Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, April 15:
Finnish President Arrives in Beijing
Apr 15, 1996 ... Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived here this morning forafive-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese PresidentJiang Zemin. It is learned that during his stay in Beijing, Ahtisaari willholdtalks with Jiang, ...
Investors in Shenzhen Switch to High Tech Projects
Apr 15, 1996 ... More overseas investment has poured into high-efficiencyindustrial and high-tech projects in Shenzhen this year, than theprevious hot favorites, property development and entertainment. Statistics show that the special economic zone adjacent to HongKong utilized 388 million US ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers today: Manila Bulletin, Today: At least 30 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and fivesoldiers have been killed, while 20 others wounded, in fightings inMindanao since April 6, the military reported ...
Major News Items In Leading Australian Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Australian newspaperstoday: The Australian Aboriginal leaders urged the board of the Aboriginal and TorriesStrait Islander Commission to immediately consider fundamentalchanges to the structure of the organization in response to ...
Market Exchange Rates
Apr 15, 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 ...
Shanghai to Hold International Science Forum
Apr 15, 1996 ... Shanghai, China's biggest manufacturing center, will hold aninternational science forum in October. It will be the first time the city has hosted such a forum, saidofficials with the Shanghai Science and Technology Association. The forum, with the theme of "metropolis, science ...
Tianjin Becoming North China's "Shop Window"
Apr 15, 1996 ... Tianjin is restoring its status as north China's commercialcenterfollowing a series of successful trade fairs. More than 1,200 stands at a spring commodities fair which hasjustended were fully booked, forcing organizers to put up temporarystands outside the exhibition ...
15 Tanzanian Coffee Farms Privatized
Apr 15, 1996 ... Fifteen coffee farms in Hai and Moshi districts in Kilimanjaroregion, northern Tanzania, have been privatized and some placedunderjoint venture to bail them out of financial constraints. The local paper "Daily News" reported today that the move followsa resolution by the Regional ...
45 Thai Jewelry Firms to Take Part in Basel Fair
Apr 15, 1996 ... As many as 45 Thai gems and jewelry companies have gained entrytothe Basel Fair, Switzerland, which opens next week. Last year, only 25 gems and jewelry firms were admitted to thefair, which is almost universally accepted as the most effectiveworldwide sales event in the gems and ...
Almost All School-Age Girls in China Go to School
Apr 15, 1996 ... China has solved a problem which is facing many developingcountries by sending 98.2 percent of all its girls at school age toschool. Liu Bin, vice-minister in charge of the State EducationCommission(SEC), said that China has made a remarkable achievement in offeringeducation ...
Better Education for Children with Disabilities
Apr 15, 1996 ... East China's Jiangsu Province has made progress in its specialeducation classes for children with disabilities over the past fiveyears, with total enrollment exceeding 59,000. The province now has 144 special education schools, and thenumberof children with disabilities who are ...
Canadian Assistance for Chinese Statistics Reform
Apr 15, 1996 ... The Canadian government will provide 9.463 million Canadiandollars within five years for a project to improve the knowledge andskills of people working in the field of statistics in China. The plan to modernize China's statistics system was revealed byDuWeiqun, deputy director of ...
China Backs Asian Cooperation Against Corruption
Apr 15, 1996 ... China supports cooperation among Asian countries againstcorruption, a senior Chinese official said here today. Giving a speech at the opening ceremony of the First AsianOmbudsman Conference, Zuo Lianbi, Chinese vice minister ofSupervision, said,"the Conference has provided a good ...
China's 79th Export Commodity Fair
Apr 15, 1996 ... The 1996 China Export Commodity Fair opened in Guangzhou, capitalof Guangdong Province, today. This fair is the 79th one since 1957, when China held its firstinthis now booming city. There were more than 1,900 business people, officials, andrepresentatives from 68 countries ...
China's First Group of Government Lawyers in Shanghai
Apr 15, 1996 ... China's first group of lawyers employed by the government havebegun work in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, according to the overseasedition of today's People's Daily. The paper reports that the 28 lawyers are working with judicial,urban construction, industry and commerce, and public ...
Chinese Firms Eye Three Gorges Dam Area
Apr 15, 1996 ... Some big companies from China's east coast have shown anincreasing interest in the Three Gorges Dam area and have put about1billion yuan into it One of the first to arrive, Hangzhou's Wahaha Group, a health-careproducts producer from Zhejiang Province, put 40 million yuan ...
Chinese Newspaper Highlights
Apr 15, 1996 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" Liu Huaqing, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission,yesterday handed over 10,000 yuan from his private savings to helpchildren rebuild their lives, disrupted by an earthquake that hitplaces in ...
Chinese President
Apr 15, 1996 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin met here today with Douglas A.Warner, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J.P Morgan of theUnited States, hoping that the world-renowned monetary firm wouldexpand its business in China and strengthen its cooperation withChinese government institutions ...
Commonwealth Law Minister
Apr 15, 1996 ... Some 150 delegates from 39 member countries of the Commonwealthgathered here today for a six-day meeting of Commonwealth lawministers. Reports said the meeting would focus on seeking ways to advancethe fundamental values of the Commonwealth and discuss topics suchasintegrity in ...
Education for Housewives in Tibet
Apr 15, 1996 ... "Our ancestors never had access to information such as how toprevent or treat diseases that children often have," said Cezholma,aTibetan housewife, who finished a special training course recently. The class was offered by Tibet University and the autonomousregion's bureau in ...
Establishment of Asian Ombudsman Association Urged
Apr 15, 1996 ... Pakistani Chief of the Ombudsman Department Abdul Shakurul Salamtoday urged the creation of an Asian Ombudsman Association forfighting against corruption more effectively. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the First Asian OmbudsmanConference held in Islamabad, Salam said, "At ...
Ethnic Education in Southwest China
Apr 15, 1996 ... More than two million students from various ethnic groups insouthwest China's Guizhou Province are receiving an education in 266ethnic minority schools. The students account for 33 percent of the total number ofstudents in Guizhou. The province has set up an educational ...
EU to invite ASEAN Businessmen to Europe
Apr 15, 1996 ... The European Union (EU) plans to invite some 700 business peoplefrom the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to visitEurope as part of an exchange program. The invitation would be a follow-up on the Asia-Europe meeting(ASEM) held in early March in Bangkok. Business ...
First Asian Ombudsman Conference Opens in Pakistan
Apr 15, 1996 ... The first Asian Ombudsman Conference opened here today with itsagenda focusing on the establishment of an Asian OmbudsmanAssociation. The two-day conference, chaired by Pakistani Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto, is being attended by more than 40 delegates from 17countries and ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
Apr 15, 1996 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong today(Monday): !!!!!!!! Foreign Exchange in HK Dollars Monday SaturdayUS Dollar 7.7330 7.7328Canadian Dollar 5.725 5.725Pound Sterling ...
Foreign Funds for Tibet's Processing Trade
Apr 15, 1996 ... Foreign capital in Tibet is expected to grow annually at a rateof15 percent during the Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996-2000), withcontractual funds expected to reach 14 million U.S.dollars each yearby 2000. According to the autonomous region's department in charge offoreign trade ...
Gulf Air May Suspend KIA Services In Tanzania
Apr 15, 1996 ... The president of Gulf Air, Ahmed Bin Seif Al Nahayan has saidthathis airline (Gulf Air) would stop using the KilimanjaroInternationalAirport (KIA) because of the meagre profit it got by using theairport. According to the Gulfair president today, other airports ...
Higher Individual Income Tax Reported in Beijing
Apr 15, 1996 ... The total amount of individual income tax was 175 million yuan inthe first quarter of this year, an increase of 11.2 percent over thesame period of 1995. The local tax bureau said that March revenues were up 10 millionyuan over February. The increase is attributed to a ...
Huge Teapot in Yixing
Apr 15, 1996 ... A purple teapot, large enough to hold 750 kg of water, has beenproduced in Yixing City in east China's Jiangsu Province, the"Beijing Evening News" has reported. The 1.3-meter-high, 1.7-meter-long ...
International Textile Expositions in China
Apr 15, 1996 ... Two international textile and textile machinery expositions willrun in Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan Province, from August 8 to12. China Textile News reports that the '96 China InternationalTextile & Garment Exhibition and the China International Textile &Garment Machinery ...
Interview: Nepali PM's Visit to Further Ties
Apr 15, 1996 ... Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said today that hisforthcoming visit to China would further strengthen the friendship"so happily" existing between the two neighboring countries. In an interview with Xinhua today on the eve of his departure forChina, Deuba said that he was ...
Kenyan Government Alert On Ethnic Clashes
Apr 15, 1996 ... A senior government official in Kenya has assured people in onceethnic clashes-hit Molo that the government will stop at all costsany possible criminal activities aimed at causing insecurity in thearea. Kipkalya Kones, Minister of State in the Office of the President,also ...
Li's Visit Hailed as New Chapter of Sino-French Ties
Apr 15, 1996 ... Chinese Premier Li Peng's visit to France has both improved thetrade and economic cooperation between China and France and upgradedto a new level the relations between China and Europe. This came in an editorial carried in today's People's Daily, theleading Chinese national ...
Major News Items in British Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading British newspaperstoday: The Times: Farmers joined furious Tory backbenchers and Euro-MPs on Sundayincalling for an end to the European Union's ban on British beef afterFranz Fischler, European agriculture commissioner, admitted ...
Major News Items in Leading French Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading French newspaperstoday. Le Figaro: Israel intensified its military actions in south Lebanon, wagingan actual war against Hezbollah (Party of God).Le Monde:Israel was determined to fight a war with Hezbollah ...
Major News Items In Leading S. African Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading South Africannewspapers today. The Citizen South Africa's Inkatha Freedom Party leader and Home AffairsMinister Mangosuthu Buthelezi yesterday warned his party mightwithdraw from the government of national unity if local ...
Major News Items In Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspaperstoday. East African Standard Religious and women's leaders in Kenya yesterday challenged theCommissioner of Police to stop organized prostitution involvingyoungsters from taking root in Kenya.Kenya TimesAn ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Pakistani newspaperstoday. The News Pakistani President Farooq Leghari Sunday appointedKhalil-ul-Rehman as the permanent Lahore High Court Chief JusticeandMamoon Qazi as the permanent Sindh High Court Chief Justice.The NationAt ...
Major News in Indian Newspapers
Apr 15, 1996 ... Following are major news in Indian English newspapers today: The Hindustan Times The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeks president's nodtorecord the statement of Himachal pradesh governor and former urbandevelopment minister Sheila Kaul in the multi-crore housing ...
Malaysian NGOs Take New Move to Help Iraqi Children
Apr 15, 1996 ... Some 20 Malaysian non-governmental organizations (NGO) todaylaunched the second campaign to raise funds for Iraqi children whobadly need food and medicine. Organizers of the campaign told a press conference in PetalingJaya near the capital that the campaign was launched because ...
Mecca Trip for Greater Numbers of Shaanxi Muslims
Apr 15, 1996 ... Eight Chinese Muslims, who regard a pilgrimage to Mecca as thehigh point in their lives, were able to make the journey on April 8,on behalf of their brethren in the capital of northwest China'sShaanxi Province. Sha Pengcheng, one of the eight who is president of ...
More Foreign Firms Invest in Beijing
Apr 15, 1996 ... More than 300 overseas-funded enterprises have been given thego-ahead in China's capital city of Beijing in the first quarter ofthe year, a report reveals today. The 321 foreign-funded enterprises ratified will attract 645million US dollars-worth of overseas investment, the ...
Muslim Families Flee Their Homes Following Tamil
Apr 15, 1996 ... About 150 Muslim families fled their homes in border villages inthe North Central Province following recent attacks by Tamil rebels,Muslim leaders said here today. These leaders said that on April 11 the rebels had turned up atthese villages ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Apr 15, 1996 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong today: hke041501 Major News Items In Leading AustralianNewspapers hke041502 Major News Items in Leading PhilippineNewspapers hke041503 Major News in Indian Newspapers hke041504Major News Items in Leading ...
Ningxia Devising Social Security System
Apr 15, 1996 ... The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China has devisedasystem of social insurance that deals with unemployment, medicalcare, industrial accidents, and other aspects of welfare. Social insurance reforms have been directed at establishing asystem using individual and ...
Olympic Marathon Winner Hwang Retires
Apr 15, 1996 ... Hwang Young-jo, winner of the 1992 Olympic marathon, announcedhisretirement from the sport on Monday. Hwang decided to retire after he failed to make the three-memberSouth Korean marathon team for the Atlanta Olympics this summer. In a qualifying ...
One Yuan Per Mouse in Shenyang
Apr 15, 1996 ... A massive rodent-control campaign has gotten underway in thiscapital of northeast China's Liaoning Province - with an offer ofoneyuan for every mouse caught. The local patriotic health-care council came up with the one-yuanoffer (one US dollar is 8.3 yuan) for local citizens ...
Pakistan Beats U.S. in Pre-Olympic Hockey
Apr 15, 1996 ... The World champion Pakistan scored their third successive victoryafter winning over the United States 2-1 at the six-countrypre-Olympic men's hockey tournament in Atlanta on Sunday. The U.S. squad took the lead in the 20th minute through Ahmed ElMaghraby, the American's former ...
Pakistani Ombudsmen Gain Achievements: PM
Apr 15, 1996 ... Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said here today thatPakistani Ombudsmen had successfully dealt with 16,000 cases lastyear. Speaking at the inaugural session of the First Asian OmbudsmanConference, Bhutto said "there are now 16,000 families in Pakistanwho have renewed ...
Protecting Plant Species in Three Gorges Area
Apr 15, 1996 ... The State Council's economic development office for the ThreeGorges district and development companies and departments have put alarge amount of funds into three protection zones, since a programfor saving wild plants was started in the early 1990s. The zones cover 196,000 mu ...
Roundup: Indian Political Parties Speed Up
Apr 15, 1996 ... India's political parties are making their final sprint to woovoters who will cast their ballots for the country's 543 lower houseseats in the general elections at the end of this Month. Among several dozen of political parties on the battle fields,thethree strongest parties are ...
Roundup: Indian Political Parties Speed up
Apr 15, 1996 ... The BJP manifesto asked Pakistan "to give up its claim overKashmir and stop aiding and abetting terrorism". India's "nuclear policy would remain unchanged and the countrywould not sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, come what may,"it further said. The ruling Congress ...
Shanghai Approves Lawyers for Governmental Affairs
Apr 15, 1996 ... China's first group of lawyers to take special charge ofgovernmental affairs have begun their business recently in thePudongNew Area of China's largest city, Shanghai. The 28 lawyers, who formerly worked as public servants ingovernment departments in Pudong, were given ...
Shanghai Stock Index Down
Apr 15, 1996 ... The All Stock Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange lost 2.28points to close at 584.67, according to the China Finance Trust andInvestment ...
Shenzhen Stock Index Up
Apr 15, 1996 ... The Composite Subindex on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange surged15.86points to close at 1,104.39, according to the China Finance andTrustInvestment ...
Shuidong Development Zone
Apr 15, 1996 ... Larger numbers of overseas business people are coming to have alook at the Shuidong Development Zone in Maoming City, GuangdongProvince, and to set up enterprises there. Liang Xiaolue, deputy director of the zone's administrationoffice, said that the zone, which was established in ...
Sino-Finnish Presidential Talks Held
Apr 15, 1996 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Finnish counterpart MarttiAhtisaari held talks here this afternoon. The two presidents are expected to cover issues concerning thebilateral ...
Sino-Russian Cultural Exchanges
Apr 15, 1996 ... In June 1992, the Russian minister of Culture visited China andreached a co-operative agreement for 1992 and 1993, and whenPresident Boris Yeltsin visited China the same year, a culturalco-operation agreement was signed. This marked the beginning of a new era of Sino-Russian ...
Sino-US Radio Equipment Joint Venture Launched
Apr 15, 1996 ... The Anshan-Harris Radio Equipment Co. Ltd., with an investment of12 million US dollars, was recently started in Anshan, in northeastChina's Liaoning Province. The company was jointly funded by the U.S.'s Harris Corporation,one of the 500 largest businesses in the world, and the ...
Smooth Operation for Guangzhou's Economy
Apr 15, 1996 ... The gross domestic product for the first quarter of this yearrose12 percent over the previous same period in Guangzhou, capital ofGuangdong Province, according to Tan Yinghua, deputy director of thecity statistics bureau. Industrial output value in the first three months of the ...
Sri Lanka to Celebrate First Woman PM's Birthday
Apr 15, 1996 ... Sri Lanka will celebrate the 80th birthday of former PrimeMinister Sirimavo Bandaranaike which falls on this Wednesday,official sources said here today. Bandaranaike became the world's first woman prime minister in1960. The government has set up a special committee ...
State to Grant One billion Yuan for Relic Salvage
Apr 15, 1996 ... The government has vowed to devote more attention and money tosalvage and protect china's historical relics during the Ninth FiveYear Plan (1996-2000). The State Council has ordered that at least 25 million yuan(threemillion US dollars) be spent per year for the next five years ...
Subsidies for Jobs for Unemployed People in Beijing
Apr 15, 1996 ... In the first action of its kind in China, the capital isprovidingsubsidies to units that employ people who are out of work. According to the local labor administration, Beijing now has some100,000 displaced and unemployed workers. In an effort to help these people, the local ...
Thai-Indochina Trade Increases in 1995
Apr 15, 1996 ... Thailand's trade value with Indochina totaled about 1.4 billionUSdollars last year, up 45.5 percent from that of the previous year,according to statistics from the Thai Commerce Ministry. Among the three countries in Indochina, the largest margin ofincrease was seen in the ...
Thai Textile Industry Sees Threat Under AFTA
Apr 15, 1996 ... Thailand's textile and garment industry may be at risk fromcheaper products under the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)'s fast-tracktraffic reduction scheme, according to the Thai GarmentManufacturersAssociation. Cheaper ASEAN textiles and garments, especially from Indonesia,might ...