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Articles in March 6, 2000 issue of Asian Economic News

• No leap-year computer snags reported in Malaysia
• Japanese charged with negligence in housing collapse
• Hun Sen deplores big gap between rich and poor in Cambodia
• KDD to take 15% stake in Hong Kong telecom firm
• Thailand sole supporter of Japan's Sakakibara in IMF ballot
• Bangladesh faces countrywide strike Monday
• Philippine volcano erupts anew
• Anti-piracy alarm for vessel unveiled in Tokyo
• S. Korea's Hana Bank plans to raise $1 bil
• China arrests more than 85,000 drug-users in 1999: report
• China's GDP up 7.1% in 1999, currency set to remain stable
• EU, U.S. automakers condemn S. Korean 'frugality' campaign
• Japanese prosecutor to join Asian Development Bank
• FEATURE: Viagra still mistaken for aphrodisiac in Indonesia
• S. Korea's Feb. foreign reserves total $79.73 bil
• Petronas signs deal to buy into Proton for $264 mil
• Malaysia's Jan. trade surplus rises 4.5% to 4.5 bil. ringgit
• China's population rises to 1.26 bil. in 1999
• Thai central bank revises 2000 GDP forecast upward to 4.5%
• 4 traders to launch online chemicals mart in Asia
• Hong Kong share prices fall 1.9% on PCCW's merger offer
• Flights from Indonesia to E. Timor resumed
• News Corp., SingTel enter strategic partnership
• Japan, U.S. to jointly help Cambodia deal with AIDS
• Jiang Zemin fires land resources minister
• Korea stock prices surge 8% toward 900
• Philippine plane crash-lands in sea
• ADB to lend $295 mil. to Nepal for next 3 years
• CORRECTED: Sakakibara urged to remain in IMF race as 'Asian…'
• Cambodian motorcyclists protest against fees, corruption
• 10 taxi drivers arrested over antitax rally in China
• Key S. Korean stocks index drops
• EU to impose antidumping duties on malleable cast iron tubes
• Malaysia urges Japan to open markets to more ASEAN goods
• 2ND LD: Recovery, integration to lure Japanese investors
• 60% of House Democrats found against permanent MFN for China
• Massive project planned for China's Yellow River
• Malaysia supports internationalization of yen
• 2ND LD: Pacific Century CyberWorks beats SingTel in HKT bid
• Indian defense budget worries Pakistan
• PAL protests over Taiwan move to cut more flights
• Miyazawa Initiative wraps up, providing $21 bil
• Singapore set to retain busiest port status
• PCCW open to future cooperation with News Corp
• Advisory - Correction
• Ajinomoto opens amino acid plant in Shanghai
• Rafidah tells Japanese businesspeople to take vacation in ASEAN
• Key Korean stock index up slightly
• Philippines' Jan. exports up 4.8% on year
• Japan offers 867 mil. yen grants to China
• Korean stock prices rise marginally
• Annan to send U.N. team to Cambodia for Khmer Rouge tribunal
• News Corp., SingTel to go ahead with alliance
• Senators send bill to ensure China's WTO compliance
• CORRECTED: Japan to apply trade insurance to Iranian projects
• Sakibara urged to remain in IMF race as 'Asian alternative'