Hotel Okura Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to operate and manage Hotel Okura Suzhou in Suzhou, China from 2027. The agreement with Suzhou Ronghe Real Estate Co., Ltd., which is owned by Suzhou Harmony Development Group Co., Ltd., Marimo Holdings, Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation, was signed on December 20.
In August 1959, it took at least 26 days for two journalists from Minzu Huabao, a Chinese pictorial journal published since 1955 in six Chinese ethnic languages, to reach Dulongjiang township, Gongshan county, in Southwest China s Yunnan Province from Beijing.
The book chronicles Ms Lee's growing-up years living hand-to-mouth on rubber plantations in Malaysia, to her term in Parliament. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore News - Residents living in Bedok Reservoir know her as "Hua Jie", a cheery 54-year-old who turns up every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon to distribute free food and groceries. With the help of six to 10 volunteers, the co-owner of a tentage company has been providing free advice. Read more at www.tnp.sg