Word: hong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...video store seems to open every month in a New York neighborhood," says Ainslie. "Some of them even deliver." New York Correspondent Barry Kalb, an avowed movie freak, bought his VCR to catch up on all the films he missed during nine years as a foreign correspondent. "In Hong Kong, where we lived from 1975 through 1978," he says, "no movie that didn't feature large amounts of action and violence played in local theaters for long, if at all. Since we bought a VCR in Rome last year, I have made a good start on catching...
...voyage of the Universestates in Seattle, once in the fall and once in the spring. From there, the ship visits Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, India, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Spain. This year, however, it avoided India because of the political troubles there, said Helen M. Delahanty, mother of Jean L. Delahanty '85, who is now on the boat...
Runcie sympathized with those who felt "moral scandal" over the exclusion of women. He admired those of the 619 current female priests he had met in the Anglican branches that have ordained them. (The U.S. has 474; Canada, 97; New Zealand, 40; Hong Kong, 4; Uganda, 3; and Kenya, 1.) But, Runcie continued, Scripture and church tradition are "highly dis couraging to the idea." Saying that he has "consistently driven down the middle of the road," he soothingly advocated "gradualism," with more experience of women as ordained deacons or lay ministers before any change is made...
Surging exports of such consumer products as clothing, toys and watches have helped Hong Kong hit an 8.5% growth rate this year. Chen expects that pace to dip slightly to 6.5% in 1985, largely because of a slowdown in shipments to the U.S. Investment in new industrial plants and machinery is up 17% this year, but that has been offset by a continuing slump in commercial and residential construction. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, construction firms went on a speculative spree, and many of the luxury apartment and office buildings they put up are still not fully occupied...
...Asian nations can partially insulate themselves from Western protectionism if they expand trade with one another. Several countries are excited about China's new eagerness to boost imports and forge economic alliances. Hong Kong's exports to China have risen 81% this year. "For the first time," said Chen, "China has become a very significant market for Hong Kong's products...