July2016

News Hour: Reform of Vietnam’s land administration services got a boost today with the approval by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors of a $150 million credit for the Vietnam Improved Land Governance and Database...

News Hour: A new study looks at the status of women in China’s forest sector reform and highlights the need to integrate the gender perspective in the reform policies in order to improve women’s access to...

News Hour: Japan is home to a number of cities offering world-class and unique “best-practice” experiences and solutions on a variety of development challenge facing cities around the globe. As part of an ongoing partnership with...

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News Hour: Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Air Canada announced today that they have finalized a firm purchase agreement consistent with the Letter of Intent (LOI) announced in February 2016. The purchase agreement includes a firm order for...

News Hour: Air Canada enRoute Film Festival revealed that it will showcase emerging Canadian short film talent on Air Canada flights around the world from August 1 to December 31, 2016. The 20 selected shorts will...

News Hour: Air Canada Rouge  was  celebrating its third birthday July 1, having grown since its inaugural flight in 2013 into an international leisure carrier with 1,600 employees, a fleet of 44 aircraft and a network...

News Hour: SilkAir has  announced the appointment of Mr Foo Chai Woo as Chief Executive, taking over from Mr Leslie Thng, who will be returning to parent company Singapore Airlines (SIA). Mr Foo will assume his...

News Hour: SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will launch services to two new destinations, Vientiane and Luang Prabang in Laos later this year. With the commencement of these new flights, SilkAir, together with its...

News Hour: These full-service flights will be sold via a team of Singapore travel agents, targeting mainly leisure travelers from Singapore. The flights will be operated with SilkAir’s latest Boeing 737-800 aircraft, featuring both Business and Economy...