Quinn believes anything could happen in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea.
At least 500, 000 Japanese small businesses, and many more overseas (Shigeta already has entered China, Hong Kong and Korea), are potential clients, says Merrill Lynch Japan Vice President Mahendra Negi.
WTO's 132 members, all but three (Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea) are members of some regional trade club.
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Most of those enrolled are from outside the U.S., and 44, 000 are from East Asia, which includes China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, Dr. Faust said in an interview.
In this regard, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea have done better than the best in Europe.
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Defense Secretary William Cohen is scheduled to begin a weeklong trip to Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.
The reaction in Asia was likely to be muted given that markets in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea were closed for holidays.
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Markets in Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea also dropped sharply.
The Chinese city of Shanghai, which last year overtook Kaohsiung as the world's fourth-largest port (after Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea's Pusan), saw traffic rise by an almost-as-impressive 35.6%.
"As part of our strategy for the Asia-Pacific region, we have set up a chain of IPC centers in Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea and China, " says sales and marketing director Bernard Ngiam, Patrick's brother.
The performance of Massachusetts was much more successful than the US average - and was at a level that would put it among top performing science and maths countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan.
As in 2003, the best results have been achieved by Pacific rim countries, such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and South Korea.
Countries that have disclosed orders for Tamiflu include Britain, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.
Over the past decade or so, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong have all grappled with credit-card meltdowns that destabilized their economies.
Delpopolo won his opening bouts against fighters from Hong Kong and Belgium before defeats to South Korea and Mongolia put him out of medal contention.
By 1995 Qualcomm's CDMA standard had emerged as the major rival to GSM, as carriers in Korea and Hong Kong built their networks around it.
The Motherwell youngster missed the scheduled flight back after a night on the town to celebrate the end of the tour of South Korea and Hong Kong.
Most controversially, they suggest "poor productivity" is due in part to attitudes to work in the UK - which they compare unfavourably with countries such as Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong.
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