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...height of the panic, Hong Kong's airport was handling just 20% of its normal passenger flow, and hotel occupancy rates were even lower than that. Those numbers have been soaring recently, thanks to a surge in visitors from mainland China, taking advantage of relaxed visa rules. To lure more big-spending long-haul travelers, the tourist association has launched a worldwide advertising blitz starring Jackie Chan. (The punch line: "Hong Kong: Live it. Love it!") And now the government is underwriting an ambitious fall concert schedule featuring pop acts Craig David, Westlife and Santana, and tenor Jos? Carreras...
...thanks to his wife, who uses ExxonMobil's RFID-based Speedpass fob to pay for gasoline at the pump. At least 6 million people have used Speedpass since its 1997 introduction. But the technology spread far beyond the pump this year after all three major card companies--Amex, Visa and MasterCard--endorsed interoperability standards for RFID payments. Besides the Amex pilot, there have been trials by MasterCard (for its PayPass card in Orlando, Fla.) and Visa (which plans to use RFID-ready phones in Asia). Someday you will stroll down grocery aisles with a PC tablet that uses RFID technology...
...visa application process—always an undertaking—has become much more difficult since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, when the U.S. government began implementing a new wave of national security legislation...
...this time last year, about a dozen students were detained in their home countries as a result of a massive visa-processing backlog...
Earlier this summer the government issued a regulation requiring all visa applicants to sign up for an interview, an additional step in the application process visa officers had previously required only of students and a cross-section of other applicants...