Double-digit HKABC gains for AWSJ

<p>The Asian Wall Street Journal posted a double-digit circulation </p><p>increase again in last year's second half, according to figures from the </p><p>Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulation. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The Journal's total average net circulation per issue between July and </p><p>December 1999 rose 10.1 per cent from a year earlier to 68,005 copies, </p><p>the audited figures show. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>That follows a 10.2 per cent year-to-year increase, to 65,378 copies, in </p><p>the first half. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>"We are working hard to make the Asian Wall Street Journal even more </p><p>relevant and useful, and we're gratified that more and more readers are </p><p>finding value in the paper," said AWSJ publisher and executive editor </p><p>Urban Lehner. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The AWSJ has 75 full-time journalists in 15 news bureaus in Asia and is </p><p>printed in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, </p><p>Taipei, Manila and Jakarta. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>