Jackie Chan causes stir at press conference

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Hollywood movie star, Mr. Jackie Chan whose real name is Chan Kong-sang, on Tuesday addressed journalists as a Standing Committee Member of the 12^th China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, on “Consolidating confidence in Chinese culture and telling stories of China and its people.”
By Edmund Smith-Asante, BEIJING

Jackie Chan (2nd right) with the other panel members. PICTURE BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE

Celebrated Chinese born American film star, Jackie Chan, last Tuesday caused a stir at a press conference called by the China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to address issues about Chinese culture development.

Ms Malaika 2006 launches book series for children

By Edmund Smith-Asante

Ms Montia holding a copy of book at the launch. On her left is Dr Lawrence Tetteh, an evengelist.

Winner of the 2006 Ms Malaika beauty pageant, Ms Hamamat Montia, has launched a new project, the Zuzu and Sasa book series, to improve literacy and self-confidence among children aged under seven years.

877 steps up the Kwahu Mountain. A personal Air Jays adventure

By Edmund Smith-Asante

The long flight of steps up the mountain

I had to be nuts to attempt climbing a 15km long flight of over 877 wooden stairs to the apex of the Kwahu mountain at Obo, but I couldn’t be damned – I was at my daring best.

The imposing Kwahu mountain range, boisterous Nkawkaw

By Edmund Smith-Asante

 

The Nkawkaw township surrounded by the Kwahu Mountain Range

But for the rugged mountains that jut out of low-lying Nkawkaw, the capital of the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly, there would be no Kwahu. It is the mountains that define the famed Kwahu area made up of several communities.

Paragliding festival gets first Ghanaian pilot

By Edmund Smith-Asante

Jonathan Agyen Quaye

The prayer of Kwahu chiefs for Ghana to have its own paragliding pilots to sustain the 11-year-old paragliding festival atop the Odweanoma Mountain at Kwahu-Atibie seems to have been answered earlier than expected.

Revelling on the mountain: The good, bad and weird at Kwahu Easter

By George Folley & Edmund Smith-Asante

It was all booze, extremely loud music, the smoking of hookah and lots of food, including roast chicken and kebabs at the Kwahu Easter celebrations on the Kwahu Ridge, as revellers took it by storm from last Thursday to Sunday.
 

Paragliding sends Kwahu Easter international

By George Folley & Edmund Smith-Asante

 

A paraglider airborne

Started 11 years ago, the paragliding event has become an integral part of the Kwahu Easter festivities, and has thus turned the Easter meet on the Kwahu Ridge into an international gathering.