Word: hong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...every reporter's dream to be on the spot for a major news story. TIME's Hong Kong Bureau Chief Sandra Burton has experienced the attendant rush of adrenaline more than once during the three years she has spent covering the Philippines. Perhaps her most unforgettable -- and terrifying -- moment came at Manila International Airport on Aug. 21, 1983. After flying with Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino on China Airlines Flight 811 from Taipei, Burton watched as Aquino was escorted from the plane by Filipino soldiers. Moments later, while her tape recorder whirred, she heard gunfire as he was cut down...
...economic boost might be even greater. In Japan, he said, 150,000 jobs have been created in the Tokyo area as a result of the opening of the Disneyland there in 1983. The Japanese park has become a major tourist attraction for visitors from Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and the French one could bring even more tourists from all over the world to France. Said Eisner: "The park will be at the crossroads of Europe." Travel agents are already talking about package tours including, say, three days at Disneyland and four days in Paris...
...Funny," hot chocolate, and a reader appeared at Matthew Hong '86's South House room one night. Eleanor D. Clark '89 woke up one morning to find a baguette, pear and brie on her desk...
Perhaps the only thing that grew faster than the $150 billion trade deficit this fall was protectionist sentiment on Capitol Hill. Last week the House of Representatives vented its anger and approved a Senate-passed bill that would reduce imports of textiles from Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan by up to 30%. Imports of shoes would also be allowed only 60% of the U.S. market, and the President would be directed to negotiate voluntary restraints with foreign copper producers. The bill, however, is expected to be vetoed this week by President Reagan. While the bill passed easily, neither house...
...Well, the signs are there. The investments by Filipinos are slowly being returned to the home country. We have invited foreigners to come in and stay under certain conditions. And now we are getting offers from countries even in Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan. The investors want to talk to me. And they are not talking small money. The prognostication about the collapse of our economy was made two or three years ago; it has not come about. Perhaps it was just good luck. But we feel that it has been because of the resilience of the spirit...