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We'd probably be concentrating on packaging and consumer products in the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Back at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, Elmore figured he'd serve out the rest of his enlistment in low-stress assignments to Hong Kong or Australia.

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In late June, Lai fired his opening salvo in a direct assault on the giants with a splashy opening for adMart, a home-delivery shopping service that might just be Hong Kong's most ambitious e-commerce effort to date (the "a-d" stands for Apple Daily).

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