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"G Land" Flies High with 'The Super Tower' as the World's Mega Project

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Living on the edge

Asia Financial scion Bernard Chan focuses on what he’s good at, writes Wong Yat-hei. ...

Employers flat-lining on critical illness cover

Critical illness coverage is one of the most significant medical benefits wanted by employees, yet less than 10 per cent of employers offer such cover as part of their employee benefits (EB) schemes, according to a recent survey commissioned by the AIA Group, writes Darius Musni. ...

Full of beans

Former HK-based commodity trader Sam Say’s coffee business helps Laotian farmers achieve freedom, writes Sandra Lam. ...

VSA makes music beautiful

Kraig Sackmann, head of music at Victoria Shanghai Academy (VSA), began his teaching career in New York. It had always been his passion to work with students and he believed he was capable of more than just classroom teaching, writes Wong Yat-hei. ...

Thai and Singapore teams spar and sparkle

Given that 18 teams from top universities in Asia, North America and Europe competed in the 2013 Citi International Case Competition (CICC), taking one of the runner-up spots was no small achievement, writes John Brennan. ...

Banking on Asean

Southeast Asia’s growing affluence and ever-closer economic integration offer hot job opportunities for bankers, writes Raymond Ma. ...

Eye on operations

New banking regulations have forced commercial banks to distinguish compliance functions from their legal departments and focus more on the operational elements of their businesses, says Srisumeth Rittipairoj. ...

Opportunities abound in booming markets

Rising costs have been forcing many banks and other financial institutions in Hong Kong to move back-office operations from Central to less expensive parts of town, writes Michael Taylor. ...

World down on jobs, with Europe bleakest: Gallup

57pc of adults worldwide said it was a bad time to find a job – unchanged from 2011, although global views on job prospects have improved since 2009, the height of the global downturn. Greece, Italy and Spain the worst places to find work ...