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...delivery vehicle is a new Mandarin-language TV channel called Xing Kong Wei Shi (Starry Sky). Rolled out last year by News Corp.'s Asian subsidiary, Hong Kong-based Star Group Ltd., the new channel has already produced 700 hours of programming based on Western concepts. There's a real-life police show reenacting grisly mainland murders (Wanted! In China), China's first televised male beauty contest (Women in Control), a talk show with a wisecracking host ? la David Letterman (Late Night Talk), and soon there will be Sang Lan, the gymnast who won hearts after a paralyzing fall...
...Singaporeans still have less sex than almost anyone else in the world. The birth rate is languishing at 1.4 children per woman, well below the 2.1 required for a population to replace itself. That's where the Love Boat comes in. The brainchild of self-styled sex guru Dr. Wei Siang Yu, the "Love Boat" package offers couples a boat cruise and one night at an Indonesian holiday resort, along with a fertility education program and a sex counselor. "We are relieving the stress," says Dr. Wei. While bosses in high-pressured Singapore might encourage performance anxiety in the office...
...From Eliot House: Elvira Castillo ’03, Robert J. Fenster ’03, Wei Ho ’03, Christopher R. Laumann ’03, Robin S. Lee ’03, Tara A. McAllister ’03 and Mandam D. Muzumdar...
Wang made it past Cornell’s Akane Kokubo 6-3, 6-3 in the second round, but fell to Amy Wei of William and Mary, seeded No. 17, in the next match, 6-2, 6-2. Wang is still in the running in the doubles event, with freshman No. 17 singles seed Melissa Anderson. The pair has advanced to the quarterfinal, though Anderson dropped from singles competition...
...third run-in with the triads, were probably a response to a hard-hitting expos? of the Heavenly Way gang that ran in August; the magazine is still dodging official flak from a story it broke last spring about an illegal government slush fund. Complains chief editor Pei Wei: "The police and prosecutors have worked as the authorities' hitmen, trying to keep the media from reporting government corruption." Lai, who got his start in Hong Kong, remains optimistic about his Taiwan ventures. "Press freedom is there," he says, "but don't expect everything to go smoothly, because old habits...