The HK$10.8 million (US$1.4 million) apartment offered by one of Hong Kong's largest property developers in a lottery to spur the city's residents to take up the Covid-19 vaccine, is a single-room flat at Sino Land's Grand Central project in Kwun Tong on the eastern side of Kowloon. The unit, located on the 47th floor of Tower Three, measures 449 square feet (42 square metres) and has two balconies overlooking the Kowloon Peak, also known as Fei.
Bookings for Covid-19 vaccinations in Hong Kong, especially for the Chinese-made Sinovac jab, have surged significantly on the back of a HK$10.8 million (US$1.4 million) flat lottery and the offer of doses to visitors from across the border. On Friday, more than 10,500 people reserved Sinovac slots - the highest since March 17 - while the 15,100 bookings for the BioNTech jab also marked a strong showing within a three-week span for the.
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Reformist military men helped Indonesia’s democracy. Why not in Myanmar? Amy Chew A banner attached to a military vehicle outside Myanmar’s Central Bank during a protest against the military coup. Photo: Reuters
When a survey of 1,200 people by Indonesian pollster Indikator Politik this month showed that Indonesia s military, known by the acronym TNI, was the most trusted institution in Southeast Asia s largest economy - even relegating President Joko Widodo to second place - military observers had a ready answer for why this was so.
One reason cited by retired three-star general Agus Widjojo - who during his 33-year career was known as a proponent of reforms to get the military out of politics - was that the TNI never had any precedents of coup d etat throughout the history of the armed forces, no matter how difficult the situation was .