ad info




Asiaweek
 home
 intelligence
 web features
 magazine archive
 technology
 newsmap
 customer service
 subscribe
 TIMEASIA.COM
 CNN.COM
  east asia
  southeast asia
  south asia
  central asia
  australasia
 BUSINESS
 SPORTS
 SHOWBIZ
 ASIA WEATHER
 ASIA TRAVEL


Web-only Exclusives
November 30, 2000

From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War
A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix

From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead
Bad news for the Philippines - and some others

From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies
Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights?

AsiaweekTIMEAsiaNow
SEARCH   GO

MARCH 24, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 11

cover C O V E R  S T O R Y
Creative Destruction City
The choice is tough: should Singapore jettison its safe old ways in order to prosper in the age of globalization?

[full story]

also:
Report Card
What Singapore is doing right

The Press
How free - and on what topics?


Society
The highs and the lows of being Singaporean


  TECHNOLOGY
tech index Asiaweek/CNN Internet Index
Tracking Asia's online advance through the performance of 20 Asian stocks

The Net
South Korea's online stock-trading mania

Cutting Edge: IBM enters a new eon
more Technology
  STATISTICS
The Bottom Line: Asiaweek's ranking of world economies, now online
•  Monitor: Exports Help. But Not As Much As You'd Think
  LETTERS & COMMENT
EDITORIALS
•  U.S. President Bill Clinton can help defuse tensions between India and Pakistan - but not much
•  Manila must clean up its stock-market mess

LETTERS
Debate Over 'Maverick Politician


CONTACT ASIAWEEK
•  Contact Asiaweek
•  We welcome your comments

T H E  N A T I O N S
China
What the NPC yielded
Security: Why Beijing is getting deeper into blue water

Malaysia
Behind the attacks on Astro

India/Pakistan
Clinton is going to South Asia. Is that a good idea?
Interview: Cohen says the U.S. will not mediate Kashmir

Thailand
The central bank's burden: prevent another Crisis

Indonesia
How Wahid became his country's strongest power
Military: Call it "de-Wiranto-ization"
Prejudice: Why Malaysia's media are tough on Gus Dur

Viewpoint
False fears about globalization

N E W S M A P
This week's news round-up by country

B U S I N E S S
IPO Watch
Sunevision will begin life at a premium stock price

Business Buzz
All is not well in Dotcomland

A R T S & S C I E N C E S
Education
A child's murder rouses a debate about parenting
Burdened: Japanese moms on the frontlines
• Movie: Beating the exam odds in reel life
• Dream School: Innovations in Okinawa

Design
Activists' fashion statement in the Philippines

Newsmakers
Courtside scorecard for Malaysia

M O N E Y & I N V E S T I N G
Investing
The power of brokers on the Manila bourse


AsiaNow
 Search

Back to the top   © 2000 Asiaweek. All Rights Reserved.
Terms under which this service is provided to you.
Read our privacy guidelines.