced domestically. Mexico exported USdollar USD266.99 million worth of juices in 2009, compared to USD308.23 million in 2008 and USD247.29 million in 2007, according the UN Comtrade database.…
SOUTHERN AFRICAN KNITTING INDUSTRY STRUGGLES - ALTHOUGH MAURITIUS IS BRIGHT SPOT
BY ALISON MOODIE
THE SOUTHERN African knitwear industry has taken a serious knock over the past decade. Tough Chinese competition, a global recession and as regards the regional powerhouse South Africa – an overvalued currency – these are just some of its problems.…
AKZO FAILS IN BID TO USE LAWYER-CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY TO STYMIE CARTEL CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BID to use the principle of client-lawyer confidentiality to annul fines levied on Dutch chemical group Akzo over its involvement in plastics additives cartel looks likely to fail. An advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has advised the court to reject a claim that a European Commission probe into the cartel was legally flawed because officials read emails sent between Akzo’s in-house legal team and the general manager of UK-based group member Akros Chemicals.…
BIOFUELS PRODUCTION INCREASES IN EASTERN AFRICA
BY WACHIRA KIGOTHO
EAST Africa is developing as an important source of biofuels and biofuel feedstock, with governments keen to attract foreign direct investment for this potentially strategic rural development option.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, and Tanzania are countries where foreign companies are competing to acquire land for biofuel projects.…