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Articles in April 19, 1999 issue of Asian Economic News

• Explosion rocks Jusco store in H.K
• APEC members to skip free trade agreement on 6 areas
• N. Korea holds road shows in Taiwan to lure tourists
• Korean stock prices up 2.22 points to 689.64
• Former Vietnamese boat people thrive in Philippines
• Indonesia passes bill to boost central bank freedom
• 114 people found hidden on freighter at Kanazawa port
• WTO may face another delay before picking new chief
• Japanese-Korean play opens in Seoul
• 1 in 3 the S. Korean middle class now less affluent
• China has yet to meet WTO requirements, says Barshefsky
• Int'l consortium gives up oil project in Caspian Sea
• S. Korea's external liabilities drop to 145 bil. dlrs
• Human-smuggling cases jump in Jan.-March period
• H.K. Hang Seng index surges more than 4 pc
• Crocodile Food Festival
• Estrada's daughter to wed scion of wealthy clan
• Visitors to S. Korea in 1st quarter exceed 1 mil
• Korean stock prices up 3.13 points to 725.14
• Goldman Sachs to invest 500 mil. dlrs in Korean bank
• Indonesian economy to pick up for FY 1999, IMF says
• Philippines posts 315 mil. dlr trade surplus in Feb
• Singapore stocks steeply higher on foreign buying
• Thai women paid 3.8 mil. yen for smuggling into Japan
• Kim Jong Il promotes 79 N. Korean senior officers
• Imelda Marcos allowed to claim family stocks in PLDT
• Taiwan's economy to grow by 4.97 pc this year
• Taiwan maneuvers may affect cross-Strait ties
• MSA arrests 76 illegal immigrants in Kanazawa
• China to cut output at its biggest oil field
• S. Korea approves plan for inter-Korean music festival
• Taiwan to open hospital for refugees in Macedonia
• PAL rehabilitation plan deadline extended again
• SingTel to enter strategic deal with KDD, Telstra