European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F o c us to. Jill Hubbs left consoles Tran Thi Lac a vietnamese Mother who lost two sons during the Vietnam War. The two met for the first time last month while Hubbs was looking for information on her missing father. At last one More Mia mystery resolved by George Esper the associated press ill Hubbs could t sleep. She awoke at 4 . Arid Rode through the darkened streets of Hanoi to the nearest Telephone in the Back of a pedicab peddled by her vietnamese Host. She wished she could hug her 72-year-old Mother and cry with her. Instead the Best she could do was Telephone her in Jacksonville fla., from Halfway around the world with the bad news. Hubbs Hantl Learned that her father the Pilot of a reconnaissance plane missing in action for More than 25 years was listed on two North vietnamese records of registered Graves. Quot it s not what i wanted to hear she said. Quot i feel relieved in a Way and i think that s  my mom Felt too at least we re getting some information. We be always known there was a Strong possibility he died at the time the plane  the information was relayed to her for the first time on nov. 29 during a meeting with . Mia specialists in Hanoi. But it emerged through archival research a year ago. _ Quot i just Don t understand Why we were never told that Quot she said. Quot it s kind of Odd that in three Days Here i be gotten answers that we Haven t had in 25  Hubbs said she had travelled to Washington a half dozen times in the last two years met with senators and wrote letters to the president in her search for information on her father. Mia specialists said they follow strict procedures to ensure that family members Are Given information but conceded some cases fall through the cracks. Quot we make the Assumption the process works Quot said Gary Flanagan one of the Mia officials. Quot we have no Way of knowing if in that specific instance the individual received and understood vie information it should have been made available to the next of  Hubbs 36, a first Grade teacher in Jacksonville travelled to Vietnam with 13 other members of the Friendship Force from Florida and Georgia during the week of thanksgiving seeking to mend the wounds of War. The Atlanta based organization promotes Friendship among nations through exchanges of citizens. Hubbs was Only 10 when her father Navy cmdr. Donald Hubbs was shot Down Over North Vietnam near Vinh 75 Miles South of Hanoi on March 17, 1968, three Days later the cover of a radar dome similar to the s-2 tracker he was flying was found at sea. She had held out slim Hope he was still alive. Her Mother Bereth Hubbs never remarried arid still uses the name of her husband mrs. D. R. Hubbs. She has been beset by health problems resulting from the stress of living in limbo All these years her daughter said. Quot there s nothing that i d love More than for dad to come Home Quot she said. Quot if they can find the remains i d like to bring them Back and Bury them in the United states where they  Hong Kong s chinese hooked on English names by the new York times Britain s most indelible influence on the chinese who populate Hong Kong May be in name Only. From the Bank clerk with canine on her name tag to the insurance broker who Calls herself Neon Many Hong Kong chinese choose English names. Tens of thousands of Young chinese Are taking English language names each year. It is not uncommon to encounter sophisticated chinese in Hong Kong with names like Sherlock Lenin Apple psyche creamy or Cinderella. Even in these final years of British Rule with dour Beijing bureaucrats waiting to take Over the territory in 1997, teachers and parents say the cachet of a Western name has never been stronger with More Young people than Ever before opting for English names. Some highly westernized chinese parents in Hong Kong give their children Western names at birth but most who have such names choose their own As did Neon Chan. She selected her name from a dictionary because Quot i liked the meaning a colourful  westerners sometimes remark that her name is unusual but some chinese complain about it. Quot they say Neon is a boy s name a she said with a laugh. Rachel Wong a Hong Kong native who taught school there for years said people like to have English language names Quot because it shows they Are westernized. These names set them apart from the Mainland chinese and even from people in Taiwan Quot she said. The practice of taking an English name which really took Root Only 15 or 20 years ago began As a Way of identifying with the ruling class or being identified by it. Now the English language name is not just a colonial convenience it is a local chinese custom. Quot today taking an English name is a kind of rite of passage for Many chinese Here Quot said Cathy Tsang feign a Hong Kong psychologist and newspaper advice columnist. Quot in talking to Young people and their parents. It seems that it is now the fashion for Hong Kong teen agers to select an English name even those who speak Little or no English it s a Way of asserting their individuality and their  Short subject Philippines rebuilds around Subic Larkby Michael 01cicco United press International the red and White Banner Strung up on rickety wooden scaffolding announces the Road House disco wifi open soon. Uke dozens of other bars littering Dusty roads around the former . Clark a in the Philippines it will feature Bikini Clad go go dancers and prostitutes. A 40-minute drive Southwest the former . Subic Bay naval base is Selling a different commodity. It recently announced Federal express corp. Had become the latest major investor in its free port with a Deal to set up a regional Hub there. Two years after . Troops abandoned Clark amid the eruption of mount Pinatubo Volcano and one year after Manila ordered them out of Subic the base towns of Angeles and Oton Gapo Are on the comeback Trail. But the ways in which they Are trying to revive their economies Are starkly different and they underscore where the Philippines has been Over the past decade and where it Hopes to go in the next. From the beginning Angeles was harder hit than Olon Gapo. Mount Pinatubo s 1991 eruption showered Clark with a blizzard of _ heavy Ash causing extensive damage. The blast ended any . Efforts to renew its tease on the base and Washington left Clark in late november of that year. What Wasny to damaged at Clark was looted. Even As the air Force staged closing ceremonies and left the base in a Stream of buses looters were scrambling Over the Gates. Despite the heavy damage and occasional Ash fall from Pinatubo the government plans to make Clark the country s Premier Airport by 1998. It talks of building a More than 50-mile transport system Oyer Mounds of volcanic Ash to connect Clark with Manila. Local officials optimistically Point to seven firms that have signed initial agreements to. Invest at Clark As a sign of future Prosperity. A there is big Money waiting to come in Here offshore Money a says Kevin Murphy a self described investment consultant. But so far the Only real growth Industry is sex. More than 100 clubs with names like Happy Hooker and or. Kelly a Rump shakers bar line the streets around Cark. The area around Subic is a different Story it was less damaged in the eruption and its infrastructure was More extensive including a port ship repair facility Airport and dozens of modern office and residential buildings. Manila rejected a lease treaty with Washington and ordered the base closed by the end of 1992. It then launched a Slick promotion Campaign and granted incentives for investment at Subic. But the key to Subico a Success has been the ability of former Olon Gapo mayor Richard Gordon to convince townspeople their future was tied to the base s conversion. There was virtually no looting at Subic and hundreds of former base employees worked without pay for months to help ready the base for investors. Philippines officials have been trying to Send the same message of hard work to the rest of the nation with some Success. Growing stability and liberalized investment Laws have convinced major investors to take another look at the Philippines. Total direct foreign investments were up 21.7 percent in the first eight months of the year spurring an Economy that is growing at a 2.3_jpercent rate compared to near Zero growth in 1992. Using Subic As a Model officials Hope to have the nation on an equal economic footing with its More prosperous neighbors soon. Trip stars and stripes monday december 6, 1993