21.   United Parcel Service, a leading package delivery service, is planning to transfer its Asian hub to Manila from Singapore, the presidential palace said.

22.   Executives with the Asian hubs of those organisations declined to make any immediate comment on the announcement Tuesday, or referred queries to their headquarters.

23.   The network will create an international web of computer networks with an Asian hub, realizing high-speed, large-capacity commercial data communications, he said.