Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, April 2:
Chinese Women's College Aiming to Train More Women
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Chinese Women's College, the first one of its kind based inthe capital, is making efforts to be an information and trainingcenter for the Asia-Pacific region as well as women in China,today'sChina Daily reported. The College, under the auspices of the All-China ...
Feature: More Colorful Life for People in Yan'an
Apr 02, 1996 ... Yan'an, considered the sacred place of the Chinese revolution, isno longer the drab, poverty-stricken place it once was, Clothes are no longer something to keep one warm. Trim suits,sturdy jeans, shiny shoes and colorful neckties give a strong signalto visitors: the world-renowned ...
Fujian Upgrades Highway Networks
Apr 02, 1996 ... Fujian Province in east China has been implementing a massiveupgrading of its highway networks since 1993. In the last three years the province has upgraded more than 3,200km of substandard highways under the so called "pioneer program", afigure 7.8 times higher than the total for ...
Giant Commercial Group in Yangtze River Valley
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Changjiang United Economic Development Group recentlyannounced that it will set up about 20 large department stores andother trade entities in the Yangtze River valley in the next twoyears. By the year 2000 the group will have expanded its business tomorethan 30 cities in ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Apr 02, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers today: Manila Bulletin, Times, Standard: The Philippine government has suspended the operations ofMarinduque Mining Corp. (Marcopper) following the mine tailingsleakage in Boac river which has isolated several ...
Major News Items In Leading Australian Newspapers
Apr 02, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers today: The Australian The Federal Government will consider widening to all States aninvestigation of alleged financial mismanagement, cronyism anddereliction of duty within the New South Wales and ...
Market Exchange Rates
Apr 02, 1996 ... The People's Bank of China today issued the market exchange ratesin RMB yuan against three major currencies. The middle price of RMBagainst convertible currencies is mainly based on the closing priceof the preceding interbank trading. The designated foreign exchange trading banks ...
Mutant Gene Linked to Heart Attack
Apr 02, 1996 ... Australian scientists discovered a gene whose mutant form islinked with much higher-than-average risks of diabetes and heartdiseases. The gene, known as Lipoprotein Lipase (LpL), can mutate andproduce inadequate enzyme to break down fat in human body,scientistsat the Prince ...
Scientists Warn Against Pest Invasion
Apr 02, 1996 ... Australia would become vulnerable to invasion of various newpestsand diseases if the country continued to let its quarantinestandardsto run down, local scientists warned. In a report to the Australian Quarantine Review Committee underthe Federal Government, scientists of the ...
Shandong University Constructs Computer Net with NEC
Apr 02, 1996 ... Shandong University, based in Jinan, capital of east China'sShandong Province, has singed on the construction of a computernetwork with Japan's NEC. Under the agreement, the two sides will co-operate in theconstruction of an educational network and NEC will build the netinto its ...
10 Advisers of Bangladesh's Caretaker Government
Apr 02, 1996 ... The list of 10 advisers of Bangladesh's planned caretakergovernment was being finalized last night and may be appointedtoday. According to sources, the caretaker government, named as theadvisory council, will include academic, economist, businessmen,lawyer and retired bureaucrat ....
Australian Domestic Demand Still Strong
Apr 02, 1996 ... Australian consumer demand remained strong in February despitethefact that local economy showed signs of a soft landing. Retail trade rose 0.2 percent in February to 10.18 billionAustralian dollars (7.94 billion US dollars) seasonally adjustedoverthe previous month, the ...
Beijing Newspaper Highlights
Apr 02, 1996 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Qiao Shi,on an official visit to Russia, met with Russian President BorisYeltsin and the Russian prime minister Victor Chernomyrdin,respectively, on ...
Culture Ministry Prepares to Welcome Hong Kong Back
Apr 02, 1996 ... China's Ministry of Culture is preparing gala activities tocelebrate the return of Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997, today's"People's Daily" (overseas edition) reported. Yin Zhiliang, an official in charge of Hong Kong, Macao andTaiwanaffairs of the ministry, was quoted as ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Apr 02, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistaninewspaperstoday: The Pakistan Times, The Muslim, The Nation, The News, TheFrontierPost Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sent a letter to theopposition leader Nawaz Sharif, offering him to hold a meeting ...
Major News in Indian Newspapers
Apr 02, 1996 ... The following are major news in Indian English newspapers today: The Hindustan Times The Congress Monday night decided against giving the party ticketto seven former Hawala-tainted ministers even as sit released thefifth list of its candidates for the Lok Sabha ( lower ...
Nepali House Panel Criticizes Financial Irregularity
Apr 02, 1996 ... A house committee under the Nepali parliament reacted stronglyagainst most ministries of the government as they failed to fightinternal financial irregularities in the past year. A meeting of the House Public Accounts Committee Monday summonedmore than 20 secretaries, top civil ...
News Analysis: Bangladeshi Faces Another Round
Apr 02, 1996 ... Since retired Chief Justice Habibur Rahman was sworn in on March30 to head a caretaker government, Bangladeshi major politicalparties have been engaged in a new round of political wrangle overthe next general elections likely to be held next month. The former ruling Bangladesh ...
Ningxia Export Base for Moslem Food
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has become an export base forMoslem food, including fruit of the Chinese wolfberry, edible ferns,milk powder and dehydrated citric acid. At present, there are more than 260 food enterprises in this,China's only Moslem region, 20 percent of which ...
Philips to Boost Investment in Thailand
Apr 02, 1996 ... Philips Semiconductors, the world's 10th largest chip maker in1995, has announced an investment of 44 million US dollars toupgradeits integrated circuit plant in Thailand. The firm already spent 77 million dollars last year to increaseits capacity from 1.9 billion integrated ...
Thai Bank to Increase Credits for Small Firms
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Export-Import Bank of Thailand will increase its credit linesto small and medium-sized exporters, especially those who lackworking capital for delivery of goods. Pridiyathorn Devakula, president of the bank, said that it plansto double the value of its credit lines for ...
Thai FM Insists on Quitting Post
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Nam Thai Party of Thailand will not stop Foreign MinisterKasem S. Kasemsri from resigning because he has insisted onquitting,party leader and Deputy Vice Prime Minister Amnuay Virawan said onMonday. This is the first time the Nam Thai Party leader has come out tosay that he ...
Thailand's Consumer Price Index Up 0.3 Percent
Apr 02, 1996 ... Thailand's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March rose 0.3 percentfrom February and 7.3 percent on a year-on-year basis. According to statistics from the Thai Commerce Ministry, the foodgoods index, which account for nearly 40 percent of the CPI, climbedup 0.3 percent from February, ...
Tianjin Unemployed Offer Domestic Services
Apr 02, 1996 ... Zhang Li, a woman dismissed by a shirt factory in this northerncoastal city, has finally chosen to work as a housemaid for auniversity professor, as this could add 400-yuan (about 48 USdollars) in monthly income to her family. "At the very beginning I thought doing housework for ...
16-point Program Proposed to Ease India's Credit
Apr 02, 1996 ... On the eve of general elections to be started from April 27, theFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), inits suggestions to various political parties, has evolved a 16-pointprogram for mitigating the liquidity crunch. The note sent to political parties on ...
Bangladeshi Opposition Demands Resignation of Chief
Apr 02, 1996 ... Bangladesh's largest opposition party of the Awami (People's)League (AL) Monday demanded the resignation of Chief ElectionCommissioner A. Sadeque to pave the way for the next parliamentaryelections. In a speech to a large number of lawyers and party workers here,AL President ...
Changchun Rectifies Real Estate Market Order
Apr 02, 1996 ... This capital city of northeast China's Jilin Province islaunchinga widespread drive to straighten out the real estate market order,and has achieved initial success. To date, some 81 real estate development companies in the cityhave been investigated and fined, and 38 of them have ...
China Issuing Fourth Treasury Bonds
Apr 02, 1996 ... China started issuing its fourth batch of treasury bonds for thisyear today. The bonds, which have a maturity of one year, will be registeredand can be traded on the ...
China's Largest Sapling Center Put Into Operation
Apr 02, 1996 ... China's largest sapling center has gone into operation in theLongnan area in northwest China's Gansu Province. The project was funded with over 4.7 million Canadian dollarsfromthe Canadian government, according to Mi Shufen, an official incharge of the local sapling-planting ...
Coca-Cola Company Signs Sydney Olympic Sponsorship Deal
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company signed a Sydney 2000 Olympicssponsorship deal worth a reported 50 million Australian dollars (39million U.S. dollars) at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday. The soft drinks giant joins computer manufacturer InternationalBusiness Machines ...
Ford Motors Launch Auto Parts Ventures in Thailand
Apr 02, 1996 ... Ford Motors Co. held a foundation-laying ceremony on Monday fortwo auto-parts joint ventures which will be built to support its 472million US dollar one-ton pick-up truck project in Thailand. One of the two ventures, at a cost of 30 million dollars, willproduce plastic, electronic ...
Hainan Establishes New Employment System
Apr 02, 1996 ... Hainan Province in south China, one of the country's five specialeconomic zones, has introduced labor import and export service intothe labor employment system. The system previously consisted of four parts: employmentintroduction, labor training, unemployment insurance and ...
India to Receive Health Aid from World Bank
Apr 02, 1996 ... The World Bank will provide its largest ever health sector creditof 350 million US dollars to a major reform program of health systemin India, an official source said today. Finance for India's health program will be provided by theInternational Development Association, the bank's ...
SBI to Raise 150 Million US Dollars in Euro Market
Apr 02, 1996 ... The State Bank of India (SBI) plans to tap the Euro market eitherwith a five-year 150 million US dollars Euro-convertible or a globaldepository receipt issue in 1996-97. "We need to boost our resources as well as capital adequacyratio.The decision has been taken to tap the Euro ...
Shanghai Sees Lower Population Growth Rate
Apr 02, 1996 ... This, China's most populous city has seen a continuous fall initstotal population for three consecutive years, with the birth ratestill lower than the death rate in the city last year. Latest statistics from the municipal statistics department showthat the birth rate was 5.47 ...
Xinjiang Grows More Fruit
Apr 02, 1996 ... Farmers in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are showing moreand more interest in growing fruits and melons these days. Xinjiang is famous for fruits and melons, and its Hami melons,seedless white grapes and almonds used to serve as articles oftribute to the imperial ...
Air Route Between Macao and Lisbon Opens
Apr 02, 1996 ... A new air route between Macao and Lisbon, capital of Portugal,wasformally started here today. Using the Airbus A340 jetliner, Air Portugal will fly twice aweekbetween Macao and Lisbon via Brussels, Belgium. The jetliner iscapable of carrying about 300 passengers and is the ...
Asia's Tallest Building Near Completion in Shenzhen
Apr 02, 1996 ... A skyscraper near completion in this special economic zone insouth China's Guangdong Province is expected to replace theFinancialBuilding in Pudong, Shanghai as the tallest building in Asia. The 68-storey steel-structured Diwang (King of the Land)Commercial Mansion is designed to ...
Australian Dollar Steady
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Australian dollar closed steady in exchange rates againstother currencies today. The Australian dollar ended at 78.38 US cents from 78.42 Monday. The local currency has been strengthened in the past few weeksbecause of better than expected world economic growth.Higher ...
Australian Stock Market Rises
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Australian stock market ended higher today. The all ordinaries index closed 6.6 points stronger at 2,236.9. The all industrials index ended 13.0 points higher at ...
Beijing Mayor Outlines Pillar Industries for Development
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Chinese capital will strive to accelerate the development ofautomobile, electronics and machinery industries in the next fiveyears. Beijing Mayor Li Qiyan made the remarks on the local NinthFive-Year Plan (1996-2000) at the ongoing fourth session of theeighth local ...
China's International Container Fleet Growing
Apr 02, 1996 ... China has seen a rapid growth of its international containerlinertransport in the past decade, Xinhua learned from an ongoingconference here marking the 10th anniversary of this service inChina. China's container transport volume has been growing at an annualrate of 29 percent ...
China Tightens Control of Processing Trade
Apr 02, 1996 ... China has moved to tighten its control over the processing trade,as a bank guarantee account system began to operate Monday in 25major cities, including Chongqing, Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai andHaikou. Before that, the system had already been experimented inDongguan,Ningbo and ...
Chinese FM Spokesman on Sino-Panamanian Relations
Apr 02, 1996 ... Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang expressed theconviction here today that the mutual establishment of traderepresentative offices between China and Panama will play a positiverole for the development of bilateral relations. He made this remark in response to a ...
Delphi Shows Interest in Shanghai
Apr 02, 1996 ... Delphi Automobile Systems of the US, which has already set upthree joint ventures in the city, is holding trade talks withenterprises for more joint projects. The talks involve co-operation in the production of automobilepower systems, chassises, internal decoration and ...
Eight Wounded In Political Clash In Sri Lanka
Apr 02, 1996 ... Eight persons were injured Monday in a political clash betweentheruling Peoples Alliance supporters and supporters of the mainopposition United National Party (UNP) at Anamaduwa Town in NorthWestern province, according to police sources today. Among those injured were the Mayor ...
EU Troika Delegation to Begin Dialogue with Iran
Apr 02, 1996 ... A seven-member European Union (EU) Troika delegation will arrivehere this afternoon for dialogue with the Iranian authorities on theMiddle East peace process and terrorism. Mario Panaro, counselor of the Italian Embassy in Tehran, toldXinhua by telephone that the Troika delegation ...
Filipino Overseas Workers Remit 5 Billion Dollars
Apr 02, 1996 ... Remittances from Filipino overseas contract workers (OCWs)increased 63.8 percent to 4.93 billion US dollars in 1995 from 3.01billion in 1994, according to the latest data from the PhilippineCentral Bank. Remittances from sea-based workers declined 44.5 percent to 210million ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
Apr 02, 1996 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong today(Tuesday): !!!!!!!! Foreign Exchange in HK Dollars Tuesday MondayUS Dollar 7.7325 7.7330Canadian Dollar 5.73 5.71Pound Sterling ...
Former Vice-president Set Free in S. Leone
Apr 02, 1996 ... Former second Vice-President Joseph Dauda was ordered free fromhouse arrest by new President Alhaji Tejan Kabbah on Monday, stateradio said today in a special announcement. Along with him being set free were two former governmentministers, Bu Buake Jabbie and Leonard Fofana, in the ...
Fuel Price Hikes Slammed In Zimbabwe
Apr 02, 1996 ... Several Zimbabwean organisations are criticizing the recent pricehikes on fuel saying the increases are "unrealistic". The local press today quoted Chairman of the Midlands Branch ofZimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Peter Chanaiwa as saying thatfuel price has been raised twice ...
GM Eyes Calabazon of Philippines for Assembly Plant
Apr 02, 1996 ... The US auto giant, General Motors Corp. (GM), is eyeing theCalabazon Industrial Area in the Philippines for its plannedregionalmanufacturing plant. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Melito Salazar said today thatvisiting senior GM executives are quite confident and positive ...
Gold Price in Hong Kong Down
Apr 02, 1996 ... The gold price in Hong Kong today fell six HK dollars to close at3,632 HK dollars a tael, according to Po Sang Bank, one of the majorgold dealers in Hong ...
Guangdong Otis Goes into Production
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Guangzhou Otis Elevator Industrial Company, the fourth jointventure in China set up by Otis, one of the world's largest elevatorcompanies, went into production in this capital of GuangdongProvincetoday. The three other joint ventures are in Tianjin, Beijing andShanghai, ...
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Up
Apr 02, 1996 ... Hang Seng China Enterprises Index today increased by 28.94 pointsto close at 879.70. The index, introduced in August 1994, tracks the overallperformance of China's 18 state enterprises listed on the Hong KongStock Exchange. Meanwhile, today's Hang Seng MidCap 50 Index rose ...
Henan Promotes Regional Co-operation
Apr 02, 1996 ... Central China's Henan Province has set up 150 regional economiczones, which generate a combined output value of more than 13billionyuan a year. The most successful example is the glass fiber-reinforced plasticproduction base located at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, in ...
HK: Survey Results on Police Force Encouraging
Apr 02, 1996 ... Results of Hong Kong's first public opinion survey on the qualityof police services are generally encouraging, says the AssistantCommissioner Service Quality Vince Walsh. Addressing a press conference today, Walsh said policeperformancewas rated as good in regards to maintaining ...
HK PolyU Opens Photochemical Machining Workshops
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Industrial Centerofficially opened its Photochemical Machining (PCM) facilitiestoday,which is the first of its kind to be installed in universities inHong Kong. The new PCM facilities, costing 3 million HK dollars, will beusednot ...
HK Property Market on Mild Recovery
Apr 02, 1996 ... The property market is on its way to a mild recovery, with pricesexpected to rise by about 10 percent in 1996, according to thelatestissue of Hang Seng Economic Monthly. A report in the monthly said that after falling about 30 percentfrom the peak of the cycle in April 1994, ...
HK Property Market Rebounds Sharply in March
Apr 02, 1996 ... Hong Kong's property market rebounded strongly last month, withthe number of transactions surging 30 percent to 11,900, which isthehighest level since last April. Today's Eastern Express said that preliminary figures compiled byCentaline Property Agency show that the March sale ...
Hubei to Streamline Land Administration
Apr 02, 1996 ... Central China's Hubei Province plans to establish a highlyautomatic information center in five years in a bid to modernizelandadministration. The land information center is expected to have the functions ofcollection, storage, treatment, consultation and analysis of ...
Indonesia Appoints Sole Distributor of Fertilizers
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Indonesian government has instructed state-owned company PtPupuk Sriwidjaja (PUSRI) to take over all fertilizer distributionlines, according to a decree published today by Bek's Daily, aneconomic bulletin. The decree, issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, aims ...
Indonesia to Import No Rice in 1996/97
Apr 02, 1996 ... The Indonesian government has decided not to sign any contractsfor rice imports starting from April 1, the beginning of the current1996/97 fiscal year, according to reports reaching here today. The move aims to make Indonesia self-sufficient in rice, thestaple food of its ...
Infrastructure Problems Hamper Indo-Bangladesh Trade
Apr 02, 1996 ... Communication and infrastructure problems are hampering theexpansion of trade between India and Bangladesh, Indian ExternalAffairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today. Addressing a seminar on the partnership between Bangladesh andIndia, Mukherjee said the two countries would ...
Inner Mongolia Removes Arsenic from Water
Apr 02, 1996 ... Pure drinking water has been made available to more than 26,000people in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region whose previoussourcesof water had been contaminated with arsenic. Since 1993 residents in 13 townships of the Hetao area have beenreported to suffer from arsenic ...