Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, June 18:
Zambia at War With Aids
Jun 18, 1996 ... Zambia is at war with the Aids pandemic, declared ZambianPresident Frederick Chiluba here today. The declaration was made at the opening session of the sixthannual non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of the country.President Chiluba's speech was read on his behalf by Minister ...
Australian Coalition Government's Support Rate Drops
Jun 18, 1996 ... Australia's coalition government saw its supporting rate droppedsharply in the last three weeks, though it was still enjoying acomfortable lead over the opposition Labor Party. The results of Newspoll conducted last weekend showed thecoalition Government enjoyed the support of 48 ...
Chinese Newspaper Highlights
Jun 18, 1996 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" Chinese President Jiang Zemin met in Beijing yesterday with actingUS trade representative Charlene Barshefsky who is here to negotiatea settlement of disputes on intellectual property rights (IPR) ...
Chinese Province Increases Financial Backing for Agriculture
Jun 18, 1996 ... The financial system in central China's Henan Province hasincreased its backing for the agricultural sector since the start ofthis year. The subsidiaries of the Agricultural Bank of China and theAgricultural Development Bank of China, along with local rural creditcooperatives, ...
Fresh Eruption of NZ Volcano Reported
Jun 18, 1996 ... Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand's central North Island belched freshash and steam this morning but the fallout is not as heavy asMonday's. Television NZ reported that ash has fallen lightly in many partsof the Bay of Plenty, about 400 km north of the mountain, whileresidents in the ...
Indonesia Has World's Largest Geothermal Power
Jun 18, 1996 ... Indonesia, according to studies, has the biggest geothermal powersources in the world estimated at 16,000 megawatts, Antara NewsAgency reported today. Java has 8,000 megawatts, Sumatera 4,800 megawatts and the rest isscattered in other islands, the ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Jun 18, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Philippine newspaperstoday: Manila Bulletin, Today: The unified odd and even scheme, the latest effort to ease trafficcongestion in Metro Manila, will be fully enforced beginning today. Today, Star: President Ramos ...
Major News Items In Leading Australian Newspapers
Jun 18, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Australian newspaperstoday: The Australian The federal government's honeymoon is nearing its end, with thelatest newspoll showing support for the government down from 55percent to 48 and Labor rising from 36 to 40. The Sydney ...
Manila Starts Implementing New Traffic Scheme
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Metro Manila Development Authority formally started today theimplementation of a new traffic scheme, the unified vehicular volumereduction program, in an attempt to reduce the traffic congestionduring the rush hours in the Philippine capital. Under the scheme involving all ...
Market Exchange Rates
Jun 18, 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 ...
National
Jun 18, 1996 ... China will probe ways to beef up its environmental protection lawenforcement at a national conference to be held later this year. Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Bureau of EnvironmentalProtection, said the meeting, the fourth since 1949 when the People'sRepublic of China was ...
OPEC Oil Price Recovers
Jun 18, 1996 ... The price of OPEC oil continued its gradual recovery last week,edging up to 18.30 U.S. dollars a barrel from 18.14 dollars at thebeginning of June, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) announced today. But that's still less than the oil cartel's benchmark price ...
Overhaul Gives Arts New Energy
Jun 18, 1996 ... Under a restructuring plan, China's 13 national orchestras, balletcompanies and Peking Opera theaters will be consolidated into 10ensembles, cutting both the number of companies and of contractedartists. According to today's "China Daily", the government restructuringplan aims at ...
Shanxi to Ban Electronic Games Completely
Jun 18, 1996 ... China's northern province of Shanxi will close all its electronicgames salons by June 22, it was learned today. A notice issued by the government said that no agency orindividual will be allowed to operate an electronic games business.Violators will be severely punished, it ...
Bangladesh Ready for Repolling in 27 Constituencies
Jun 18, 1996 ... Bangladesh is ready for repolling Wednesday in 122 polling centersof 27 constituencies. The country held its seventh parliamentary elections on June 12.Although the Election Commission (EC) has announced the results of273 constituencies, 27 constituencies have to conduct ...
Bangladeshi Leading Party Prepares to Form New Cov't
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Awami (people's) League (AL), the leading party inBangladesh's seventh parliamentary elections held on June 12, hasprepared a list of leaders who are likely to get berths in the newcabinet, AL sources said. According to official results of the poll announced by theElection ...
Dollar Hardly Changed Against Yen in Early Tokyo Trading
Jun 18, 1996 ... The U.S. dollar was hardly changed against the yen in Tokyo earlyTuesday from its level in New York late the previous day, due to theabsence of market-moving factors. Traders said they expect the dollar to remain in a narrow rangeduring the day, the Kyodo news service ...
English Camp Promotes Study
Jun 18, 1996 ... Xi'an Global Village English Summer Camp, a non-governmentalprogram to promote English-language learning among school pupils willbe held from July 1-8 in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's ShaanxiProvince, today's "China Daily" reported. Sponsored by the Shaanxi Translators' ...
HK Gov't Welcomes Sino-US Solution on IPR Protection
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Hong Kong government today expressed its warm welcome to theannouncement by the US Government that the United States and Chinesegovernments have reached a naturally satisfactory solution on theprotection of intellectual property rights. A government spokesman said that the ...
ICBC To Handle Loans for Ling'ao Nuclear Power Station
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the StateDevelopment Bank (SDB) signed an agreement here Monday which willallow ICBC to be SDB's agent in handling a huge sum of foreignexchange loans for the Guangdong Ling'ao Nuclear Power Station. The Ling'ao Nuclear Power ...
Industrial Textile Lures More Overseas Investment
Jun 18, 1996 ... China's industrial textile market has become a major attractionfor overseas investment, according to a press conference. The conference was called to give details of the firstinternational exhibition on industrial textile products, which is tobe held in Shanghai between June 19 to ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Jun 18, 1996 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspaperstoday. Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nihon Keizai: Six bills to deal with current financial problems are expected tobe approved today at a House of Councillors plenary session. Yomiuri, Nihon ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Jun 18, 1996 ... Following are major news items in leading Indian newspapers today: The Hindustan Times No budgetary hike for government employees' pay. The Times of India The United Front government on Monday announced a package ofausterity and fiscal prudence to reduce manpower ...
Malaysian Firm to Build City Square in Yangon
Jun 18, 1996 ... A Malaysian firm is ready to build a city square complex in theheart of the Myanmar capital Yangon after signing a contract with theYangon authorities Monday. According to a contract signed here between Malaysia's TeknikCekap Sdn Bhd and the Yangon City Development Committee ...
Mineral Development to Help the Poor in Liaoning
Jun 18, 1996 ... Northeast China's Liaoning Province will increase the use of itsmineral resources to help local people shake off poverty. The province boasts deposits of more than 70 kinds of minerals,which are valued at nearly two trillion yuan. Officials said the mineral industry has not ...
More Ocean Disasters Forecasted This Year
Jun 18, 1996 ... More oceanic natural disasters are expected to hit areas ofcoastal southeast China this year, potentially making 1996 a year ofsevere oceanic disaster, experts have warned. And the damage likely to be caused may be much more serious thisyear than last year, according to a report ...
More Private Cars Sold in China
Jun 18, 1996 ... Almost a quarter of cars on the roads in China are privatelyowned. The number of cars owned by individuals in China has exceeded 2.5million, accounting for 23.8 percent of the country's autoownership. Chinese experts have predicted that individuals will graduallyreplace ...
Nepali Police Miss Culprits of Bank Scandal
Jun 18, 1996 ... Nepali police failed to arrest anyone involved in a series ofbanking frauds till Monday night although the government has decidedto take legal action against those found guilty in an investigationreport, local press said today. Seven persons mainly involved in the scandal costing ...
Rural Beijing Uses Biological Preparation in Pest Control
Jun 18, 1996 ... Vegetables produced in suburban Beijing have higher hygienicstandards than before, thanks to the use of biological preparation inpest control. A survey by Beijing Municipal Agricultural Bureau on ninevarieties of vegetables, including tomatoes, cucumbers and cabbage,shows that no ...
Sino-Russian Trade To Expand
Jun 18, 1996 ... Trade Volume between Russia and China is expected to double by theturn of the century, today's "China Daily" quoted Russian Ambassadorto China Itor Rogachez as saying. Itor Rogachez expressed optimism about the future of Sino-Russianrelations at the opening ceremony of the 7th ...
Thai Navy Freezes Submarine Plan
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Thai navy has suspended its plan to procure two diesel-poweredattack submarines after Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa convincedthe naval chief that the government did not have the budget tofinance the purchase. Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Orajet Siridej had informed ...
Thailand to Hold Workshop on Overseas Investment
Jun 18, 1996 ... Thailand will hold a workshop for promoting Thai investmentabroad, particularly in Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and southernChina, local press reported today. The workshop will be held in Bangkok on July 15-17 in the wake ofa recent session on the great Mekong ...
Tianjin Urged to Curb Sea Pollution
Jun 18, 1996 ... China's third largest municipality has been urged to take moreeffective measures to control its offshore sea water pollution,according to "China Daily" today. An environment inspection team sent by the National People'sCongress Standing Committee, China's highest legislative body, ...
"Golden Card" Project Goes Smoothly In Shanghai
Jun 18, 1996 ... Shanghai has been speeding up steps to link its ATMs and POSinformation systems with large business enterprises by network,providing convenience for customers by offering a speedy service. Shanghai has 98 percent of its Automatic Teller Machines connectedwith the network, says the ...
"Services for Lovers" the Rage in Shanghai
Jun 18, 1996 ... Madame Xue and her husband prefer to spend weekends at one ofShanghai's fine dining establishments, the "Napolean Restaurant." "We like the light music, delicious food and romantic and lovingatmosphere here," said the university teacher, who is in herthirties. In fact, ...
45 Kilograms of Heroin Seized in Turkey
Jun 18, 1996 ... Turkey has seized 45 kilograms of heroin in two recent operationsagainst drug trafficking in the country, the semi-official AnatoliaNews Agency reported today. The agency said that according to a tip off, Ankara narcoticspolice stopped a car on the Esenboga Airport Highway in the ...
55 Percent Increase in SADC Grain Output
Jun 18, 1996 ... With this harvesting season coming to an end, the Southern AfricanDevelopment Community (SADC) food security early warning unitforecasts a regional grain yield of 25.2 million tons, a 55 percentincrease from last year. The unit said on Monday exceptionally good rains after ...
Abacha Sets Up Human Rights Organ in Nigeria
Jun 18, 1996 ... Nigerian Head of State General Sani Abacha has ordered a casereview of all the political detainees in the country as heinaugurated the National Human Rights Commission on Monday. Local press reports said here today that the political detaineeswould include former Head of State ...
Additional Commitment for 'Jusen' Scheme Outlined
Jun 18, 1996 ... A four-point framework for an additional commitment in a scheme torevitalize the seven failed "Jusen" housing loan companies has beenmapped out by the Japanese government and the ruling coalitionparties, Kyodo News Service reported Tuesday. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto will ...
American Businessmen Applaud Sino-US IPR Agreement
Jun 18, 1996 ... The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham) applauded the resolution to the16-month-long Sino-US trade dispute over intellectual propertyrights. China and the United States struck a last-minute deal on the issue Monday and canceled tit-for-tat sanctions that could ...
Ancient Bell Found After Theft in Fujian
Jun 18, 1996 ... An ancient bell from the southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) thatwas stolen in 1993 has been recovered by police in east China'sFujian province, and five suspects involved in the case have beenarrested. The bell is 108 cm in diameter, stands 140 cm high, weighs nearly500 kilograms ...
Armed Robbers Attack Gold Shop in Macao
Jun 18, 1996 ... Three armed robbers snatched a total of 600,000 Patacas (about75,900 US dollars) worth of gold ornaments from a gold shop in Macaoon Monday afternoon but no one was injured, the "Macao Daily News"reported today. The robbery happened at about four o'clock Monday afternoon in agold ...
Australian Stock Market Rallies
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Australian stock market rebounded sharply today on the back ofa surge in the banking sector and an optimistic prospect of mineralexports next year. The All Ordinaries index rallied 20.8 points to 2228.3 points,nearly one percent higher than yesterday's close. The All ...
Australian Dollar Steady
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Australian dollar ended steady against the US dollar today. The Australian dollar remained unchanged against the greenback at79.18 US cents. Local traders said that the Australian dollar seemed to havestabilized after the news that Japan's copper trading house ...
Bangkok Rubber Prices
Jun 18, 1996 ... The following are Bangkok rubber sheets f.o.b. prices, as quotedby the Rubber Research Institute of Thailand (in baht per kilogram,25.35 baht is equal to one US dollar): Spots (June 17) Futures (June 17) July ...
Beijing to Extend Bus Service Time
Jun 18, 1996 ... Beijing Public Transport Company will extend the service time of36 trolley-bus and bus routes starting today. The service time of the last bus that runs 21 urban routes will beextended to 24:00 every day; the service time of the last buscovering five routes through areas with many ...
Book Series for Farmers Published in Jiangsu Province
Jun 18, 1996 ... A group of 104 books included in a new book series, "TheTrans-Century Farm Book Store", have been published jointly by eightpublishing houses in east China's Jiangsu Province. The book series, consisting of a complete set of 300 volumes, playan important role in the Jiangsu ...
Botswana to Import f-5 Fighter-Bombers
Jun 18, 1996 ... Botswana, in a move that represents a massive increase in defensespending, has agreed to purchase a squadron of 13 f-5 fighter-bomberaircraft from Canada. The deal is worth 50 million U.S. Dollars and could put Botswana''roughly on a par with South African air capabilities,'' a ...
China Attaches Importance to Work for Ethnic Groups: Vice-President
Jun 18, 1996 ... Chinese Vice-President Rong Yiren said here today that the Chinesegovernment has always attached importance to the work done for thebetterment of ethnic groups. During a meeting with Kim Georgi, chairman of the State Commissionof the National Policy of Kazakhstan, Rong said that ...
China Dismisses Unqualified Public Servants
Jun 18, 1996 ... Central government departments in China have started a campaign todismiss unqualified public servants in order to maintain ahigh-quality group of public servants in the country. Twenty-three public servants from 12 state ministries have beendismissed to date. They include section ...
China Inks Largest SDH Contract With Siemens
Jun 18, 1996 ... China recently issued its largest order for Siemens SDH(synchronous digital hierarchy) equipment to digitalize its fiveoptical cables with a total length of 7,690 km. According to the imports contract signed with the German company,the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, ...
China's Boiler-Making Leader
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Wuhan Boiler Group in the capital of central China's HubeiProvince leads the country in manufacturing boilers for 300,000 kwgenerating units. The boilers have been tested successfully in the Jingyuan Heat andPower Plant in ...
China Standardizes Selling of Sex Health Products
Jun 18, 1996 ... The China Sexology Society has issued certificates to 20speciality shops across the country, to standardize the sex healthproduct market and form a selling network, the "Guangming Daily"reported. The Bangbang Peace and Happiness Health center is the first one inthe capital to ...
China to Issue Another B Share
Jun 18, 1996 ... Hebei Province in north China is expected to issue the first 100million B shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Baoshi Electronic Glass Co.Ltd in Shijiazhuang, the provincialcapital, is the largest electronic firm in Hebei. It will issue theone-yuan shares, strictly for foreign ...
Chinese and Foreign Music Lovers Play Together in Dalian
Jun 18, 1996 ... When the harmonious strains of the well-known "the Blue Danube" byJohann Strauss suddenly turned sour, orchestra conductor KeishiroTakaoka turned around and explained to his audience, "It's our firstrehearsal." This was a scene at the rehearsal hall of the Youth and ...
Chinese Department Store Enters World Market
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Shanghai No.1 Department Store, the largest of its kind inChina, has become a member of the Intercontinental Group ofDepartment Stores. The group now has a membership of 28 of the biggest departmentstores in the world, with total sales of 60 billion US dollars in1995, said ...
Chinese Economy Proceeds Normally in May
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Chinese economy was stable last month, showing a flourishingretail market and further easing in prices. The State Statistics Bureau said that China realized a totalretail sales volume of 189.8 billion yuan last month, a growth of 12percent on a yearly basis. Meanwhile, ...
Chinese Economy Proceeds Normally in May
Jun 18, 1996 ... The Chinese economy was stable last month, showing a flourishingretail market and further easing in prices. The State Statistics Bureau said that China realized a totalretail sales volume of 189.8 billion yuan last month, a growth of 12percent on a yearly basis. Meanwhile, ...
Chinese Pathologists Attend Summer School in HK
Jun 18, 1996 ... Forty pathologists-in-charge from major hospitals in 17municipalities and cities all over China are currently attending atwo-week annual pathology summer school at the Chinese University ofHong Kong (CUHK). A university source said that the program aims to give an annualrevision ...
Coverage of China's Social Security Enlarged
Jun 18, 1996 ... China collected a total of 97 billion yuan in social securityfunds, and spent 85 billion yuan of it by the end of 1995, lateststatistics show. During the twelve month period 3.5 billion yuan was collected, and1.9 billion yuan spent, 1.5 billion yuan of the latter to ...
Cyprus President: Solution to Cyprus Problem is
Jun 18, 1996 ... Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides has said that a solution to theCyprus problem that would guarantee permanent peace and security forall the people of the island is indeed possible. The president made the remarks Monday night in a statement at theNational Press Club in Washington ...
Entrepreneurs Pouring Investments in Three Gorges Area
Jun 18, 1996 ... More than 30 Chinese entrepreneurs from non-governmental firmshave pledged to invest 1.7 billion yuan (about 205 million USdollars) in the Three Gorges reservoir area. The entrepreneurs, led by Zheng Wantong, vice-head of the UnitedFront Work Department of the Chinese Communist ...
EU Approves Draft Mandate to Negotiate With US on Aviation
Jun 18, 1996 ... The European Commission has approved a draft mandate to negotiatean agreement with a view to creating a common aviation area with theUnited States. A spokesman said the Commission will now flesh out the exactdetails of the draft. This draft mandate has been agreed by all ...
Expert: "Loulan Beauty" Locals Know How to Preserve Their Departed
Jun 18, 1996 ... In ancient Egypt they mummified their dearly departed. But inChina experts have discovered that a special coating material wasused generations ago to preserve people who had passed away. And the new discovery could explain the reason for the so-called"Loulan Beauty", a woman who ...
First Round Fixture at Wimbledon Open (1)
Jun 18, 1996 ... Following are the first round fixture at the Wimbledon Open tennistournament (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's singles: 1-Pete Sampras, United States, vs. Richey Reneberg, United States Mark Philippoussis, Australia, vs. Javier Frana, Argentina Kris Goossens, ...