Articles from Asian Economic News (May 21, 2001)

Title	Author	Type	Words
12 drown as truck carrying wedding party plunges into river.			111
6 die in helicopter crash in Philippines.			113
76 fishermen returned to Cambodia after detention in Indonesia.			93
8 students die in S. Korea fire.			100
ASEAN discusses regional security cooperation.			212
Beijing 'excellent' bid for 2008 Olympics, Osaka in trouble.			270
China busts gang racket targeting transport.			467
China pledges $620 million in aid to Pakistan: official.			313
EU to take row with S. Korea over shipbuilding to WTO.			178
H.K. banks cut interest rates by 0.5 percentage point.			235
H.K. customs arrests schoolboy for Internet pop song piracy.			235
H.K. jobless rate stays at 4.6% in Feb.-April period.			158
H.K. to destroy 1.2 mil. birds to curb spread of flu.			497
India to lower import duties on Malaysian palm oil.			388
Indonesia to implement controversial price hikes.			532
Int'l demand high for forged Dominican Rep. passports.			550
Life expectancy shortens in N. Korea with floods, droughts.			264
Millionaires' assets diminishing in Asia: survey.			237
More chickens die in H.K. as virus source remains mystery.			292
S. Korea tops Japan A to win handball tourney.			114
SIA group reaps profit amid economic turbulence.			271
Singapore economic growth slows to 4.5% in 1st qtr.			316
Taiwan cuts key interest rates to spur ailing economy.			289
Thai gov't body sees 2001 GDP under 3.5%.			317
Thailand's rice exports up 2.6% in Jan.-April of 2001.			101
Top Indonesian businessman questioned in corruption case.			218
Trials open for Papua independence leaders.			384
Tung lauds Japanese investment in H.K., Pearl River Delta.			335
World crude steel demand forecast to grow 1.7%, Asia's 4%.			233