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...since preliminary data indicate that, overall, Asians are staying home more these days--most dramatically in battered nations like South Korea, where it's considered unpatriotic to spend money outside the country. Last December, Korean airline companies, at the urging of the national tourism association, staged a demonstration at Seoul's Kimpo International Airport asking passengers not to fly abroad. Even in Singapore, where the number of inbound business visitors increased nearly 9% in 1997, business-oriented hotel-occupancy rates have dropped, and the city-state's premier Suntec convention center is experiencing 15% to 18% fewer visitors and exhibitors...
After Commencement, President Neil L. Rudenstine and his wife Angelica will return to East Asia to complete the second leg of their two-part exploration of the region, making stops in Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai...
Rudenstine will meet with local university officials, Harvard alumni and "friends of Harvard" in each city, said University spokesperson Alex Huppe. He will also meet with government officials in Tokyo and possibly Seoul...
After Tokyo, Rudenstine will fly to Seoul for a large alumni reception, a speech at Seoul National University and visits to cultural treasures in the region...
Kelly is on of the 10 editors to receive fellowships. Others include Fannie Flono of The Charlotte Observer; Rhef Beyoung-Gyu of The Hankook Ilbo in Seoul, Korea; Pippa Green of The Sunday Independent in Johannesburg, South Africa; Martin Holguin of El Imparcial in Hermosillo, Mexico; Malou Mangahas of The Manila Times; Ilka Piepgras of the Berliner Zeitung; Masaru Soma of The Sankei Shimbum in Sendai, Japan; Dan Stoica of Radio Romana in Bucharest, and Sun Yu of China Environment News in Beijing...