Quite simply, the big cities of the region, from Bangkok and Hong Kong to Jakarta and Singapore, are at saturation point with deluxe hotels. Supply exceeds demand and room rates are soft in much of the region.
They claimed there has been a loophole in the crackdown, with most deluxe or hotel massage parlors unaffected.
The optional equipment made standard on the new Regal includes tinted glass, which cost customers $120 last year; a fourth-gear overdrive on the automatic transmission, which cost $175 last year; and "deluxe trunk trim," which cost $53 last year.
We're getting a deluxe justice system for the rich and a deteriorating form for the poor," said Robert Gnaizda of Public Advocates, which provides legal service for the poor and minorities.
Major Japanese producers, led by the Toyota Motor Corp., also are concentrating now on exporting deluxe cars to the Untied States that compete with South Korean exports, it said.
Charges until December 18 1992 range from Dollars 400 (Pounds 220.90) to Dollars 500 per couple per day, though two couples sharing a two-bedroom deluxe cottage would get away with Dollars 960 per day. The single rate is Dollars 300 per day.
M praises its "deluxe" athletic facilities, including a two-mile jogging trail and clay tennis courts.
Videocassette standard versions will be sold at $24.99 and a deluxe package will be offered at $99.99.
They are to be replaced by "deluxe diagnostic kits" costing about five times more and designed for the sophisticated car owner, considered more likely to follow directions aimed at protecting the environment.
The "Poker Club" series must have been popular; there were four titles and multiple editions, including at least one "deluxe" printing.
Prices of packages from New York range from $2,915 for air fare and six nights of economy lodging to $3,214 for air fare and six nights' deluxe lodging, says Korean Source, a business travel agency in Boston.
Sports Shinko said the purchase is part of its plan to own a group of deluxe resort hotels around the world specializing in golf.