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Volume 23   Number 25     June 27, 1997

Cover Story
Women  The best and brightest are staying single longer  and having
fewer children. Should society be alarmed?
Names  Japan?s brides want to keep their family surnamesEssay  Men may
not be as useless as they appear

Editorials
ASEAN  Expansion means facing up to urgent priorities
Fad  Cyberpets and man?s shifting relationship to machines 

The Nations
Cambodia  The battle between the co-premiers intensifies one month
before the country is to join ASEAN 
Philippines  A winning opposition party combination?
Taiwan  Garbage piles up in the streets of a renegade county 
Undisposed Waste stinks in more ways than one
Indonesia  Cheating at the polls and getting away with it 
Malaysia  Striking at corruption in wild Sabah state

Arts & Sciences
Architecture  The Portuguese rescue their heritage by breathing life
into Macau?s elegant but aging buildings 
Cinema  A quasi-independent Chinese epic wins over the cynics
Health  Sarawak on alert as children die from a mystery virus
Technology  Bringing radio to the earth?s ?information poor?
Books  A TV news veteran looks back at Tiananmen  
People  Siamese twins on stage in Singapore 
Frontlines  Tamil resistance stiffens in Sri Lanka
Newsmakers  Kesri takes over Congress 
PassageCurrents in the river of life

Business
Everbright  The China investment group that emerged from obscurity to
become everybody?s favorite red chip
Interview Everbright chairman Zhu Xiaohua 
Yen  Playing Japan?s currency on the bounce
Phoenix  A takeover battle at Thailand?s largest pulp concern
Investing  A regional expert finds bright spots in Asian bourses 
Stocks  Buying electronics in Taiwan
Market Highlights  Tin output rises and prices fall
Company Closeup  China Light & Power
World Stocks  The week in Asian markets
Currencies  Exchange rates of 34 denominations

Letters & Comment
ASEAN?s economic priority

Statistics
Bottom Line  How you are doing ? by the numbers
Vital Signs  You are what you import
Currencies  Exchange rates of 34 denominations

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