http://jkhanok.com Australasia, South Pacific, Asia & the World Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:28:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Commenting on the first annual report to Parliament by the Committee on Climate Change, which calls for a step change in the pace of UK emissions reduction and tougher policies, Friends of the Earth 's Executive Director, Andy Atkins said: "The Committee is right to be concerned about ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/10/friends-of-the-earth-comment-on-committee-on-climate-change-report/ Millions of pounds of council taxpayers’ money is being spent on fighting legal battles to stop low paid women winning equal pay. Local authorities are spending up to £1.3m each on private barristers’ and solicitors’ fees and up to £1.2m on their own staff’s time attempting to resist the fight for ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/10/local-government-spending-millions-resisting-fair-wages-for-all/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Edward P. Flaherty, Esq., Schwab, Flaherty & Associés, Geneva, Switzerland Telephone Number: +4122 840 5000 Fax Number: +4122 840 5055; Email Address: Flaherty@sfalegal.com Web site address: www.iowatch.org ; www.unreform-now.org WMO Whistleblower Awarded Nearly $500,000 UN Weather Office Found to have Harassed, Defamed and Wrongfully Terminated Chief ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/10/unwmo-whistleblower-awarded-nearly-500000/ The Children’s Secretary, Ed Balls has today written to the Chairman of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee to invite him to hold a pre-appointment hearing with Maggie Atkinson, who he has nominated to be the next Children’s Commissioner when Sir Al Aynsley-Green comes to the end of his ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/10/preferred-candidate-for-post-of-children%e2%80%99s-commissioner-announced/ Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), recently set out the factors that will determine the success of plans to change the structure of regulation in Europe.  He was speaking at the City of London Corporation’s Annual Reception for the City Office in Brussels. The EU has agreed major ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/10/lord-turner-sets-out-european-regulation-changes-financial-services-authority/ By using taxes to subsidise the polluters, New Zealand is going backwards while the rest of the world goes forward, the Green Party said today. “This is a bureaucratic way to take money from taxpayers and give to the big polluters without much environmental benefit, Green Party Climate Change Spokesperson said ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/09/weak-ets-gives-taxes-to-polluters/ Contracts and new investment deals between UK and Chinese enterprises worth over US$500m were agreed during the visit to China this week by Lord Mandelson UK First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills. Many of these new business partnerships demonstrate UK capacity in low carbon ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/09/lord-mandelson%e2%80%99s-visit-to-china-results-in-500m-worth-of-trade-and-investment-deals/ NZDF Annual Report: More People Joining, More Choosing To Stay The New Zealand Defence Force has made real progress solving the people number worries that have dominated its performance in recent years, its latest Annual Report reveals. The report shows that as at 30 June 2009, NZDF’s Regular Force numbers were at ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/09/nz-defence-annual-report-more-people-joining-staying/ Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, was received by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for an hour-long meeting in Beijing today (CST). Premier Wen praised "the tremendous contribution made by Lord Mandelson in strengthening and deepening EU-China and UK-China relations over many years." The meeting was very friendly and warm and focused on a number ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/09/lord-mandelson-china%e2%80%99s-premier-advance-business-climate-agenda/ MMP gives all New Zealanders a say and is fair for everyone. Voters need the full picture of its effectiveness before deciding its future, said the Green Party today. “MMP has delivered representative democracy to New Zealand. It is a modern, fair system which is under attack from small, right wing ... http://jkhanok.com/2009/09/mmp-fair-for-everyone/