41.   MSC also represents an ambitious plan to make Malaysia the regional hub of information and multimedia technology, a status that is currently held by neighboring Singapore.

42.   New developments are being pursued to improve the overall investment environment, attract foreign funds and make Kuala Lumpur a regional financial hub.

43.   Salameh said the decision would help Lebanon regain its stature as a commercial regional hub.

44.   Several airports closed, and American Airlines canceled flights to Caribbean islands from its regional hub in San Juan.

45.   South African Airways will offer nonstop flights between Johannesburg and the Danish capital, which is the regional hub, this fall, a SAA spokesman said Tuesday.

46.   Taking off from its economic prosperity Singapore is pushing to become the regional hub of communications with state-of-the-art services and infrastructure.

47.   The ad agency has recently established a regional creative hub in Thailand with the aim of raising its professional level in the Asian market in the next three years.

48.   Thailand is emerging as a regional hub for smuggling, driven by a rising demand for elephants in tourism and begging, environmentalists said.

49.   The airline said the Bangkok service follows the success of flights from its major regional hub of Brisbane to Osaka, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok and New Zealand.

50.   The island is a regional financial hub and is home to a key U.S. Navy base.