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October 23 - 29, 1997

Singapore Sizzle: Actress Hiep Thi Le follows up her stunning debut in Oliver Stone's Heaven and Earth with the role of a teenage prostitute in Yon Fan's Bugis Street.

Editorial: An unhappy anniversary

Letters: Comment from AsianWeek readers

Yellow Pearls: Tip of the political iceberg

Emil Amok: Reflecting on the World Series

Voices: Moving beyond the black-white paradigm

'Asian Connection' Resurrected in Hearings: The relationship between the president and John Huang becomes focus of campaign-finance hearings

News Briefs: Chinese president to make stop in Honolulu, Filipino vets file suit, Sierra Club to vote on immigration, and more

Newsmaker: Author/publisher Angi Ma Wong finds her niche

Names in the News: Asian Americans on the move

The Ultimate Physics Club: Stanford Professor Steven Chu talks about what it means to become the newest Nobel laureate

The first acupuncture health plan, Courting the APA vote in advance, Filipino war heroes wanted, On the Scene, and more

Big Time on 'Bugis Street': Hiep Thi Le stars in Yon Fan's most ambitious film to date about life in a brothel in 1960s Singapore

Calendar: Events around the country of special interest to Asian Americans

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