TECHNOLOGY
Computing: Can Linux defeat Windows in Asia?

The Net: India tries to solve its telecom plumbing puzzle

Cutting Edge: Nintendo gets back in the game

ARTS & SCIENCE
People: The starlet and the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas

Cinema: Cameras turn on Chinese film's maverick Aussie

Music: Family ties that are a hit in Vietnam

Books: Life and political upheaval along the mighty Mekong

EDITORIALS
Heritage: Why Asia should save its architectural past

Guns: The Philippines needs to curb its loose firearms

Letters & Comment: The Best — and other opinions

NEWSMAP
This week's news round-up by country

STATISTICS
The Bottom Line: Asiaweek's ranking of world economies

THE NATIONS
Myanmar: The regime's real nightmare — Yangon's disgruntled "young-Turk" officers

Indonesia: Wahid, Megawati and the new cabinet

Philippines: How the big ransom money will change little Jolo

Malaysia: The pressure on PM Mahathir continues to grow

Hong Kong: A political scandal grips the public ahead of the Special Administrative Region's Legco election
• Pollgate: Did Chief Executive Tung interfere or not? Newsmakers: Lee Kuan Yew tells it how it is

Viewpoint: Political convergence is coming to ASEAN

BUSINESS
Hutchison: Li Ka-shing stays ahead of the telecom crowd

Investing: A window of opportunity for Asian bonds

Business Buzz: The value of planning ahead

LOOKING BACK
Assam, Febuarary, 1993: Slaughter in the North