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Torch Bearer of the Olympic
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2008-10-02 @ 16:30:39
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How Man was invited by Coca-Cola, one of CERSˇ¦ important supporting partners, as a Torch Bearer of the Olympic Torch Relay in Qinghai Lake on June 23.
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Summer interns
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2008-10-02 @ 16:30:24
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This summer CERS took on several student interns. They are Sarah Zhang, Michael Horowitz, Paula Ho, Jamie Lee and Darren Patterson.
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Reintroduce Burmese Cats
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2008-10-02 @ 16:30:13
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CERS project to reintroduce Burmese Cats to Burma has delivered its first litter of cats to Inle Lake in Myanmar for its new breeding center.
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YPO visited CERS project sites
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2008-10-02 @ 16:29:58
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The Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Hong Kong Chapter visited and stayed at several CERS project sites. The group comprised almost 60 individuals.
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Visitors to CERS Tai Tam Center
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2008-10-02 @ 16:29:46
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Stephen Urquhart, President of Omega, visited CERS Tai Tam Center in Hong Kong. Lodi Gyari, Special Envoy of the Dalai Lama, spent two days at CERS Tai Tam Center. Barry Lam, Chairman of Quanta Computer and former CERS Board Director, visited and stayed at CERS Tai Tam Center.
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Wong's lectures in HK & Taipei
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2008-10-02 @ 16:29:32
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By invitation of Prof Lung Ying-tai, How Man gave a major keynote 2-hour lecture in Taipei attended by over 500 people. The new Prime Minister Chao-shiuan Liu was among the audience. Wong also gave lectures for the Royal Geographical Society in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Boys Scouts and to the Yan Chai Secondary School in Tuen Mun.
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European visit in April
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2008-10-02 @ 16:29:20
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During a European visit in April, Wong visited the Basel Watch Fair in Switzerland as guest of Omega, one of CERS important supporting partners. He also paid visit to Father Savioz at the Grand Saint Bernard Mission and acquired an old film from the late 1940s. In Germany, Wong visited the Munich Museum and acquired a rare collection of aerial photos taken by Lufthansa pilot Wulf Dieter Graf zu Castell in China during the early 1930s.
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Yak Cheese
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2008-10-02 @ 16:29:09
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Yak cheese products, first pioneered by CERS in the Tibetan region, is now being sold at Naturo Food Store on Sun Street near Pacific Place Three in Hong Kong.
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Research on tea trade in Tibet
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2008-07-04 @ 10:56:02
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CERS continues the second year of a three-year support to Paddy Booz for his research on the history of tea trade in Tibet.
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Munich Museum
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2008-07-04 @ 10:55:38
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CERS began collaboration with the Munich Museum in archiving an old collection of aerial photos of China dating back to the 1930s.
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Two litters of Burmese kittens
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2008-07-04 @ 10:55:26
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Two litters of Burmese kittens were born at CERS Tai Tam Center in Hong Kong. These cats would be our first destined for reintroduction into Myanmar later this year.
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Keynote lecture
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2008-07-04 @ 10:55:14
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How Man presented a Keynote lecture to a gathering of IBM business partners in Paris.
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Lecture to Asia Asset Management Award Dinner
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2008-07-04 @ 10:54:59
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How Man lectured to 200 senior asset managers at the Asia Asset Management Award Dinner at the Four Seasons in Hong Kong.
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Rising Leaders Award
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2008-07-04 @ 10:54:46
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Wong How Man received the Rising Leaders Award from the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Other recipients include Narayana Murthy, Chairman of Infosys, Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of Asean, Sri Mulyani, Finance Minister of Indonesia, Ronnie Chan of Hong Kong, and Tony Fernandes of Air Asia.
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Singapore students & professors
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2008-07-04 @ 10:54:34
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Students and professors of the Nanyang Technological University Film School in Singapore visited CERS project sites and produced two documentary films.
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Moon Chin
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2008-07-04 @ 10:54:17
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Moon Chin, a former CNAC pilot now at 95 years of age, allowed CERS to be custodian of his early pictures taken in China during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of his valuable negatives require restoration in order to be printed.
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Father Savioz
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2008-07-04 @ 10:54:02
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While visiting Father Savioz (89) at the Grand Saint Bernard Mission in Switzerland, CERS acquired copy of a very rare and valuable film taken by a missionary priest in 1948 at the borderland with Tibet.
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New office in Hong Kong
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2008-07-04 @ 10:53:42
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CERS moved into new office in Hong Kong on the top floor of SouthMark Center in Wong Chuk Hang. The facility provides added space for the Societyˇ¦s expanded needs.
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MOU with UWRF
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2008-06-13 @ 11:40:59
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CERS signs an MOU with University of Wisconsin to further our collaboration in education.
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Satellite tracking at Napahai
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2008-06-13 @ 11:40:46
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CERS begins collaboration with the International Crane Foundation by funding satellite tracking of Black-necked Cranes at Napahai, Yunnan.
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