Farewell to Edo

Farewell to Edo.
Before the end of Edo de Waart's final season with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the conductor steps up for one last hurrah with 11 famous artists through the month of April 2012.
More pictures of his poster in Hong Kong here.

© Kees Metselaar 2012

Dark Clouds Over Dutch Economy

Leaked figures on the Dutch economy, a week before the government presents its annual budget, show a state deficit twice the expected size.
Are dark clouds gathering above the Dutch economy as here some days ago above the headquarters of the Dutch Central Bank in Amsterdam.

© Kees Metselaar, September 2011

Orange Vacuum Cleaner

The Hong Kong Business of Design Week this year had the Netherlands as important partner. More than 100 important designers and companies contribute under the "Dutch Design - An Open Mind" banner.
Philips with an orange car vacuum cleaner.

© Kees Metselaar 11 Dec. 2008

Fortis Foil

Fortis is the largest European bank to be bailed out because of the credit market turmoil. The Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg governments bought nearly half of its banking subsidiaries.
The pictures were made last november during a Fortis sponsored "Holland Village" right in the centre of Hong Kong's financial district.

© Kees Metselaar 2007

From The Train 1

West Friesland, close to the city of Hoorn, from the Amsterdam-Enkhuizen train.

© Kees Metselaar, August 13, 2008.

Joma In Dutch Jail

Self-exiled communist leader Jose Maria "Joma" Sison will remain in prison in the Netherlands for two more weeks in connection with the murders in the Philippines of his former associates Kintanar and Tabara.
Sison founded the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1968.
He was arrested by former dictator Marcos and released in 1986 by the government of Cory Aquino. He fled to the Netherlands in 1987.
Top photo in Manila just after his release in 1986.
Lower photo in Utrecht, Netherlands, 2004.

© Kees Metselaar