Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, May 15:
UK Politicians Worried about Screen Violence
May 15, 1996 ... More than 200 members of parliament in Britain have signed apetition, urging the government to ban a film of violence entitled"Natural Born Killer". British Prime Minister John Major also expressed concern thisafternoon about the screen violence in the House of Commons ...
124 Vietnamese Migrants in HK Sent Home
May 15, 1996 ... A group of 124 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi,Vietnam, today on the 36th flight under the Orderly RepatriationProgram (ORP). It is the second group of the VMs in Hong Kong to be repatriatedhome this week. On Tuesday 118 VMs were sent to Hanoi on the 35thORP ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Australian newspaperstoday: The Australian Most taxpayers will pay less than 2 Australian dollars a week tofund a scheme of 500 million Australian dollars (375 million USdollars) to buy back banned weapons under a plan approved by ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Philippine newspaperstoday: Manila Bulletin, Today: Interior Secretary Barbers said illegal gambling operations in thePhilippines have declined 50 percent. Malaya, Journal: Full of optimism, Director-General ...
Market Exchange Rates
May 15, 1996 ... The People's Bank of China today issued the market exchange ratesof 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 ...
Roundup: NZ Employment Act Enters Sixth Year
May 15, 1996 ... New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act is five years old today,and controversy has remained over the act as ever since it wasenacted in 1991. The architect of the act, Finance Minister Bill Birch, said over200,000 new jobs have been created in the past five years and theeconomic ...
Tianjin Port to Focus on Energy Exports
May 15, 1996 ... This north China port city is seeking foreign investment topromote itself into a port specializing in the export of energy andpetrochemicals. Wang Ende, director of the Tianjin Port Administration, said thatthe city is expected to build 12 berths able to accommodate ships ...
11 Killed In Traffic Accident In Eastern Uganda
May 15, 1996 ... Eleven people died, six of them on the spot#,when a over-speedingminibus overturned several times after its rear tyre burst along theMbale-Tiriny road in eastern Uganda on Tuesday. A report reaching here today said the ...
400-Year-Old Market Facilitates Goods Flow
May 15, 1996 ... A 400-year-old market here in this historical city in centralChina's Henan Province is playing an important role in facilitatingthe flow of commodities across the country. Covering a total of 184,000 sq m, the Guanlin Market draws about100,000 to 300,000 traders every day ....
54 Bangladeshi Parties Get Election Symbols
May 15, 1996 ... Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) has issued a total of 54election symbols to 54 political parties and alliances which aregoing to contest the June 12 parliamentary elections. But Tuesday's hearing, at which the symbols were issued, wasdisrupted and turned into chaos amid ...
6 Persons Killed in Building Collapse
May 15, 1996 ... Six construction workers were killed while 21 others seriouslyinjured when a building in Laguna, 45 km south of Manila, collapsedthis morning. According to a report from Philippine Interior and LocalGovernment Department, the building under ...
Australian Stock Market Drops
May 15, 1996 ... The Australian stock market closed lower today. The all ordinaries index dipped 1.6 points to 2260.2 points. The local bourse saw mixed trade during the day, with rise of bankshare prices being offset by fall in prices of other ...
Australian Dollar Strengthens
May 15, 1996 ... The Australian dollar continued its upward trend in exchange ratesand ended stronger against major currencies today. The Australian dollar ended at 80.25 US cents from 80.08 US centson Tuesday. Local traders said that the Australian dollar would remain at ...
Beijing Becomes Smoke-Free Zone From Today (1)
May 15, 1996 ... Most of China's 350 million smokers might have to consider givingup smoking after capital Beijing became the latest city to outlawsmoking in public places. The city of 12 million people is the 26th to introduce stringentnew rules, with on-the-spot fines for people caught having a ...
Beijing University Holds Humane Cultural Festival
May 15, 1996 ... Humanism, the humanities, and the spirit of the nation are thetopics of a cultural festival which opened today at BeijingUniversity. At the opening ceremony of the Humane Cultural Festival, Prof.Zhang Dainian cited it as a historical task for the youngergeneration "to build up ...
Body of Chinese Taipei Climber Brought to Kathmandu
May 15, 1996 ... The Body of Chinese Taipei climber Chen Yu-Nan, who died lastFriday in an accident on Mount Qomolangma, was brought back here lateTuesday by a Nepal army helicopter. Chen, a 36-year-old worker, member of the first Chinese Taipeiexpedition to the Himalayas, was reported dead after ...
China not to Devalue Yuan to Boost Exports
May 15, 1996 ... The Chinese currency, the yuan, will continue to be relativelystable throughout the year, a spokesman of the State Administrationof Exchange Control said in Beijing today, warning exporters not toexpect a cheaper yuan to boost their business. A devaluation of the yuan will not ...
China Quickens Development of Coal Gas
May 15, 1996 ... China is speeding up the development of coal gas as one of itsmajor new energy resources by giving a series of preferentialpolicies in terms of loans and exemption of fees. According to a senior official from the Ministry of Coal Industry,the government will not collect ...
China's Fertilizer Production Soars
May 15, 1996 ... China's fertilizer production is growing rapidly, and the firstfour months of this year saw 8.26 million tons of fertilizerproduced, an increase of 10 percent over the same 1995 period. According to an on-going national nitrogenous fertilizerproduction conference here, this figure ...
Chinese Government's Declaration on Sea Baselines (1)
May 15, 1996 ... The Chinese government today issued a statement on the baselinesof part of its territorial sea adjacent to the mainland and those ofthe territorial sea adjacent to its Xisha Islands. The full text of the Statement is as follows: Declaration of the Government of the People's ...
Chinese Military Delegation Visits NZ
May 15, 1996 ... Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People'sLiberation Army Lt. Gen. Xiong Guangkai held talks here today withNew Zealand leaders on the security situation in the Asia-Pacificregion. Lt. Gen. Xiong arrived here this afternoon for a three-dayworking visit to New ...
Chinese Newspaper Highlights
May 15, 1996 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: All major Beijing-based newspapers including "People's Daily","Guangming Daily", "China Youth Daily" and "Beijing Daily"front-paged a long feature story about Wu Tianxiang, a grass-rootsmodel Chinese official who has dedicated ...
Chinese Vice-President
May 15, 1996 ... Chinese Vice-President Rong Yiren met with Jorma Sakari Aalto,attorney-general of the Finnish Supreme Procuratorate and thedelegation he is leading in the Great Hall of the People here today. Rong briefed the Finnish guests on China's economic developmentand prospect as well as the ...
Commentary: Step up Education in Legal Knowledge (1)
May 15, 1996 ... A nationwide drive to educate all Chinese people about their legalrights and the rule of law is to be launched. It follows the conclusion of the 19th meeting of the StandingCommittee of the National People's Congress (NPC) that today adoptedfive new laws. The meeting, in ...
Cyprus Satisfied with EU-Cyprus Association
May 15, 1996 ... Cyprus Foreign Minister Alecos Michaelides has expressedsatisfaction with the outcome of the European Union (EU)-CyprusAssociation Council meeting held in Brussels Tuesday. According to Cyprus radio today, Michaelides said in Brussels thatit has now become a conviction and is in ...
Dhaka's Foreign Exchange Reserve Falls
May 15, 1996 ... Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve fell further to 2.098billion US dollars on May 12 from 3.07 billion dollars at the end oflast June, according to a statement issued by Bangladesh Bank (BB). Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve was at its peak at 3.4billion dollars in April ...
Five Arrested for Peddling Giant Panda Pelts
May 15, 1996 ... Police in Huizhou City in south China's Guangdong Province haveconfiscated two giant panda skins and arrested a five-membersmuggling syndicate. According to the Guangzhou-based "Yangcheng Wanbao", on May 6police received information that a person had skins of two giantpandas for ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
May 15, 1996 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong today(Wednesday): !!!!!!!! Foreign Exchange in HK Dollars Wednesday Tuesday US Dollar 7.7364 7.7360 Canadian Dollar 5.65 5.66 Pound Sterling 11.60 ...
Gains Noted in Cancer Surgery
May 15, 1996 ... In thoracic surgery and surgery for cardiovascular disease, Chinahas become a world leader, China Daily reported today. The country is now in the lead globally in early diagnosis andtreatment of cancers of the gullet and cardia and remarkable researchachievements have been made ...
Germany Advocates Early NATO Membership for Poland
May 15, 1996 ... German Minister of Defense Volker Ruehe, NATO's staunchestadvocate of Poland's admission into the military bloc, Tuesdayexpressed his optimism over membership for Warsaw in three years. "It is practical to expect Poland's accession to NATO in 1999 whenthe alliance will celebrate ...
Gold Price in Hong Kong Up
May 15, 1996 ... The gold price in Hong Kong today went up by four HK dollars to3,610 HK dollars a tael, according to Po Sang Bank, one of the majorgold dealers in Hong ...
Grain Price Generally Stable in April
May 15, 1996 ... Free market, wholesale and futures prices of major grain productsgenerally remained stable in April, with some up and others downslightly, according to latest statistics. Statistics released by the State Administration of Grain Reserveshow that the price of wheat selling on free ...
Guangxi Sugar Output Hits Record
May 15, 1996 ... The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China's largest sugarproducer, turned out 2.3 million tons of sugar in the 1995-1996production period, setting a historical record. Located in the country's subtropical area with a mild climate andsufficient sunshine, Guangxi is an ideal place ...
Hainan Now China's Largest Rubber Production Base
May 15, 1996 ... More than 40 years of effort has turned the state farms in China'ssouthernmost Hainan Province into the nation's largest natural rubberproduction base, the "China Chemical Industry News" reported. The ...
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Down
May 15, 1996 ... Hang Seng China Enterprises Index today dropped 0.17 points toclose at 804.09. The Index, introduced in August 1994, tracks the overallperformance of China's 19 state enterprises listed on the Hong KongStock Exchange. Meanwhile today's Hang Seng MidCap 50 Index gained 4.93 ...
Hezbollah Guerrillas Attack Israeli Forces in
May 15, 1996 ... Guerrillas of pro-Iranian Hezbollah, or Party of God, carried outa series of operations targeting the Israeli occupation forces in theso-called "security zone" in south Lebanon this morning. The Islamic Resistance, the military wing of the Shiite Hezbollah,announced that its ...
Hubei to Boost Automobile Industry
May 15, 1996 ... Central China's Hubei Province aims to form a capacity of turningout 655,000 automobiles a year by the turn of the century, "ChinaMachinery and Electronics News" reported. By then the province is also expected to be able to produce theessential parts for one million automobiles and ...
Injured Suspect Identified as HK's Most Wanted Man
May 15, 1996 ... A man injured in a pre-dawn street shoot-out with police hereMonday has been identified as Hong Kong's most wanted man, accordingto local press reports. Police said that fingerprinting has confirmed the identity of YipKai-foon, 31, who is now in Queen Mary Hospital for bullet ...
Inter-Parliamentary Conference to Be Held in Beijing
May 15, 1996 ... The 96th Inter-Parliamentary Conference (IPC) is to be held inBeijing from September 16 to 21. This was announced today at the second meeting of IPC ChineseOrganizing Committee. Tian Jiyun, vice-chairman of China's National People's Congress(NPC) Standing Committee, told ...
International Observers Begin Patrol In Hebron
May 15, 1996 ... The Norwegian members of International Temporary Presence inHebron (TIPH) began patrols in the streets of Hebron at 6:00 a.m.today. The observers' vehicles moved around the city except downtown,where the Jewish settlements are situated, because the Israeliauthorities did not yet ...
IPFC To Boycott Parliament Polls In Uganda
May 15, 1996 ... Uganda's Inter-party Political Forces Cooperation (IPFC) hasresolved to boycott the forthcoming parliamentary and local councilpolls in the country, according to an IPFC statement here today. the statement said the decision was reached after a two-daymarathon meeting of national ...
Israel Decides to Tighten Closure When Necessary
May 15, 1996 ... The heads of Israel's defense establishment met Tuesday night toreview the country's security situation and decided to tighten itsclosure of the Palestinian territories whenever necessary, reportedIsrael Radio. Prime Minister Shimon Peres presided over the meeting, which ...
Isuzu to Make Trucks Jointly With Malaysian Companies
May 15, 1996 ... Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understandingwith two Malaysian companies to jointly produce low-priced smalltrucks in Malaysia, according to a Kyodo News Service reportWednesday. The memorandum calls for Isuzu, Heavy Industries Co. of MalaysiaHoldings Bhd ....
Japanese Investment Invited In Tanzania
May 15, 1996 ... Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has Invited Japanesebusinessmen and other interested investors to come and invest inTanzania or enter into joint ventures with Tanzanians. The president made this invitation, when talking with the Japaneseambassador to Tanzania, who called on ...
Legislature Explains Nationality Law Implementation in HK SAR
May 15, 1996 ... From July 1, 1997 on, all Hong Kong residents of Chinese descentborn in Chinese territory, including Hong Kong, will become citizensof the People's Republic of China (PRC). This is part of an explanation on the implementation of theNationality Law of the PRC in the Hong Kong ...
Love At First Site For Man in 90s
May 15, 1996 ... Cupid has brought romance to a Chinese man in his mid-90s afterfinding the new love of his life through a matchmaker. It led to YuYisheng, 94, marrying his bride of 77, Wang Xiuchun - after their'love at first sight' meeting. The marriage demonstrates the old Chinese proverb, "A ...
Major News Items in U.S. Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading U.S. newspaperstoday: The Washington Post: People worried that they might have HIV, the virus that causesAIDS, will soon be able to test themselves and find out the answerconfidentially, in the privacy of their own ...
Major News Items in French Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading French newspaperstoday. Le Monde: France is expected to slash its state expenditure by 200 billionfrancs (about 50 billion U.S. dollars) in five years and cut 30,000civil servants by 2000. Liberation: The French ...
Major News in Leading British Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading British newspaperstoday. The Times: British Prime Minister John Major promised Tuesday that thegovernment would fund improved security for schools in response tothe murder of the London headmaster Philip Lawrence last ...
Major News Items in Leading Egyptian Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Egyptian newspaperstoday: Al-Ahram: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday concluded official talkswith visiting Chinese President Jiang Zemin and both leaderswitnessed the signing of three agreements on bolstering ...
Major News Items In Leading Nigerian Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Nigerian Newspapertoday: Daily Champion All matters relating to the disputed Bakassi peninsula will bewithheld from the general public to enable the government tostreamline the conflicting reports, military authorities ...
Major News Items In Leading S. African Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading South Africannewspapers today: The Citizen The National Party of South Africa would withdraw from sevenAfrican National Congress-controlled provincial governments from theend of June, party leader and outgoing Deputy President de ...
Major News Items In Leading Kenyan Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspaperstoday: Daily Nation The Kenyan Government will donate one million Kenya Shillings toassist the families of the 16 people killed when the roof of theveranda of a city building collapsed, President Daniel arap Moi ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspaperstoday: Asahi: Public approval of the cabinet of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimotohas rebounded to 44 percent from 36 percent in the previous survey inMarch. Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nihon ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Pakistani newspaperstoday. The Pakistan Times A senior official of afghanistan's Hezb-i-Islami (Hekmatyar Group)based in Islamabad Tuesday denied its reported alliance with thegovernment headed by President Burhanuddin ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
May 15, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Indian newspapers today: The Hindustan Times The Third Front names Karnataka Chief Minister Gowda as its primeministerial candidate and stakes a claim to form the next government. The Times of India The Congress Party ...
Mongolia to Restrict Imports of Alcoholic Drinks
May 15, 1996 ... The Mongolian government is expected to restrict the imports ofalcoholic drinks as excessive drinking is causing increased criminalcases. Drinking-related criminal cases jumped to 3,166 in 1995 from 2,558in 1992. Latest media reports said the customs authorities are preparing ...
Mount E'mei Applies for World Heritage Listing
May 15, 1996 ... Mount E'mei, one of the four sacred places of Chinese Buddhism,has applied to enter the world's cultural heritage list and hasalready been subjected to checks by experts from the UN Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The mountain, located in southwest ...
Myanmar Minister Receives Chinese Journalists
May 15, 1996 ... Myanmar Minister for Information Major General Aye Kyaw met thevisiting Chinese journalist delegation led by Zhao Huaili, deputydirector-general of the paper "China Legal System", here thisafternoon. The minister expressed his welcome to the Chinese visitors andsaid that the ...
Myanmar's Rice Exports Expected to Reach 3 Million
May 15, 1996 ... Myanmar's annual rice export is projected to reach three milliontons in the next Five-Year Plan period (1996-97 to 2000-2001), theNew Light of Myanmar newspaper reported today, quoting Minister forAgriculture Lt. Gen. Myint Aung. Official statistics showed that Myanmar's paddy ...
Nepal to Formulate New Decentralization Policy
May 15, 1996 ... The Nepali government will soon adopt a new decentralizationpolicy seeking to make local authorities more capable andindependent, senior officials said today. The government announced Tuesday that a high-level coordinationcommittee chaired by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was ...
Nepali PM Asks Opposition to Resume Dialogue
May 15, 1996 ... Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has called for resumptionof dialogue with the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), the country'smain opposition, the official RSS news agency reported today. In a letter to UML President Man Mohan Adhikari, Deuba criticizedthe opposition for ...
New Container Ship Route to Hong Kong Commissioned
May 15, 1996 ... A container shipping route has commissioned between Hong Kong andthe Longkou port, in east China's Shandong province. It is also a route to Southeast Asia and other parts of the worldthrough trans-shipment. It is expected to bring the port's annualhandling capacity to 5,000 TEUs, ...
New Types of Dowries Popular in Anhui
May 15, 1996 ... Farming machines are now popular dowry gifts for brides inHuaiyuan County in east China's Anhui Province, while in suburbanBengbu City, large greenhouses are becoming more and more commonamong local brides. More and more brides in rural Anhui are buying farming machineryor ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
May 15, 1996 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong today: hke051501 Roundup: NZ Employment Act Enters SixthYear hke051502 Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapershke051503 Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapershke051504 124 Vietnamese ...