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Business Asia, April 14, 2000

* Hong Kong -- Hong Kong just gets busier and busier. Airlines are to offer 147 more scheduled passenger and cargo services to and from Hong Kong on a weekly basis in the summer season of 2000 (now until October 28), a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Department said. About 162 more scheduled passenger and cargo services will be offered per week, but 15 services will also be suspended, giving a net increase of 147. Most of the new services will operate between Hong Kong and cities in the Asia-Pacific region.

--Asia Pulse

* Chicago -- An author is about to release a new book devoted to exploring ways to stay flab-free on the road. `How to Stay Healthy & Fit on the Road', by Joanne Lichten, gives tips on healthy on-the-road eating. Lichten recommends that business travellers pack on-the-road food such as raisins, quick-cooking oatmeal, non-fat milk powder, dried fruit, granola-type bars, instant soups and small cans of tuna.

--Asia Pulse

* Kuala Lumpur -- A study is underway to assess the impact the ASEAN Free Trade Area will have on local traders and consumers following the removal of tariffs by member countries of the regional grouping after 2003.

--Asia Pulse