A chartered plane, carrying tourist group members, victims' relatives and the bodies of the eight victims in the hostage crisis in Philippine capital Manila, arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport on Wednesday evening after an around 90- minute flight. Also on board the chartered flight were 19 family members of the eight dead and those injured tourists. Another eight Hong Kong tourists who were caught in Monday's abduction tragedy also returned on the same flight. (Hong Kong-Hostage Victims) MANILA -- Philippine President Benigno Aquino III admitted on Wednesday the negative impact of Monday's hostage-taking incident on Philippines' economy. Aquino, however, expressed optimism that the incident would not have a long-term effect on the country's economy, particularly on the tourism industry. (Philippines-Hostage Impact) MANILA -- The Office of Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay said Wednesday that a high-level Philippine delegation will leave for Beijing on Thursday morning and will meet with Chinese officials the same day. The delegation will go to Hong Kong on Friday to meet with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang. In Hong Kong, the delegation will visit the families of the victims and will meet with Filipinos before returning to Manila on Sunday. (Philippines-Hostage- Delegation) DANANG, Vietnam -- Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened here Wednesday for their 42nd annual meeting and the 4th ASEAN Economic Community Council's meeting, expressing their will and determination to reach the goal of establishing a single market in the region by 2015. At these meetings, the ministers vowed to continue building the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and discussed measures to promote the implementation process, said Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang at a press briefing here Wednesday to brief the outcome of the meetings. (ASEAN-Economic Meeting) NEW DELHI -- Indian Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, on Wednesday approved a bill to open up the country's 150 billion dollars nuclear power market, after the government agreed to tougher provisions that an industry group said would hamper the sector's growth, local media reported. The proposed atomic law, which triples the liability cap on an operator in case of an accident to 15 billion (320 million U.S. dollars) finally passed after 18 amendments proposed by the opposition parties were adopted. (India-Nuclear Bill) 