SOUTHEAST ASIA

Yellow Freight to Open Asia Routes: Yellow Freight Systems next month will begin shipping service to and from Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, its parent company has announced. Yellow Corp., a trucking firm based in Overland Park, Kan., said its subsidiary will focus on shipments between 500 pounds and 10 tons, and that services will include pickup, freight-forwarding, customs clearance and 24-hour trucking and tracing. Routes will be extended in 1996 to include China, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines and Indonesia, and in 1997 to Australia, China, New Zealand, Vietnam, India and the United Arab Emirates.