11.   At the height of the dispute, U.S. air cargo company Federal Express diverted three planes from its Asian hub at Subic to Manila.

12.   Cell phones are ubiquitous in this Asian financial hub.

13.   Efforts will also be made for Taiwan to become an Asian commercial hub by easing financial restrictions and building industrial parks, it said.

14.   Federal Express, another U.S. package delivery company, has set up its Asian hub at Subic Bay, a former U.S. naval base west of Manila.

15.   Federal Express, another U.S. package delivery company, operates its Asian hub at Subic Bay, a former U.S. naval base west of Manila.

16.   Northwest is also the leading U.S. carrier to Asia with Asian hubs in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.

17.   Singapore also has been keen to prosecute Leeson to protect its reputation as an Asian financial hub.

18.   Singapore has been keen to prosecute Leeson to protect its reputation as an Asian financial hub.

19.   The moves are designed to lure more carriers to the airport and develop it into an Asian hub.

20.   This wealth has bred a self-confidence in which nothing seems impossible, not even the idea of becoming an Asian trading hub.