Page 6 - Sphere No.18 (Feb 2007)

4 SPHERE
MOBILE ROUND-UP
3 Australia is taking part in
MobileMuster, a programme
to recycle old mobile phones
and accessories. In Australia
alone there are an estimated
12 million non-functioning mobile phones but thanks to
the initiative of the 3 team, more than 400 kilogrammes
of phones and accessories have already been recycled.
A U S T R A L I A
T
Scent-sational Beckham
Superdrug is the first UK retailer
to stock David Beckham’s much anticipated Intimately
Beckham fragrance. When the new
product went on sale, demand was so
great that crowds of shoppers stormed
Superdrug’s Oxford Street branch in
London to get their first whiff of the
new scent.
U N I T E D K I N G D O M
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Fast Food
A speed-eating contest organised
by Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa attracted
huge crowds. The four-time female world-eat-
ing champion, Sonya “Black Widow” Thomas,
won the title by gulping down 17 extra-large
lotus seed buns in just 12 minutes. In the semi-
final, she devoured 176 Chinese dumplings!
H O N G K O N G
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ANOTHER MILESTONE
Hongkong International
Terminals (HIT) has celebrated another
milestone in its 37-year history by
handling its 100 millionth TEU. Guest
of honour Stephen Ip, Secretary for the
Economic Development and
Labour Bureau, said, “HIT has
played an important role in
the development of our port
and is, indeed, a Hong Kong
success story.”
H O N G K O N G
YEAH!
HWL walked away with two prizes
at the Asian Legal Business Awards.
Hutchison Port Holdings won the
in-house shipping team of the year
and Edith Shih was named in-house
counsel of the year.
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