MANILA/HONG KONG -- For the last two months, Manila's Entertainment City -- where Las Vegas razzmatazz meets the coquettish glitz of the Philippines -- has had all the showiness of a ghost town.
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MANILA/HONG KONG -- For the last two months, Manila's Entertainment City -- where Las Vegas razzmatazz meets the coquettish glitz of the Philippines -- has had all the showiness of a ghost town.