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Earth Hour To Create Wave Of Participation Around The Globe

* Over 930 cities and towns in 80 countries, across 25 time zones to power down for Earth Hour 2009

* Global icons add to lights out spectacle

March 10, 2009: At precisely 8.30pm on March 28 the diesel generators will be switched off on the Chatham Islands, a small archipelago off the east coast of New Zealand, heralding the start of the greatest community event the world has ever witnessed - Earth Hour 2009.

As the first country to flick the switch for the global event, WWF New Zealand's Earth Hour organiser, Dairne Poole sees her country as playing a vital role in Earth Hour’s journey to reach one billion people in over 1,000 cities, across 25 time zones.

Shehrazad’s Laughter Factory will present on March 15 and 16 three exceptional stand-up comics from The Comedy Store in London: Alistair Barrie, Tommy Campbell and Tom Whitehall.

Actor and comedian Barrie, who is in demand as both a headline act and emcee across the international circuit, has played all over the UK and Ireland, as well as in the US, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Prague, Norway, Hong Kong, Macau, Malta, Singapore, Bahrain, Indonesia, Athens and the middle of the North Sea.

Alistair has performed three solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival which have all received critical acclaim.

Campbell is a writer, actor as well as a stand-up comedian. His first book, The Slacker Confessions, follows Tommy through ten comedic years of different jobs.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE RESIDENCES
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

The Knightsbridge Residences is the second residential tower to rise at Century City in Kalayaan, Avenue, Makati that features cutting-edge architecture, a smart concept for combinable residential units, and hypersized amenities at an affordable price package.

Who is the developer and construction manager of The Knightsbridge Residences?
Century City Development Corporation (CCDC), an affiliate of the Century Properties Group that focuses on developing live, work and play communities. One such project is the 3.4-hectare mixed-use integrated development called Century City, the site of premiere residential high-rises The Gramercy Residences and The Knightsbridge Residences.

What are the other projects of Century Properties?

Just want to ask some questions...

I'll be having a stopover at Doha airport so I'm planning to get a visa to see the city.
I've read from other threads that I need a credit card or I can buy a e card there.
I don't have a credit card so I'd like to know if I can still buy an e card and how much it costs.
Can someone explain how the e card works too? I'm wondering if it is like a debit card, and can I use it after leaving qatar? or in other places to buy things when I'm in qatar?
How about prepaid cards obtained from other countries? I have a one from Bank of China (Hong Kong), and they say the card can be used at places where a visa card is accepted. Any idea if I can use it at the airport?
"With the added value you are ready to shop with confidence worldwide at any merchant who accepts VISA card for payment."

Arriving on an Airbus on Friday night from Hong Kong, we came in on the aproach over West Bay and I could see the "Torch" on the right as we passed over the Sheraton. Gliding in across the Corniche and then dropping right down to the runway and just about to land, we must have been about twenty feet off the ground and lined up with the first few parked jets, when suddenly the engines burst into life and we were dramatically pushed back up ...the pilot then calmly announced "Sorry about that ladies and gentlemen, but there appears to be another aircraft on the runway". Surely this is a "near-miss"? Has anyone read about it in the paper?

Wrote the Qatar Airawys Privilege Club the other day about something that has been bothering me. I'm quite surprised that they did answer me. Still, read the exchange of emails to see what this is all about.

Sent thru their website Contact form on February 25, 2009:
TITLE: Mr
FIRST NAME: xXx
LAST NAME: xXx
PRIVILEGE CLUB NO.: XXXXXXXXX
MESSAGE: I was wondering why flying to Hong Kong gets you 25 QPoints (5868 miles) while flying to the Philippines (6792 miles) only gets you 20 Qpoints?

I got an answer the next day (February 26, 2009) from Privilege Club Team:
Dear Mr. xXx,
Thank you for your email.

“The situation is spilling over into homes. We see couples quarrelling when the real problem is job insecurity,” said psychiatrist Dominic Lee in Hong Kong.

Pinky Yung of Caritas Family Crisis Line & Education Centre said many people lost all or most of their savings. Others lost their businesses, jobs or were lumped with multiple mortgages.

Of the 2,301 patients the centre treated since mid-October, eight percent had suicidal thoughts, it said.

“Many of them were very thrifty in the past and they have lost all their money and the security that they spent all their lives building,” Yung said.