Countries also need to add similar commitments for oceans, said a new report on Thursday prepared by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), launched as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 gets underway.The
Hong Kong Parking Spot Goes for $1.3 Million, Shattering World Record Amid Space Shortage
On 6/3/21 at 12:07 PM EDT
A parking spot in a luxury estate in Hong Kong sold for $1.3 million, breaking the record for the most expensive parking spot, which sold in 2019 for $1.29 million and is also in Hong Kong.
Mount Nicholson, the epitome of extravagant living in Hong Kong, is a residential development in The Peak a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. Developed by Wharf Holdings and the Nan Fung Group, parking spaces in the area are sold to the highest bidder, and the
South China Morning Post reported that this most recent parking space went for HK$10 million, which comes to $1.3 million in American currency.
NCSI reviews economic indicators with IMF Published: 8:27 PM, Jun 03, 2021
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Muscat: The National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) conducted an online meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The meeting aimed at reviewing and discussing many economic data and indicators related to the center s specializations, especially inflation rates, GDP and the impacts of COVID-19 on the performance of these indicators.
The meeting also reviewed the efforts exerted by the center to improve the performance of the economic indicators in Oman.
It is worth mentioning that the meeting comes within the framework of the annual virtual visit that the IMF conducts during the period from May 24 to June 7through which the IMF conducts bilateral discussions with the member countries to assess economic and financial developments. ONA
PML-N chides PTI over economic polices in pre-budget seminar
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Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (upper left), former finance minister Miftah Ismail (upper right), former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair (bottom left), and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal (bottom right) addressing the Opposition s pre-budget seminar, on June 3, 2021. YouTube
With the budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 right around the corner, the PML-N on Thursday slammed the incumbent government for the economic policies adopted in the last three years.
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, addressing the Opposition s pre-budget seminar, said Prime Minister Imran Khan has no knowledge of the basics of economics and makes decisions in line with advice from courtiers .
The high-level meeting in mid-May by the United Nations Security Council, at the urging of China, to address Africa's double challenge of conflict and post-COVID-19 economic reconstruction was a step in the right direction.