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- World's first airport IMAX cinema coming to Hong Kong
- 20 best Beijing hotels
- The drugs don't work: Asia's massive fake meds industry
| World's first airport IMAX cinema coming to Hong Kong Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:50 PM PDT by Hiufu Wong Dull layovers at Hong Kong International (HKIA) will be a thing of the past once the world's first airport IMAX cinema opens. Due to welcome its first customers before the end of June, the new IMAX cinema from Hong Kong cinema chain, UA Cinemas, will replace the 4D Extreme Screen in terminal two. The IMAX cinema will boast a giant screen -- 13.8 meters high and 22.4 meters wide -- and 358 seats, making it the largest of Hong Kong's three IMAX theaters. Hong Kong residents and visitors are able to access the cinema, as it is landside at the airport. The cinema will show both 2D and 3D movies, mainly Hollywood blockbusters and edutainment films. Tickets are likely to cost HK$150, the same as other IMAX cinemas. read more     |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:57 AM PDT by Tom O'Malley That amazing opening ceremony or Usain Bolt's record-breaking 100-meter run might be what much of the public still remembers, but for travelers there's a more important legacy of Beijing's Olympic Games party: hotel beds. Thousands of rooms and beds, from big-chain luxury operations to chic courtyard hostels, are left unfilled in the city. Lots of rooms means lots of bargains on Beijing hotel rooms. Whether you want to bathe like an emperor in the central business district (CBD) or drop a rucksack an alleyway near the Forbidden City, Beijing has got you covered in covers. Luxury The Opposite House (瑜舍) Marble bathrooms are so last century. Opened in 2008, this six-story, glass-walled, 99-room boutique hotel is the city's hippest address. The work of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, it shows off Beijing's Olympic commitment to design and style. read more    |
| The drugs don't work: Asia's massive fake meds industry Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:03 AM PDT If you're traveling to Asia and have a health complaint, beware -- some countries in the region are hot spots for the manufacture and sale of bogus medication. Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are of particular concern -- peddlers of fake medication use older heroin and methamphetamine smuggling networks around the "Golden Triangle" to get their drugs across borders. "Be careful what you buy -- and where" is the message to consumers and travelers from experts who met at a forum on the subject in Bangkok recently, not far from street vendors peddling fake sex pills near one of the city's red-light areas. "An estimated 3,000 people die each day around the world from taking fake medications," reckons Scott Davis, a former U.S. customs official, now senior regional director (Asia-Pacific) in Pfizer's Global Security section. Viagra is Pfizer's most frequently counterfeited medicine, he adds. read more    |
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