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Published: 23 June 2006

Did you know that 83% of bookings on ZUJI HK are made Monday through Friday and 76% are made between the work hours of 9am and 7pm?  Peak times for booking travel are right before lunch which shows Hong Kongers are hungry for travel! **  Phasing into the 5-day work week, what is better than treating yourself to a reviving weekend trip?  Fly with Cathay Pacific Airways to Cebu for a 3-day-2-night package to bathe under the sun for just HK$2,910.  Craving for delicious food?  Fly with China Airlines to Taipei for a 3-day-2-night package for just HK$1,390.  In addition to great travel packages, ZUJI also offers attractive flight deals to Southeast Asian cities – Fly with Singapore Airlines to Singapore for just HK$1,238!  What else are you waiting for?  Book now!

ZUJI deals perfect for the 5-day work week

Check out www.zuji.com.hk for more details

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Published: 23 June 2006

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Need for Speed™ Carbon is in development and will hit the streets this November. Developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia, Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of adrenaline-filled street racing and will challenge players to face the ultimate test of driving skill on treacherous canyon roads.

“We pride ourselves on our ability to reinvent the franchise and continually uncover new and exciting trends in car culture. Canyon Racing is a real test of a driver’s skill and we think it provides a fantastic game play opportunity to lean into,” said Larry LaPierre, the game's executive producer.

What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world’s most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals’ neighborhoods one block at a time. As the police turn up the heat, the battle ultimately shifts to Carbon Canyon, where territories and reputations can be lost on every perilous curve. Need for Speed Carbon delivers the next generation of customization giving you the power to design and tweak your crew’s cars in every way using the ground-breaking new Autosculpt™ technology. Represent your car class, your crew, and your turf in Need for Speed Carbon, the next revolution in racing games.

Need for Speed Carbon will be available for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Wii™ as well as the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance, PSP™ (PlayStation Portable) handheld entertainment system, PC and mobile. More information can be found at www.needforspeed.com.

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Published: 23 June 2006

Third Network Under MTV World Goes Live on June 27th On Air and Online at 8 pm ET/PT

Newest MTV Addition to Super-Serve Korean-Americans In The US

MTV World today announced the launch of its third network, MTV K, the first channel dedicated to young Korean-Americans set to premiere on air and online on June 27 at 8 pm ET/PT. Beginning today, MTV K asked fans worldwide to log on to mtvk.com and help determine the channel’s historic debut by voting for the channel’s kick-off video.

A 24-hour, music-centered channel featuring the hottest K-pop, hip hop and punk, MTV K will feature a mix of original programming, live events and some of the best programming from its international affiliates. Presented in English by bi-lingual, U.S. based VJs and other guest hosts, K will also showcase the vast influence of Korean culture beyond just the music: spotlighting Korean movies, drama and fashion.

MTV K will be available from DIRECTV in the KoreanDirect™ package, part of WorldDirect™ service and will also be available on Verizon FiOS TV in the near future.

“We are always trying to expand our content to better serve our incredibly diverse audience,” said Christina Norman, President of MTV. “MTV World has already seen great success with the addition of MTV Desi and MTV Chi, and with the Korean pop phenomenon spreading wildly across Asia, it was only a matter of time before we created a platform for this increasingly popular and influential culture within the U.S.”

“Korean pop culture is exploding worldwide and is the next big influence in music,” said Nusrat Durrani, General Manager and Senior Vice President, MTV World. “MTV K’s mission is to provide millions of Korean-Americans with a unique connection to an exciting and evolving new culture that draws from both Korean and American influences.”

MTV News correspondent SuChin Pak will kick off the inaugural and historic telecast, unveiling the first music video to be played on the channel, and new MTV K personality Eunju Yang will host the channel's first countdown show. MTV Chi’s launch attracted over 500,000 votes for the channel’s first video, Jin’s “Learn Chinese”, joining the ranks of The Buggles (MTV US in 1981) and the Dire Straits (MTV Europe in 1987).

The list of original programming includes a weekly countdown show, Top 10 Kountdown; On LoKation, introducing the newest hotspots, exciting events, clubs, and restaurants heavily populated by young Korean-American crowds, and  Hip Hop Seoul, which exposes K’s viewers to the best Korean hip hop music videos from old school rappers to new emerging artists. Hourly news program MTV News on K will be the first news service catering to young Korean-Americans with an on-the-hour update of the latest happenings in the Korean-American community at large.

MTV K will be the third channel launched by MTV World this year, each designed to super-serve ethnic populations in the United States. MTV Desi, serving audiences with roots in the Indian sub-continent launched July 12, 2005, and MTV Chi, serving bi-cultural Chinese-Americans, launched December 6, 2005.

DIRECTV’s KoreanDirect package, which is currently available to DIRECTV customers nationwide for $26.99 per month, was launched in April of this year, MTV K will be added to the package at no additional charge.

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Published: 22 June 2006

As part of its HK$140 million dollars (17.9 million US dollars) refurbishment program, Eaton Hotel Hong Kong is now proud to announce the opening of its brand new E Club, especially designed for the corporate traveler, looking for exclusivity.

E Club Facilities
"The new E Club offers the highest level of personalized service set in one of Kowloon's most unique, spacious, and stylish environments.  In addition to enjoying the E Club facilities, guests who reserve the E Club rooms will be pampered by personal service specialists to cater to your every need" explains Bob van den Oord, General Manager of Eaton Hotel Hong Kong.

The brand new E Club serves continental breakfast, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, all day coffee, tea & snacks, what's more, guest could exclusively use the club's boardroom, private check in/out, free wireless broadband internet access, free usage of the terminals at the lounge, private LCD TVs with wireless headsets and free laundry pressing service.

E Club Accommodation

You are guaranteed a good night’s sleep in the E Club rooms, with the recently introduced exceptionally sumptuous new bedding.  Bob van den Oord says, “This bedding is more luxurious than the bed linen of our competitors and has already received many positive comments from hotel guests.”  The Club rooms feature oversized luxury pillow shams, bolsters and luxury duvets, with quality 100% cotton with a 300-threadcount sateen weave, which makes it extremely soft and comfortable.

E Club - Special opening offer

To experience the new Club, from now until 31 August 2006, guests can enjoy the Eaton Hotel’s Summer Breeze Package. An excellent value deal (HK$1,050 nett for single, HK$1,300 nett for double, tax and service charge included) that also features double air mileage.  Accommodation is in our E Club Room with access to the new E Club, and its many privileges.  Other benefits include late check-out until 6pm, a one-way shuttle bus transfer between Hong Kong International Airport and the Hotel, free local calls, free intent usage at the E Club.  Room reservation is subject to availability and advance reservation is required.  For details, please contact our Reservation Agent on 852-2782 1818 or through [email protected].

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Published: 22 June 2006

MTV Networks Asia Pacific and Motorola’s Mobbed was named the “Best Mobile Phone Application” at the 2006 Asian MobileNews Awards. Mobbed is the first-ever highly interactive digitally focused integrated platform MTV and Motorola has embarked on and is dedicated to the mobile phone user community.

Available to mobile users in Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, Mobbed in its mobile form is a downloadable interactive Java application consisting of nine icons (see annexure on mobile components of Mobbed) which remains a consistent umbrella across the region. Mobbers (users) have the opportunity to experience localized content thus making Mobbed an optimum mix of a regional application synergized with local relevance. Mobbed, the mobile application, is also complemented with on-air, online and on-ground elements.

One of Mobbed’s key features MOTOALERT is an example of the strengthened partnership between MTV and Motorola. From its infancy stages in 2003 where it was known as MTV Alert to now MOTOALERT available on Mobbed, this platform is dedicated to providing Asian youths with the latest developments in the music world while enhancing their lifestyles through updates on style-trends, happenings in their countries and around the region, and build a sense of social consciousness within them.

Delegates to CommunicAsia 2006, the world class technology exhibition summit held in the Singapore Expo, can experience Mobbed at the Mobbed-zone located in the open exhibition area at the entrance of Hall 3.

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Published: 18 June 2006

Winning-Eleven 10 Competition @ The Hood

It's now the World Cup season and The Hood in Lan Kwai Fong is hosting a SPECIAL event for all World Cup Fans!!

Venue:The Hood, 1st Floor, 52 Wellington Street, Central (next to Pacific Coffee, across Tsui Wah)

Time & Date: June 25 (Sunday) from 6:00 pm - late

Price: HK$180 for men (inclusive of All-You-Can-Drink + Mini Buffet) from 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Ladies FREE all night long

The Hood will also be hosting a Winning-Eleven 10 Competition. The Winner will receive HK$800 cash + a bottle of Jim Beam (1 litre)!! Please kindly PM me if you are interested. Registration fee for Winning-Eleven 10 game will be at HK$50 per person

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Published: 13 June 2006

This summer HK Live! presents a sizzling line-up of some of Hong Kong’s edgiest punk and experimental rock bands. After the amazingly cool show that was the June HK Live! where electronica made the Fringe Club’s bricks vibrate with extreme volumes; July switches to raw punk energy.

Climax headline the July 8 gig as one of Hong Kong’s most notorious punk bands, who are fast making a name for themselves in the city’s mainstream music scene. The Climax sound combines pop, rock, rockabilly, big band, ska and traditional Chinese music in an all-encompassing, stunning live show. Fronted by the famed local comic artist Elphonso, their debut album “Rock My Planet” has just been released and is hitting the city’s radio waves.

22 Cats come in with support as a truly respected name in the Hong Kong underground music scene. The band’s experimental rock songs have climbed the CR2 music charts numerous times. This summer 22 Cats release their second album “She Will Eat You”.

Hard Candy opens the show as one of the city’s coolest all-girl bands. The trio plays experimental punk music influenced by early 90’s grunge and noise pop. Their name was inspired by heavy rock music and the sweetness of femininity, says singer and guitarist Yanyan Pang.

We are proud to announce that Dominic Lau from Channel [V] will be the guest MC in July. Channel [V] is the Official Music Channel for HK Live! They will be filming the shows, interviewing the bands and screening footage of the event across Asia on their International Channel.

HK Live!
Saturday, July 8th. Show Starts: 10pm, doors open at 9pm.

Fringe Gallery and Economist Gallery, The Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central. Tickets: $100 available in advance from The Fringe Club and $150 on the door.  For more information on HK Live, log onto www.hk-live.com or call 2850-5065. You can also tune in to Channel [V] International, available on Now Broadband TV Channel 555.

HK Live! is a series of band showcase nights organized by Hong Kong’s leading city living magazine, HK Magazine. The shows feature the best emerging and established bands of the Hong Kong music scene and a cast of music personalities from around the world.

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Published: 13 June 2006

A Luxurious Manor in the Heart of Tsim Sha Tsui

With abstract interiors, make-believe gatekeepers and the most high tech features of any hotel in the region, The Luxe Manor will open on Kimberley Road in autumn 2006 as Kowloon’s first designer boutique hotel.

The new luxury hotel features a “surreal” concept and design: a modern reinterpretation of a European mansion featuring mythical characters within its architecture and design elements which recall the works of the twentieth century surrealists.

Designed to appeal to a uniquely stylish segment of luxury leisure and business travellers, the 14 floor, 159 room property -- in the buzzing dining and entertainment district of Knutsford Terrace in Tsim Sha Tsui -- is to be ‘where the surreal slumber.’

The Luxe Manor is designed by Aedas Interiors’ renowned Hong Kong designer, David Buffery, whose other projects include FINDS Scandinavian restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong and the newly opened LOTUS on Pottinger Street.

Decorated with European antiques and modern pieces, The Luxe Manor will offer colourful, splendid European architecture with an oriental touch.

The hotel’s recently appointed General Manager, Allan Strahle stated, “The Luxe Manor will fill a niche for both business and leisure travellers that wish to be stimulated by their surroundings. It will offer all of the amenities and services required and desired – within a space that engages the imagination.”

The boutique hotel’s unique design is quirky and fun, yet comfortably stylish. Playing with illusion – where reality meets fiction and tradition meets modernity - the standard room design emulates and interprets the grandness of an antique bedroom filled with family heirlooms. Meanwhile, the television is placed within a framed mirror with the equipment stowed in a faux fireplace. 

Of the 159 rooms, six theme suites, reigning in individuality, take the overall design scheme even further: one features a nest-like circular bed; another, a Bedouin tent; and a third is super-glamorous with mirrored wallpaper. These suites are certain to become the most innovative themed guest rooms in Hong Kong.

The Luxe Manor will also offer two exciting new restaurants run by some of Hong Kong’s leading restaurant operators. And, a master of Italian haute cuisine, recently flown in from Europe, is poised to offer a glimpse of the culinary delights of Italy.

The Luxe Manor will also provide a business centre with full secretarial services, Library & Gallery, Mini-gym and Meeting and Breakout rooms.

Advanced technology is another facet of the hotel’s many features.  Designed by IT Guru, Terence Ronson of Pertlink, in-room technology includes NXTV’s Interactive Infotainment System viewable through an LCD Flat Panel TV; High Definition video-on-demand; wireless VoIP telephony; and wireless broadband internet access throughout the hotel.

Additional in-room features include luxurious bath products, a digital in-room safe, mini bar, designer tea and coffee set, sleek contemporary bathrooms with rain showers and a secure key card system for the lifts and guest rooms.

The Luxe Manor is owned and operated by GR8 Leisure Concept, a Hong Kong hospitality group, and is set to open in autumn 2006.

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