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MAY
19, 2000 VOL. 27 NO. 19 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK
SPECIAL REPORT
Investing Power
The fight to win some of the $1 trillion in postal
savings deposits maturing over the next two years is speeding a climatic
change in Japan's economic environment
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PLUS:
Women:
Will their love affair with investing blossom?
• Economy:
Consumers are still reluctant to spend
Travail:
A microcosm of Japan in one family's compelling tale
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THE NATIONS
PHILIPPINES:
Estrada's handling -- and mishandling -- of the Abu Sayyaf hostage
crisis
• Perspective:
The view from Malaysia
• Hostilities:
How Manila and the MILF slipped into war
SRI
LANKA: Tamil rebels advance on Jaffna Peninsula
Security:
Cross-strait tensions on the eve of Chen's inauguration
INDIA:
Man-made problems behind the drought
ARTS & SCIENCES
People:
Is Gong Li too glamorous for university?
Cinema:
A movie-time peek into North Korea
Auctions:
The controversy over sales of looted Chinese relics
Craft:
A sculptor gives a new twist to an ancient folk art
Health:
Don't underestimate the danger of hepatitis
Newsmakers:
Thaksin taxed by a cell phone solution
STATISTICS
The Bottom Line: Asiaweek's ranking of world economies, now
online
Monitor:
Rebounding Economies Bounce Prices Too
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TECHNOLOGY
Virus:
Catching the Love Bug in the Philippines
Cutting
Edge: Tokyo's robot waitress goes to work
BUSINESS
Power:
And phones too -- that's the new winning combination Asian utilities
are aiming to cash in on
Merger:
What the Shinsegi-SK Telecom marriage means for the cellular phone
industry in Korea
Investing:
What big interest-rate hikes will mean
Viewpoint:
Stock markets will take a big hit
Biz
Buzz: Chiang Mai Initiative: an AMF in disguise?
EDITORIALS
Kidnappings:
How Manila should tackle the southern crisis
Telecommunications:
On auctioning 3G phone licenses
LETTERS
School
Fight
NEWSMAP
This week's news round-up
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