A S I A
THE PHILIPPINES: Tangled Web
Just as one group of Muslim guerrillas begins to release its Western hostages, another seizes a hapless American

CAMBODIA: The Lost World
The Cardamom Mountains, formerly cut off by war, are proving to be a fertile--and threatened--ecological zone

TELECOMS: Dangerous Game
A clash between the state-run phone company and its foreign partners threatens to worsen Indonesia's investment climate

T H E   A R T S
CINEMA: Passionate Tributes
Several new books show off the fanaticism generated by Hong Kong's irrepressible movie business

E N D   P A G E S
TO OUR READERS

SPOTLIGHT

MILESTONES

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Hotel Rooms That Let You Get the Job Done