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![]() JUNE 26, 2000 VOL. 155 NO. 25
Short Cuts Tweety Snacks As part of its summer celebration, the Van Thanh Tourist Park in Ho Chi Minh City is launching a weekend program called Gastronomic Inspiration. For just 35 cents you can chow down on batter-fried prawns, grilled beef, fried fish and roasted sparrows‹which, we've been assured, taste like chicken. Model Runways The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the results of its annual airport survey. The majority of 60,000 interviewees at 57 major airports all over the world picked Copenhagen as the world's "most pleasing" airport. Singapore's Changi ranked second, followed by Helsinki, Vancouver, Manchester and KL. Virgin E.R. Virgin Atlantic is arming its flight attendants with a medical kit that measures blood pressure and blood oxygen levels and takes a pic of a sick passenger's face. Via satellite phone the info goes to a medical center where doctors can make a diagnosis. The airline hopes to save some of the $1.2 million it spent on medical diversions last year. ASIANOW Travel Home
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