A 40-year-old biker died after being thrown off his motorcycle in a crash on Friday afternoon on Garden Road in Central. The driver surnamed Siu was traveling downhill along Garden Road and was making a left turn into Upper Albert Road around 1.30pm when he suspectedly lost control and crashed into the fence railing. The collision threw Siu off the bike, and he landed on the staircase on the sidewalk. The trunk and its contents were scattered across the stairs as well. Medics soon arrived to provide first-aid and rushed Siu to Ruttonjee Hospital but in vain.

ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) Director Li Kouqing recently paid a courtesy visit to Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa at the ADB headquarters in Manila, Philippines on July 6, 2022. During the visit, Li emphasized AMRO's recognition of ADB as a key partner institution. Director Li and the AMRO delegation also met with various ADB departments to exchange information and discuss areas of future collaboration on areas of common interest to better support member economies. Since its inception in 2011, AMRO has sustained a strong partnership with ADB, including activities such as the annual Asian Regional Roundtable. The MoU also aims to promote economic growth, financial stability and regional cooperation through collaboration in areas of economic surveillance and research, and capacity building.

LOS ANGELES: James Caan, the US actor best known for playing Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," has died aged 82, his manager said Thursday (Friday in Manila). Caan, who also had roles in "Misery," "Thief" and "Rollerball," received an Oscar nomination for his tragic portrayal of a mafia family's eldest son in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather." "It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6," his family said in a tweet posted to Caan's account. Caan's manager confirmed the news to Agence France-Presse.

AP PHOTOTAIPEI: Beijing has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces, including gyms, museums and libraries, with exceptions only available to those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons. The list of public places requiring vaccination does not include restaurants and offices. "In the normalization of Covid-19 pandemic controls, getting vaccinated is still the most effective measure at controlling the spread of Covid-19," Li said in an announcement on Wednesday. In Beijing and other cities across China, many government facilities already require people to show proof of vaccination before entry. Additional requirements are already in effect for medical workers, delivery workers and public transportation employees, who are all required to be fully vaccinated.

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has asked Russia to provide fuel and resume tourist flights to help the country weather its unprecedented economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Wednesday. Sri Lanka had bought around 90,000 tonnes of Siberian crude in May through an intermediary in Dubai, but ran out of dollars to purchase more. Russia and Ukraine were among the top sources of tourists for Sri Lanka before February’s conflict began. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic downturn since it gained independence from Britain in 1948. European nations, Australia and the United States have asked their citizens to avoid travelling to Sri Lanka because of the deepening crisis.

A man was injured by a three-inch-long needle sticking out of a minibus seat. At about 2pm on Monday, the middle-aged man boarded a 63B minibus towards Granville Garden near Tai Wai MTR station. He sat on the second seat on the left, where a three-inch-long iron needle was planted, pricking him in the back and result in bleeding. The man immediately informed the driver to call the police. He was then sent to the hospital.

Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left the crew of 30 missing, Chinese authorities said Monday. The announcement came days after a mainland engineering vessel Fujing 001 broke into two pieces about 300 km southwest of Hong Kong on Saturday during a typhoon. A pilot said South China Sea rescue ships have been deployed, as Hong Kong first sent the fixed-wing aircraft to identify the rescue location, then communicated and coordinated with the mainland authorities. Currently, seven planes, 246 boats and 498 fishing vessels have been dispatched to search for the remaining missing persons, the Monday statement said. Typhoon Chaba formed in the central part of the South China Sea and on Saturday afternoon made landfall in Guangdong province.

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This article is focused on better understanding how to adapt and recalibrate our mindset and actions. Fortunately, this provides our country an opportunity to better improve our ratings and performance at the starting block. Now the whole world is transforming and adapting to the new world normal. The purpose of this is to achieve our own transformation rather quickly in the design field, supply logistics, better materials and better construction methodology, among others. Construction methodology has also evolved to address the quality, speed, safety, productivity and reduce cost.

Data from over 1,000 clients revealed an upward trend, which meant an increasing number of Filipinos had resigned from their companies. At the national level, the labor turnover survey from the Philippine Statistics Authority also showed an upward trend from 2018-2021. Early this year, I was watching the local primetime news and learned that many health care workers in the country were already experiencing burnout. Here in the Philippines, despite the Mental Health Law, there are still barriers to accessing mental health care such as the lack of mental health care providers and facilities. Employees in private organizations who enjoy health benefits still have difficulty availing of mental health services since some HMOs still do not cover it.

As long as we're here alive at may kanya-kanyang opinion, I respect everyone's opinion (History is like gossip. Sources of disinformation should be exposed and strenuously refuted, and being a "victim of disinformation" is a most facetious defense. Native language education — not just Tagalog, which is what every initiative to implement "mother tongue" in schooling ends up defaulting to — is important. Unfortunately for the Philippines, it is home to 100-plus languages that are spoken or understood nowhere else on the planet. The world's lingua franca (which is kind of an ironic term, come to think of it) happens to be English.

A lawmaker slammed the government for indulging foreign domestic helpers to set up an outdoor "cooked food center" at Victoria Park. Lawmaker Doreen Kong Yuk-foon noticed that some helpers operated food stalls on the pavement near Victoria Park, cooking on the roadside with ingredients placed without a cover and garbage piled up nearby. She criticized the operation for creating environmental health problems, and could also lead to a fire. According to Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, no person shall hawk on the street without a Fixed-Pitch Hawker Licence, while Hawker Regulation indicated that no person shall, for hawking, cook or heat any food without a license authorizing him to deal in cooked food Hawker Regulation. Violation of these regulations is liable to a fine of up to HK$10,000 and imprisonment for up to six months.

EJ Obiena AFP FILE PHOTOFILIPINO Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John "EJ" Obiena retained the gold medal in the Jump and Fly meet in Weserstadion, Hechingen in Germany on Sunday (Philippine time). Duplantis just set a new world record of 6.16m in the Bauhaus-Galan in Stockholm, where Obiena cleared 5.73m only. Huang Bokai of China finished second by hurdling 5.50m while Vincent Hobbie of Germany placed third with 5.10m. Prior to winning the gold in this Jump and Fly event, Obiena ruled the Taby Stavhoppsgala in Taby, Sweden last June 29. Next up for Obiena is the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States slated from July 15 to 24.

With two outs in the first, Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carson homered off Kyle Gibson. It was 6-all when Arenado led off the ninth by clearing the wall in left field off Seranthony Domínguez (4-2) for his 17th home run. Yairo Muñoz hit a two-run double, Matt Vierling had a pair of RBIs and Odúbel Herrera had three hits for the Phillies. After Gibson got the first two outs, Paul Goldschmidt singled before Arenado's two-run shot to left field on a slider started the long ball onslaught. Yepez fouled off a 1-2 pitch before clearing the fence in left field to mark the first time since Sept. 19, 2002, that the Cardinals hit three homers in a row.

The Observatory cancelled all Tropical Cyclone Warning signals at 7.40 pm on Sunday. The weather watchdog said that Tropical Depression Chaba has weakened into an area of low pressure. Under the influence of the southwest monsoon, strong winds are expected to still affect offshore and high ground in Hong Kong Sunday night. There are still swells. Members of the public are advised to stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports.