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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE and KEITH NUTHALL
A SHORTLIST of seven designs for a planned 16.7 billion yuan (US$2 billion) third and international terminal at Beijing’s Capital Airport has been unveiled. Beijing Capital Airport Authority announced that the competing designers include the UK dominated NACO Foster ARUP consortium; the British Airports United Consultants Consortium; France’s Aeroports de Paris/Ingénierie consortium; China’s Beijing Municipal Architecture Design and Research Institute plus the USA’s Landrum & Brown & Yang Molen; Murphy/Jahn Inc; and Parsons & Fentress.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
THE SRI Lankan government has announced that a domestic airport adjoining Columbo’s Bandaranaike International Airport will be opened next year. Minister of Tourism Gamini Lokuge said that the project would use part of a neighbouring Sri Lanka military air force base.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE DISHWAHER, that symbol of the modern household, appears to have provided a crucial breakthrough in minimising the impact of oil slicks on birdlife. According to a University of California study, two brands of dishwashing detergents, “Dawn” from Proctor and Gamble, and Birdwash, marketed as a joint bird and dish washer detergent in New Zealand by Tergo, are the ideal agents for cleaning the birds.…

Keith Nuthall
WITH the May 2004 implementation date for introducing reforms based on the International Maritime Organisation maritime security code rapidly approaching, the European Union is still debating the shape of EU regulations putting it into force. Indeed the EU Council of Ministers has only just struck an agreed “general approach” on implementation, pending a formal first reading of relevant legislation by the European Parliament.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally threatened Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland with legal action at the European Court of Justice for failing to implement European Union (EU) legislation on marine equipment. The 2002 directive ‘laying down quality requirements and testing standards for equipment to be placed on board an EU ship’ aims to enhance sea safety and prevent marine pollution through a harmonised enforcement of international rules regarding onboard equipment.…

Keith Nuthall
THE NUMBER of women seafarers working in the world’s merchant navies is on the rise, but female ship workers still face discrimination and a lack of tailored facilities, an International Labour Organisation report has said. It claims women make up between one and two per cent of the world’s 1.25 million seafarers, on around 87,000 ships.…

Keith Nuthall
THE NUMBER of women seafarers working in the world’s merchant navies is on the rise, but female ship workers still face discrimination and a lack of tailored facilities, an International Labour Organisation report has said. It claims women make up between one and two per cent of the world’s 1.25 million seafarers, on around 87,000 ships.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA and Canada have been asked to lift Euro 120 million of extra tariffs levied against EU vegetable, fruit juice and mustard exports following the imposition of a European directive on beef production hormones. It confirms their prohibition for meat sold in Europe, but Brussels claims that by basing the law on science, it countered WTO criticism that the bans were illegal by being insufficiently based on risk assessments.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally threatened Italy, Portugal, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece and Finland with legal action at the European Court of Justice for failing to implement European Union (EU) legislation on marine equipment. The 2002 directive ‘laying down quality requirements and testing standards for equipment to be placed on board an EU ship’ aims to enhance sea safety and prevent marine pollution through a harmonised enforcement of international rules regarding onboard equipment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of full control of the Finnish pharmaceutical distributor Tamro Oyj by German pharmacist Phoenix International Beteiligungs GmbH. The decision followed a cursory examination of the potential competition problems. The Commission swiftly decided there were none and fast tracked the decision, after being notified about the deal on August 29.…