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Show _The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD Thursday, November 22, 2001 Al5 TheSecurity-Anxious Turn to the Experts: Israel Terror-tested nation sees economic boon in wakeof Sept. 11 BY LAURIE COPANS sciousIsrael from El Alair- line to Internetstartups selling safety in cyberspace. The reports of companies adding shifts and hiring work- JERUSALEM — While global concerns about terrorism havespelled trouble for many businesses, the new climateoffers a potential bonanza for companies in security-con- the year of fighting with the Palestinians and by the global high-techcrisis. Max Livnat, head of the Investment Promotion Center at LOS ANGELES TIMES long time.” “People are contacting Is- rael because they feel we have the expertise,” he said — an expertise that comesfrom a half- economy has been hobbled by century of conflict with the Arabs and oneofthe longest track records in fighting hijackings and — with muchless success — suicide bombings. Private security spending in the Ministry of Industry and free of crime, delinquency, TOILETa is relative, how- ever, and for older Koreans used to a strict hierarchy and great social cohesion, the slide is sharp,fast and worrisome. As policy-makers debate the causes, everyone is pointing Teachers blame par‘ ents, parents blame the media, sociologists blame the Internet, > and the government blames * Westernization. Theyall blame bad role models. In a remote village in the Chiri Mountains that span the southern part of the Korean peninsula, Principal Kim Pong Gon. dresses each day in traditional Korean “hanbo ” robe and “gat” hat in a quixotic bid to fight the destructive influof21st century life. His school, the Mong Yang Dang Cultivating House, teaches traditional Confucian values to its 15 live-in students. is often chided as an anachronism, the tutorial equivalent of a wagon-wheel maker. But he says Korea’s ancient values are as pertinent tems, established by the governmentin the 1960s to create a fence system to prevent border raids from Jordan. Now it's known for installing the icket sales at El Al have Since the Sept. 11 terror at tacks in the United States, the Phonecalls to Ma jumped16 ports, nuclea tomers are switching because Stations and army bases aroundthe world havesharply increased, Magal percent since Sept. 11, and travel agents sa} of security concerns. El Al and Boeing are exam President ining a joint ventureonairline security that would offer ad- Izhar Dekel said Sales shouldtakeoff in 2002, Dekelsaid. Israel's national carrier, El Al, hadto deal with several hi vice to airports, train stations and subways. Al hopes to use the venture to adapt its secu- jackingsbeforeit adgpted travel, said its president David rity measures to other forms of uN rity proceduresinthelate 1960s Hermesh. 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U.S. parents would love to have the disrespect problems South Korean parents complain about. The country is relatively the United States will reach $30 billion in 2002,andIsraeli firms will rake in a chunkofthat, said New York-based analyst Jack Mallon. “Because Israel has been underfire, they are in the forefrontin terms of security prod. ucts,”he said. One example is the Israeli CLOSED TODAY. SHOP SPECIAL HOURS FRIDAY 8 A.M. TO 9 P.M. SEOUL, South Korea — Chung Hae Son,a 59-year-old pany, sees evidence of South Korea’s lost Confucian values every time he walks out his door. Junior associates address him with familiar rather than honorific language. Teenslaze in the subway withoutoffering their seats to seniorcitizens. “T'm afraid our society is really deteriorating,” he says. A recent poll by UNICEF suggests that Chung isn’t the only one seeing a generation gap. 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