DEAL OF THE WEEK

You can visit Bali, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore on a two-week tour for $1,699 per person, double occupancy, on the “Best of the Orient” package offered by SmarTours. The price includes round-trip coach air fare from Los Angeles via Cathay Pacific Airways, flights within Asia (most on Cathay, one on Qantas), lodging, daily buffet breakfast, sightseeing tours and hotel taxes and service charges. Not included: dinners (except for a welcome dinner), lunches and departure taxes (about $70 per person). Hotels include the Melia Bali Resort, with a private beach, and the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong. To get this price, you must reserve by Aug. 31 for departures between Sept. 24 and March 4, 2001. Telephone (800) 337-7773.

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“San Diego Art+Soul” profiles 12 San Diego cultural institutions, from the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center to the San Diego Opera. It lists dates for arts events; suggests African and Latino cultural itineraries; and gives details on restaurant and hotel arts packages. Tel. (800) 270-WAVE.

THIS WEEK’S HOLIDAYS

Banking and government offices will be closed or services curtailed in the following countries and their dependencies this week because of national and religious holidays:

Monday: Iraq, South Korea, Puerto Rico

Tuesday: Uruguay

Wednesday: Myanmar, Nicaragua

Thursday: Colombia, Japan

Friday: Belgium, Guam

Saturday: Swaziland

Sunday: Egypt, Libya, Papua New Guinea

Source: Thomson Financial Publishing