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Sphere 31
ROOmS On
THE gO
H O N G K O N G harbour Plaza
hotels & Resorts has launched
its mobile portal in may,
allowing travellers to make
enquiries and reservations
with its nine hotels through
their smartphones.
WATER WORKS
U N I T E D K I N G D O M in October 2011,
a consortium led by Cheung Kong
infrastructure holdings limited acquired
the united Kingdom’s northumbrian Water,
which provides water and sewerage services
to 4.5 million people across the uK.
Beach Combers
S O U T H K O R E A members of the Hutchison Korea
Terminals scuba club are committed to keeping our
oceans clean. The club regularly instigates local
environmental
initiatives,
including their
all-time favourite,
beach cleaning
activities.
READY fOR ACTIOn
C A N A D A nearly 1,500 workers are now
on-site at husky’s sunrise Energy Project in
northeast Alberta, Canada as work ramps up for
the first phase of the 60,000 barrels per day
project. The first day of production at the sunrise
site is scheduled for 2014.
star for a day
I R E L A N D Thanks to 3 Ireland, one lucky Irishman has earned himself the
honour of becoming a member of Jedward, one of the country’s
favourite pop duos, for a day. following a rigorous social-media based
audition sponsored by 3 Ireland in September 2011, this lucky young
man beat out hundreds of contestants for the chance to live like the
sibling pop stars for 24 hours in late 2011. This campaign boosted
positive word-of-mouth ratings for 3 Ireland from 59 per cent to 71 per
cent over the course of the contest.