age EWC Expresses Sympathy Over the Tongan Ferry Tragedy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:35:30 +0000 EWC Expresses Sympathy Over the Tongan Ferry Tragedy HONOLULU (August 6) – The East-West Center expresses its profound sadness and concern to the people of the Kingdom of Tonga over the tragic loss of lives associated with the sinking of the ferry near Nuku'alofa. "Our thoughts are with the families of those that have been impacted by this tragedy," says Center President Charles E. Morrison. He adds, “We are very concerned about those still missing, and earnestly hope that the search for survivors is able to reunite the separated families. The fact that this disaster comes so soon after the loss of life in the recent sinking in Kiribati is especially unfortunate for the people of the Pacific.” Full Article
age Clinton’s Visit to Pacific Islands Forum Signals Renewed U.S. Engagement By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:40:01 +0000 By Charles E. Morrison (Note: This commentary originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sept. 12, 2012) It may not compare to APEC or the G-20 for global economic weight, but for the Pacific island nations, the annual Pacific Islands Forum summit is the premier regional meeting. It brings together heads of the island nations (including Australia and New Zealand) with representatives of international organizations and “dialogue partners,” including the United States, China, Japan and many others. For the Cook Islands, with less than 15,000 residents, hosting last week’s PIF was a rare event made especially significant by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unprecedented stop to attend the post-meeting partner dialogue – the highest level U.S. participation ever. Full Article
age Ambassadors Discuss U.S. Engagement in Freely Associated Pacific Nations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:33:05 +0000 Ambassadors Thomas Armbruster (Marshall Islands) & Helen Reed-Rowe (Palau), with PIDP Co-Director Sitiveni Halapua. On April 4, 2013 the U.S. ambassadors to the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands participated in an informal discussion at the East-West Center intended to launch a broad-ranging conversation about the future of U.S. engagement with the freely associated Pacific island nations. Participants included policymakers, Pacific island scholars and public intellectuals. Topics included the future of the freely associated states in the regional system, migration, institution building and new paradigms for engagement. Full Article
age Shutdown Hurts US-Asia Engagement By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 02:41:55 +0000 By Charles E. Morrison, EWC President (Note: This commentary first appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Oct. 13, 2013.) When I arrived in Bali last week for this year’s APEC summit, my van driver asked where I was from. When I told him, his face broke into a huge smile. “Say hello to my brother,” he said enthusiastically, referring to President Barack Obama, who remains enormously popular in Indonesia where he spent several years as a child. Two days later, the U.S. budget stalemate forced Obama to cancel his trip to the APEC meeting and the subsequent East Asia Summit in Brunei, along with scheduled stops in Malaysia and the Philippines that had already been called off. Full Article
age EWC Student Wins Award in Malay Language Speech Championship By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 01:37:42 +0000 Honolulu (October 12, 2015) – Wyatt Gordon, a current EWC degree fellow in in urban and regional planning, recently returned from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in Pidato Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu , or International Malay Language Speech Championship. The first American to ever to reach the final round of this competition since it was started nearly a decade ago, he took third place overall and won a prize of $3,000 after delivering a speech in Malay on how he found his heritage through language. The speech contest was broadcast live in front of a studio audience of several thousand people, including the Prime Minister, and was viewed by a television audience of several million viewers across Southeast Asia. Full Article
age Compulsory reinstatement and re-engagement is on the horizon By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-02-29 On 12 February 2016, the Government gazetted the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2016 (the “Bill”). The Bill will be introduced into the Legislative Council for first and second readings on 2 March 2016 but it is not clear when it may come i... Full Article
age Financial Institutions E-briefing: Asset Management Update: Taxation of rebates of trail commission on investment products By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-04-03 On 25 March, HMRC published a briefing on the tax treatment of payments of trail commission which is rebated to investors in collective investment schemes and other investment products such as life insurance policies. The briefing relates to any reb... Full Article
age Financial Institutions E-briefing: Asset Management Update: Taxation of rebates of trail commission on investment products - update By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2013-04-05 In our previous briefing we reported on HMRC’s recent briefing on the tax treatment of payments of trail commission rebated to... Full Article
age Publication of the EU Market Abuse Regulation: Particular Considerations for Asset Managers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-07-01 In the same week that the Recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID 2) and its companion Regulation (MiFIR) were ... Full Article
age Leverage under the AIFMD: some rare guidance By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-08-08 On 7 August 2018, ESMA published a letter from Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, to Gabriel Bernardino, EIOPA Chair. The letter addressed the question of whether ESMA would consider borrowing arrangements and derivative arrangements entered into by an Alt... Full Article
age Hedge funds and UK management vehicles: a cheat-sheet for first-time managers By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-21 The path to establishing a UK management entity for an offshore fund branches off in all manner of directions. One of the first crossroads faced by the first-time manager is the choice of UK management vehicle. Their decision has significan... Full Article
age Lawbite:Language, context and background knowledge should not to be disregarded By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-02-11 Ashtead Plant Hire Company Limited v Granton Central Developments Limited [2019] CSOH 7 This case involves a landlord and tenant dispute over the proper construction of the rent review provisions in a lease of commercial premises. The parties ... Full Article
age Lawbite: (Ad)Vantage Point By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-04-12 (1) Giles Duncan Fearn (2) Gerald Kraftman (3) Ian Mcfadyen (4) Helen Claire McFadyen (5) Lindsay Urquart –v- The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2019] EWHC 246 (Ch) The High Court has dismissed a claim by residents of luxury glass-fron... Full Article
age Grilled Shrimp and Sausage Skewers With Smokey Paprika Gaze By www.food.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 19:23:51 +0000 from Bon Appetit. A delicious glaze. Make it often. -- posted by Vicki Kaye Full Article
age Not so good vibrations prosecutions for failures to adequately manage the risks from vibration remain a priority for the HSE By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-10 Amy Sadro, Principal Associate in Eversheds Sutherland’s Environment, Health and Safety Team and Dr Chris Nelson, a Principal Consultant and specialist in noise and vibration at Finch Consulting give their views on recent HAVS prosecutio... Full Article
age Mortgage industry By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2008-01-23 Clive Briault, FSA Retail Managing Director, gave advice to the Council of Mortgage Lenders Annual Conference urging firms to assess their funding and liquidity positions in light of expected worsening of liquidity and credit risks. Mr Briault also... Full Article
age Mortgage fraud - the Land Registrys response By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-02-24 Partly in an effort to counter the tide of mortgage fraud cases, the Land Registry has amended the Land Registration Rules 2003 with effect from 10 November 2008. The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 substantially amend many of the forms req... Full Article
age The Gap in the App: The Home Office must develop its message about Settled Status By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-18 A report in The Guardian of 15th July noted a technical problem with the EU Settlement Scheme which had not previously been identified. Citizens of EEA countries who obtain “pre-settled status”, based on having lived in the UK for a peri... Full Article
age China’s New Aid Agency and Trilateral Aid Cooperation By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 18:14:17 +0000 WebinarStart Date: May 14 2020 - 5:00pmEnd Date: May 14 2020 - 6:00pmTimezone: US Eastern timeDescription: The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an Indo-Pacific Political Economy and Trade Virtual Seminar and Book Discussion: China’s New Aid Agency and Trilateral Aid Cooperation Featuring: Dr. Denghua ZhangResearch Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs,Australian National University Dr. Ellen L. Frost (Discussant)Senior Advisor,East-West Center Dr. Satu P. Limaye (Moderator)Vice President, East-West Center &Director, East West Center in Washington Dr. Zhang will highlight the main features of the China International Development Cooperation Agency established in April 2018, and China’s trilateral aid cooperation which is a new phenomenon in Chinese foreign aid programs. He will reflect on China’s trilateral aid projects in recent years including the China-US-Timor Leste project on food security. Dr. Frost will then offer comments on the feasibility of such collaborative aid for future projects. This discussion draws from Dr. Zhang’s latest book, A Cautious New Approach: China’s Growing Trilateral Aid Cooperation, which is available for free download from Australian National University Press. During his time as an Asia Studies fellow at the East-West Center in Washington in 2018, Dr. Zhang also wrote on this topic for the East-West Center’s AsiaPacific Issues and Asia Pacific Bulletin series. This seminar will take place entirely on Zoom via its Webinar platform. Thursday, May 14 5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. EST (7:00 A.M. – 8:00 A.M. ACT) This seminar will be off-the-record. To register for this program and receive approval to join, please click here: https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DCBpx5AS7iXJaDxKlAO4A Kindly send your reply by 3 P.M. EST on May 14. ZOOM PROTOCOL Upon registering for this webinar, our team will first approve your registration and you will then receive a confirmation email. If you do not, please check your Spam folder. If you still do not see the email within 24 hours or have other questions please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org The confirmation email will provide you with a unique link to join the seminar. Do not share this with anyone else. As an Attendee in a Zoom Webinar, your microphone will be muted and video turned off from the start of the presentation to cut down on noise interference and to maintain security. The Q&A session will occur at the end of the webinar presentation. You are more than welcome to type your questions into the Q&A box throughout the presentation or flag a specific point for the panelists in the Chat feature. We will address questions in the order that they are asked. NOTE: If you are planning to call in on a phone without smart capabilities, you will not be able to participate in the Q&A session. Speaker Biographies Dr. Denghua Zhang is a research fellow at the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. His research focuses largely on Chinese foreign policy, foreign aid, and China in the Pacific. Recently, he has published with journals such as The Pacific Review, Third World Quarterly, The Round Table and Asian Journal of Political Science. His book on Chinese foreign aid especially trilateral aid cooperation in Asia-Pacific was recently published by the Australian National University Press (free to download, https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/pacific-affairs/cautious-new-approach). He was an Asia Studies Visiting Fellow (ASVF) at the East-West Center in Washington in 2018. Dr. Ellen L. Frost is a Senior Advisor and Fellow at the East-West Center and a Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. She writes and lectures on Asia-related topics, especially Indo-Pacific political-economic issues and their strategic and security implications. Her most recent book is Asia's New Regionalism. She is also the author of For Richer, For Poorer: The New U.S.-Japan Relationship and Transatlantic Trade: A Strategic Agenda. Dr. Frost previously served in the US government as Counselor to the US Trade Representative (1993–95), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs (1977-81), a career civil servant in the Treasury Department (1974–77), and a legislative assistant in the US Senate (1972–74). During the 1980s she worked for two multinational corporations. From 1996 to 2014 she was a senior fellow and subsequently a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics. Dr. Frost is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the U.S. Committee of CSCAP (Council on Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific). She received a Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Harvard University, an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a BA from Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and the Director of the East-West Center in Washington where he created and now directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses) and Senior Fellow on Asia History and Policy at the Foreign Policy Institute at Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies (SAIS). He is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar. Recent publications include: “America’s ‘Pacific Principle’ in an Indivisible Pacific Islands Region,” (Asia-Pacific Bulletin); “Despite Stumbles, America’s Engagement with Southeast Runs Deep,” (Global Asia); Raging Waters: China, India, Bangladesh, and Brahmaputra Water Politics (Marine Corps University Press); Russia’s Peripheral Relevance to US-Indo Pacific Relations (Center for the National Interest). Location: Zoom WebinarRelated Link: https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DCBpx5AS7iXJaDxKlAO4AContact Name: Sarah Wang Full Article
age Town and village Greens: They're not always what you expect By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-06-01 The risk of inadvertently sterilising the development potential of land As the phrase ‘town or village green’ tends to conjure mental images of a rural idyll with village fetes and cricket matches played on broad expanses of green land i... Full Article
age Proposed revisions to the planning system for electricity storage By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-21 The Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 requires the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 (compared with the previous target of at least 80% reduction from 1990 levels). Developing or enhancing the nece... Full Article
age EWC in Washington and ISEAS Release Special Journal Issue on America’s Re-engagement in Southeast Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:05 +0000 EWC in Washington and ISEAS Release Special Journal Issue on America’s Re-engagement in Southeast Asia WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan.18, 2011) — A collaborative research project between the East-West Center (EWC) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) has resulted in a special issue of Contemporary Southeast Asia , ISEAS’ internationally refereed journal on the politics, international relations, and security-related issues of Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic environment. The collection of articles by American and Southeast Asian specialists featured in the journal’s recently released December 2010 issue focus on the topic of America Re-engages Southeast Asia . Full Article
age Exhibition Notice: Mirror & Mirage: Japanese Noh and Kyogen Theatre By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:34 +0000 Exhibition Notice: Mirror & Mirage: Japanese Noh and Kyogen Theatre Jan. 18-March 22, 2009 East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu Opening reception: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m . Featured artist: Hideta Kitazawa, noh mask carver Full Article
age Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:45 +0000 Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts HONOLULU (May 29) -- A group of 30 nature reserve managers and conservation officials from across China are currently in Hawai‘i wrapping up an innovative month-long training program during which they have been meeting with their counterparts at nature reserves across the United States to learn about conservation management strategies. Click here to watch a TV news report on the group's visit to Hanauma Bay marine preserve. Full Article
age Center for Global Partnership Helps Fund New EWC Journalism Seminar on Disaster Management & Resiliency By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:52:10 +0000 Journalists from Pacific Plate countries invited to apply by March 12 HONOLULU (March 5, 2012) – The Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership has awarded the East-West Center close to $100,000 to conduct a journalism seminar focusing on disaster management and resiliency. Journalists from Japan, the U.S., China and other countries bordering the seismically active Pacific tectonic plate are invited to apply by the March 12 deadline. Click here for more information. Full Article
age In Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands, Climate Change Means Billions of Dollars of Coastal Damage, Widespread Coral Death and Human Health Risks, Official US Assessment Finds By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:49:16 +0000 HONOLULU (November 23, 2018) – Strained freshwater supplies, damaged and compromised coastal infrastructure, coral reef death, and greater stresses on native biodiversity and species are among the major concerns and challenges detailed in the Hawai‘i-Pacific Islands chapter of the fourth official US National Climate Assessment, released today. In economic terms, the impacts add up to billions of dollars. The chapter on Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands appears in Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, the most significant US report to assess the effects of climate change on the US economy and communities. The assessment finds that early action to address these impacts can lower economic, environmental, social, and cultural costs and could help to prevent conflict or displacement from lands and resources. Full Article
age The Pacific Islands Development Program at EWC: The Voyage Continues By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 03:29:03 +0000 HONOLULU (Feb 25, 2020) -- The East-West Center has rolled out a major update of its affiliated Pacific Islands Development Program, or PIDP, with the launch yesterday of the program’s new website at PIDP.EastWestCenter.org. The new site highlights refocused priorities and new projects following recent user surveys and strategy dialogues with Pacific Islands leaders and stakeholders. Full Article
age HR e-briefing 405 - European age discrimination ruling with a sting in its tail By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2009-03-05 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has this morning given a ruling that represents a significant victory for the charity Age Concern in their fight to have certain parts of UK age discrimination legislation ruled unlawful. As expected, the ECJ has... Full Article
age Transfer of private drains and sewers to the water and sewerage companies By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-06-30 Regulations to effect the transfer of virtually all private sewers and lateral drains to the water and sewerage companies have now been made, and will take effect on 1 July 2011. For the majority of installations, the transfer is planned to take eff... Full Article
age Practical Considerations For Land Owners And Developers Arising From The Flood And Water Management Act 2010 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-07-29 The New Act The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010. The Act takes forward several Government strategy documents and, importantly, reflects the Government’s response to Sir Michael Pitt’s Revie... Full Article
age Tackling the housing shortage - a change in emphasis? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-10-06 At the Conservative party conference the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, and the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced a fresh package of measures aimed at addressing the national shortage of new homes. The ambition is to deliver more than 25,000... Full Article
age Education Briefing - Next step for the mutualisation agenda By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2015-06-25 With the dust settling after the recent General Election, it is possible to better speculate as to the likely direction of travel of the new Conservative government. The new administration has a slim majority, therefore, there still may be an elemen... Full Article
age Eversheds Sutherland EHS and Employment clinic webinar - Recover, Reset, Re-engage - Preparing to Return to Work - 11 May 2020 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-11 With the Prime Minister due to address the nation on the governments strategy to ease the lockdown on Sunday 10 May 2020, our Health, Safety and Employment clinic returns the following day to focus on the practical application of transitioning a wo... Full Article
age IHC HR e-briefing 105 - Age discrimination: a qualification By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-04-27 The Court of Appeal has today handed down an important decision in the context of age discrimination and criteria for career progression. Endorsing the earlier judgement of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the Court has found that ... Full Article
age IHC HR e-briefing 116 - Default retirement age to be abolished next year By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-07-28 Default retirement age to be abolished next year The Government has this morning confirmed that it plans to abolish the default retirement age (DRA) next year. The aim is that from 6 April 2011 the statutory retirement procedure in Schedule 6 of th... Full Article
age IHC HR e-briefing 126: Two new European Court rulings on age discrimination By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2010-10-15 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down two important judgments on age discrimination this week. The first, on retirement, will be of interest to those employers deciding whether to retain a compulsory retirement age follow... Full Article
age IHC HR e-briefing 133 - Government confirms October abolition of default retirement age By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2011-01-13 The Government has today published a response to its public consultation on plans to abolish the default retirement age. Although the regulations by which this will be effected are unlikely to be published for a few weeks, the Government has confirm... Full Article
age Supreme Court ruling to impact on registration of town and village greens By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-12-13 The Supreme Court has issued an important decision which considers whether land can be registered as a town or village green where that land has been acquired by a statutory undertaker and is held for purposes that are inconsistent with the use of t... Full Article
age Public Sector Pensions Speedbrief: Supreme Court refuses Government permission to appeal in public sector age discrimination cases By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-05 It has been reported that on 27 June 2019, the Supreme Court denied the Government’s request for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in the cases of McCloud and Sargeant regardi... Full Article
age Global Pensions Agenda - December 2019 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-12-19 ... Full Article
age UK Pensions Agenda - January 2020 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-01-23 ... Full Article
age What happens on an assessment of costs when a costs management order has been made By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-02 With a few exceptions, costs budgeting applies to the majority of part 7 multi-track matters. Once the costs budget is agreed between the parties, approved by the court or a costs management order has been made, what is the position upon an assessme... Full Article
age COVID 19 and the critical role of managers in supporting wellbeing in the workplace By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-06 The COVID 19 pandemic has brought mental health and wellbeing to the fore in many organisations. These issues have become more prominent across workplaces in recent years but we are now facing unprecedented challenges of supporting distributed workf... Full Article
age EU black and grey lists of high-risk countries back on the agenda By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-09-24 In a resolution published on Thursday, the European Parliament has urged the EU Commission to apply a ‘transparent process’ in formulating revised blacklist of third countries with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies, suggesting an ... Full Article
age OFAC encourages communication regarding compliance concerns related to COVID-19 By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-22 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has encouraged the communication of any OFAC compliance concerns related to COVID-19. As part of this, OFAC has provided the following guidance and contact information. Sanctions Programmes Fact Sheet On 1... Full Article
age France Private enforcement of competition law: French Supreme Courts dismisses nullity and follow-on damages claims of EDF and ERDF By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2017-11-23 On 13 September 2017, EDF and ERDF lost their fight to declare null and void the contracts they entered into further to bids that were rigged by Nexans France (“Nexans”), Prysmian Energies Câbles et Systèmes (“Prysmian... Full Article
age Cybersecurity Firm Links Chinese Group to Cyber Espionage in Southeast Asia By www.rfa.org Published On :: 2020-05-09T00:44:12Z Hackers used Aria-body, an intrusive new tool, to attack computers in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Brunei, report says. Full Article Story
age Cayman Islands Added to Annex 1: What Managers Need to Know By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-02-20 On 18 February 2018, the EU added the Cayman Islands to its list of noncooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (“Annex 1”). This has come as a surprise, but is unlikely to have any immediate impact on Cayman-domiciled funds. In this b... Full Article
