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ASIAN GEOGRAPHER CHIEF EDITOR Ronald D. HILL The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ASSOCIATE EDITORS Chi-Yung JIM David K.Y. CHU Ronald SKELDON Chinese University of Hong Kong, Victor F.S. SIT Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong MARKETING EDITOR PUBLISHING MANAGER Stewart F. RICHARDS Jixian WANG The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD Nora CHIANG David R. PHILLIPS National Taiwan University, Taiwan University of Nottingham, U.K. David DRAKAKIS-SMITH Peter J. RIMMER University of Liverpool, U.K. Australian National University, Australia Denis J. DWYER Wolf TIETZE University of Keele, U.K. GeoJournal, Germany Roland FUCHS Jack F. WILLIAMS International START Secretariat, U .S. A. Michigan State University, U. S. A. Kwan Yiu WONG Norton GINSBURG University of Chicago Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Richard T.A. IRVING Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Poh Poh WONG National University of Singapore Kwai Sim LOW Singapore Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Chung Tong WU Terry G. McGEE University of Sydney, Australia University of British Columbia, Canada Yue Man YEUNG Clifton PANNELL Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Georgia, U.S. A. Hong Kong Technical assistance is by T.T. Chen, Carol Chu, H.K. Kwan, Belinda