Joab says that Neighbours should be commended for its representation of Asian people.

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Mr Fazal also points to a "growing appetite and hunger for the game" among Asian people, who he says are far more involved in the sport than they used to be.

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On the corner of Bleecker and Bowery is Double Crown, a magnet for beautiful people, serving elegant Pan-Asian food in an industrial-chic space.

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Women and people of Asian decent, for instance, generally have lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase, an enzyme that breaks down alcohol.

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For example, they said, some 40 percent of people of East Asian origin have a genetic trait that impairs ethanol metabolism and limits response to nitroglycerin treatment.

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The southeast Asian city-state of five million people is perhaps best known for banning the sale of chewing gum or caning vandals, including American Michael Fay in 1994 for spray-painting cars.

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The elderly and people of Asian descent are more likely to be at normal weight when diagnosed, for example.

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Her unlikely rise at a time when virtually no women, Asian Americans or persons of color were in corporate hierarchy made people want to know her recipe for success.

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Asian Pay Television, for example, plans to pay a yield of 8.4% in 2014, people with knowledge of the deal said.

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