Sixteen executives, including Europe's richest woman, the L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, offered in an open letter to pay a "special contribution" in a spirit of "solidarity".
In the spirit of these special Asiaweek issues, we are pleased to announce that the selection process is underway for The Asian of the Century - the one person that contributed most to the betterment of the region over the past 100 years.