SAMARAHAN (Nov 1): Saboni Kadir became the new Men’s Open champion of the 2nd SCC Captain’s Challenge Trophy after he recorded 41 Stableford points at Samarahan Country Club on Sunday.
He pipped Sulaiman Ibrahim to the title on count back (OCB) after both registered a similar score.
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agriculture products. dr. elvina wong is here, a visiting professor at georgetown university and a former state department official in the department of east asian-pacific affairs. good to have you here, dr. wong. my pleasure. arthel: thank you. i d like to start, what is your biggest concern regarding these new developments? well, i think it s obvious that this will have a ripple effect. clearly, we live in a global economy, and this is not just going to affect china, but, of course, it will affect, obviously, american consumers, american companies. and, of course, many countries and global companies around the world. and this will have a long-term impact. and we cannot, of course, measure now what the effects will be are, and we simply don t know what those effects will be. and the impact will, of course, be very large. arthel: well, okay, so let s take it step by step. you said a lot of things there. if i want to start here. if this is a negotiating tactic,
as has the other side. they ve been preparing for a long time, also, so this isn t a question of preparation. it is a question of whether or not people want it to happen and we ll know that very quickly. not a question of preparation. joel reuben, former deputy assistant secretary of state, president of the washington strategy group joins me now. so does velvina wong, former senior advisor at the state department. joe, we just heard from the president there last hour. what must the dozens, if not hundreds of diplomats who are working on the summit think when they hear their leader say that he doesn t really need to prepare very much? well, craig, i don t think they d be surprised at all by that attitude and that is certainly not the attitude that we want heading into a major summit between the president of the united states and the leader of north korea. there are serious issues at play right now. nuclear weapons are not to be