Hong Kong On Air
Ask not what’s happened to America since JFK
Everything changed on that sunny day in Dallas 50 years ago.
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Posted in America in the 1960s, Asia Times, Hong Kong On Air, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John F Kennedy assassination, John F Kennedy funeral, John F Kennedy inaugural address, John F Kennedy presidency, US politics
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Chefs without borders
Leading Indonesian and Malaysian chefs show, like good fences, good food makes good neighbors.
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Posted in ACMI (Aku Cinta Masakan Indonesia), Asia Times, Bali, Chef Wan, Cooking, Hong Kong On Air, Indonesian cuisine, Malaysian cuisine, Ubud Writers Festival, William Wongso
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Ubud encounters: Pamuntjak, Lewis live dangerously in novels on 1965 turmoil
Two new novels try to pry open the books on Indonesia’s 1965-68 mass killings that remain among the nation’s deepest secrets. 
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Posted in 1965 upheaval in Indonesia, Bali, Bones of the Dark Moon, Hong Kong On Air, Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Indonesian history, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Richard E Lewis, The Question of Red, Ubud Writers Festival
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Ubud encounters: Goenawan Mohamad names, reserves judgment on Indonesia’s ‘next president’
Indonesia’s foremost man of letters and so-called conscience of the nation is “watching” presidential frontrunner Joko Widodo but not yet endorsing him. 
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Posted in Bali, corruption in Indonesia, crime in Indonesia, Goenawan Mohammad, Hong Kong On Air, Indonesian politics, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Tempo magazine (Indonesia), Ubud Writers Festival
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Solaire names Arasi president, as suggested
I picked the new president and chief executive officer at Manila’s trailblazing casino resort and have the email to prove it.
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Posted in Entertainment City Manila, Global Gaming Asset Management, Hong Kong On Air, Macau Business magazine, Manila, Marina Bay Sands, Philippine casinos, Solaire Resort and Casino, Thomas Arasi
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