Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, April 28:
Ad Companies Shut down for Illegal Practices
Apr 28, 1997 ... Fifty advertising companies were closed last Thursday to protectconsumers' interests in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China'sShaanxi Province, according to today's China Daily. A one-month advertising crackdown found the 50 companies werepaying commissions or doing business as ...
Beijing Applicants Vie to Fill Vacant Posts
Apr 28, 1997 ... Zhang Sufang has given exams to her students for 14 years. Shewas a bit nervous on Saturday when she was taking a test. Zhang, 37, was one of nearly 300 competitors taking the finaloralexam to quality for one of Beijing's 57 intermediate-level officialvacancies. "I am ...
China to Reshuffle Auto Industry
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Chinese government plans to trim the number of domesticautomobile plants from 120 to six. Around 2010 the car manufactureswill be further reorganized into three auto giants, according totoday's China Daily. The Beijing based newspaper also says that China now has 126 ...
First Book on Male Reproductive Science Published
Apr 28, 1997 ... China's first medical work on male reproductive science has beenpublished here to spread health care education among men. Some 59 experts and professors nationwide co-wrote the book,Clinical Male Science, which explains in detail the structure andpathology of man's reproductive ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" A frontpage editorial urged agricultural departments to summerizethe experience in reaping good harvests for the past two years, soasto achieve another good harvest this year.A commentary proposes that ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers today: Manila Bulletin Philippine President Fidel Ramos Sunday directed three cabinetofficials to look into and take appropriate actions on the reportedabduction by alleged Malaysian Navy officers of seven ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... Following are major news items in leading Australian newspaperstoday: The Australian States would be able to remove Aborigines' special powers overdevelopment projects and in some cases force them to relinquishnative title rights over pastoral leases through compulsory ...
Market Exchange Rates
Apr 28, 1997 ... 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 ...
North China Province to Introduce More Technology
Apr 28, 1997 ... North China's Hebei Province will import more technology to speedup the upgrading of its key industries and promote its economicgrowth. The province plans to introduce 2,500 items of advancedtechnologyannually over the next five years, 20 percent of which is ...
Overseas Chinese Help Southwest China's Economy
Apr 28, 1997 ... Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hongkong and Macao haveprovided more than 77 million US dollars in foreign currency tosupport the economic growth of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regionin southwest China. There are more than 3.2 million Guangxi people reported to beliving ...
Tourism Facilities Improvement in Central Chinese Province
Apr 28, 1997 ... Zhangjiajie, a well-known tourist area in the western part ofHunan Province in central China, has spent more than four billionyuan on basic facilities since 1988. The Zhangjiajie Airport has opened air routes to a dozen largeandmedium-sized cities including Beijing, Shanghai, ...
Background: ABCs of Basic Law of Hong Kong SAR (49-50)
Apr 28, 1997 ... Following are the ABCs of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (49-50) in a question-and-answer format: Question: Why should not Hong Kong change into a political city? Answer: Hong Kong has never been a country but a region. It hasnever been a political ...
Chinese Customs Reports Sharp Increase In Telecom Imports
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Beijing Customs office has reported a sharp increase inimports of program-controlled telephone exchange parts andaccessories. More than 15 million telephone exchanges have been installedannually in China in recent years, increasing demand for parts ...
Exports Up in South Chinese Province
Apr 28, 1997 ... South China's coastal province of Guangdong exported 14.59billionUS dollars worth of goods in the first quarter of this year, ayear-on-year increase of 24.6 percent. The export-oriented province was affected by the cuts in exporttax rebates in early 1996, and exports began to ...
Guangdong Fair To Spur Guangxi's Exports In 1997
Apr 28, 1997 ... The ongoing Chinese Export Commodities Fair in Guangzhou isexpected to pave the way for a rebound of foreign trade in theGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, today's "China Daily" reports. The Beijing based newspaper also says that by April 21, the 71stands from Guangxi's 60 foreign ...
Honey and Wax Production Below Expectations in
Apr 28, 1997 ... Ethiopia produces only 25,000 tons of honey and 210 tons of waxevery year despite the fact that the country is one of the seven tophoney and wax producing countries in the world. This was disclosed by the Holeta Bee Research Center in thecountry. The center said actual ...
Major News Items in Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspaperstoday. Kenya Times The Nairobi-based U.N. Center for Human Settlement (HABITAT) hascalled for the decentralization of local governments so as to speedup implementation of the declarations made at the human ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are the major news items in leading PakistaniEnglish newspapers: The News President Farooq Leghari leaves here today for a two-day workingvisit to China.The NationIndian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral said Sunday that he wouldmeet his Pakistani ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese paperstoday: Asahi: Veteran Chinese leader Peng Zhen died Saturday at the age of 94.Remains of rice plants dating back to 8,000 years have been foundin China.Japan's Environment Agency will curb dioxide ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspaperstoday: The Hindustan Times Central Bureau of Investigation Director Joginder Singh Sundayevening recommended the prosecution of 56 persons including BiharChief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav in connection with the ...
Nepali Govt to Okey Rhino Gift Plan for London Zoo
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Nepali government has decided to continue a plan to send tworhinos to Britain as gifts despite strong opposition from localenvironmentalists, a newspaper said today. The cabinet is expect to formally endorse the decision at ameeting Monday, Forest Minister Rameshwor Yadav was ...
Nepali Official Calls for Promotion of Internet Use
Apr 28, 1997 ... A senior government official has said Nepal should promote theuseof the worldwide Internet to make the rest of the world know aboutthe country. Speaking at a talk program on "Internet in InformationTechnology"here Sunday, State Minister for Information and Communications ...
New Hydropower Station Completed in Northern Tibet
Apr 28, 1997 ... A hydropower station has gone into operation in Nagqu Prefecturein northern Tibet. Nagqu was one of China's last two prefectures which had no accessto hydropower electricity, relying only on small amounts ofgeothermal energy and diesel power. The power project was launched in ...
NPC Vice-Chairman
Apr 28, 1997 ... Wang Guangying, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of theNational People's Congress, met here today with President of theSupreme Court of Benin, Abraham Zinzindohoue, and his party. This visit is the first official contact between the courts ofthetwo countries. Wang ...
Palestinian Youth Killed by Israeli Soldiers
Apr 28, 1997 ... An 18-year-old Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israelisoldiersin the West Bank Sunday night, according to a report of JMCC, aPalestinian press service based in East Jerusalem today. The incident took place in the Village of Tharaz near Hebron whenyoung Palestinian ...
Public Transportation To Get Priority in Chinese Cities (1)
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Chinese government plans to give priority to developingpublictransportation in all large and medium-sized cities to deal withworsening traffic congestion. Special bus lanes will be set aside this year in the cities ofBeijing, Dalian, and Shenyang, the capital of northeast ...
Roundup: Indonesia Starts Election Campaign Quietly
Apr 28, 1997 ... A quiet atmosphere and subdued political activity marked thestartof the election campaign in Indonesia on Sunday, reports reachinghere today from various areas in the country indicated. Chief of the Armed Forces General Feisal Tanjung said last nightin Solo, Central Java, that ...
Shanghai Real Estate Trade Center Eases Property Deals
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Shanghai Real Estate Trading Center is ready to help raisethemarket out of its current slump by providing computerized tradingandother services for buyers, sellers and investors, today's "ChinaDaily" reports. The Beijing based newspaper quotes Liu Daotong, director of ...
Shanghai to Invest More in Environmental Protection
Apr 28, 1997 ... China's largest economic center is set to spend three percent ofits gross domestic product (GDP) on environmental protection in theremainder of the 20th century, according to Mayor Xu Kuangdi. This means the city would spend eight billion yuan (about onebillion US dollars) annually ...
Stable Land Contract System Called for
Apr 28, 1997 ... Wen Jiabao, an alternate member of the Political Bureau of theChinese Communist Party Central Committee, said that the farmlandcontract system in rural China needs to remain stable for a longtime. This has been demanded by farmers and has been the policy of theParty Central ...
10 of A Family Killed in Fatal Bus Accident
Apr 28, 1997 ... Ten people of a same family were killed when a speedy bus turnedturtle near Gujrat in Gujranwala district, Punjab province, earlythis morning. According to a report by the Associated Press of Pakistan, thebuswas packed with dozens of people who were returning from a ...
125 Students Arrested for Involving Campus Violence
Apr 28, 1997 ... A total of 125 students of Rajshahi University were arrested in apolice swoop Sunday and 90 of them were sued for their allegedinvolvement in the ransacking of various university buildings lastSaturday, said reports reaching here today. Besides, some off-campus student messes and ...
Beijing to Give Priority to Public Transport
Apr 28, 1997 ... Beijing plans to take the national lead in giving priority todeveloping public means of transport and solving urban trafficproblems. The special bus lane on Chang'an Avenue, Beijing's busiestdowntown artery five kilometers long, will open before June 30. Another three bus ...
Beijing to Host Sino-French Forum on Dairy Products
Apr 28, 1997 ... A Sino-French forum on quality control of dairy products will beheld from May 26 to 27, sponsored by China's State TechnicalSupervisory Bureau and the French Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery,and Foodstuff. French experts will explain quality inspections of fresh milk inFrance ....
BSEC Business Conference Opens in Istanbul
Apr 28, 1997 ... A conference of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) of"Opportunities for Business" began today in Istanbul, the largestcity of Turkey. Participants are expected to discuss the issues of regionalcooperation, economic rebuilding, financing for growth andinvestmentprojects, ...
China's Community Services Benefit Residents
Apr 28, 1997 ... An increasing number of community services are benefittingcitizens of Southwest China's Sichuan province who are indifficulties. Provincial officials say that the region began to providecommunity services in 1987, to help the elderly, disabled people,poor families, or any ...
China's First Work on Flood And Drought Disasters Comes Out
Apr 28, 1997 ... "Flood And Drought Disasters in Yellow River Valley" has recentlybeen published by the Yellow River Water Conservancy PublishingHouse. As China's first scientific, systematic overview of flood anddrought disasters, the book supplies materials and data of ancientand contemporary ...
China's Foreign Debt Hits 116.28 Billion US Dollars
Apr 28, 1997 ... China borrowed 30.95 billion US dollars from overseas in 1996,bringing its total outstanding foreign debt up to 116.28 billion USdollars last year, according to the latest statistics from the StateAdministration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). The figure was up 9.69 billion US dollars, ...
China's Welfare to foucs on Aiding Orphans
Apr 28, 1997 ... China's social welfare efforts will focus on improving conditionsin the country's orphanages and on helping Tibet develop more publicwelfare services in 1997, a Civil Affairs Ministry official saidtoday. "Top priority in our social welfare for 1997 is first torefurbishhouses ...
Direct Elections of Village Committees Conducted Across China (1)
Apr 28, 1997 ... The provinces of Fujian, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, and Hebei areholding direct elections of village officials as part of China'sexperiment in grass-roots democracy and marking another stepforward,according to a Ministry of Civil Affairs official. From 1988 to early 1997, 18 Chinese ...
Eight Industrial Projects Operate in Weifang
Apr 28, 1997 ... Weifang High Technology Industry Development Zone has launchedeight new industrial projects. With a total investment of 23 million US dollars, the eightprojects are mostly overseas-funded. The largest part is afertilizer project, wholly-owned by a US company, and is expected ...
Ethiopia Announces Income-tax-free Privileges to
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Ethiopian Investment Authority has announced that thegovernment grants a 3-5 years income-tax-free rights toentrepreneurswho engage in areas the state gives particular attention to. Among others, agriculture, horticulture and industrial chemicalsproduction are listed as the ...
Farmers in Shanxi Earn More
Apr 28, 1997 ... The per capita income of the rural population in North China'sShanxi Province hit 1,557 yuan in 1996, up nearly 29 percent overtheprevious year. This was seven percentage points above the national average andthe highest growth rate in the history of Shanxi, said a ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
Apr 28, 1997 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong today(Monday): Foreign Exchange in HK Dollars Monday SaturdayUS Dollar 7.7476 7.7470Canadian Dollar 5.58 5.58Pound Sterling 12.46 ...
Groundnut Production Rises in Uganda
Apr 28, 1997 ... The annual groundnut production in Uganda in recent years standsat around 140,000 metric tons, increasing by 6,000 tons from theestimated production in 1988, reported the local daily "The NewVision" today. The paper said that after the introduction of new varieties thatare ...
Hollywood to Buy Chinese Film With Patriotic Theme
Apr 28, 1997 ... Hollywood is interested in buying a film about Chinese campaignsearly in this century against British troops invading Tibet. Sources from the film industry told Xinhua here today thatseveralHollywood companies like Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox havecontacted the producer, the ...
Hospitalized Peng Zhen Visited by Chinese Leaders
Apr 28, 1997 ... Chinese Communist Party and government leaders had gone to thehospital to visit Peng Zhen, China's outstanding leader, who died ofillness on the night of April 26. Peng Zhen was a great proletarian revolutionary and statesman, anoutstanding activist in state affairs, a staunch ...
Indonesia Has 11 Billion Barrels of Oil Reserve
Apr 28, 1997 ... Indonesia has an estimated 11 billion barrels of petroleum whichcould last 20 years, an official said. "We still have 11 billion barrels of petroleum reserves, fivepercent in Irian Jaya," the state-run oil company Pertamina'sPresident Director Faisal Abda'oe said in Jayapura, Irian ...
Initial Report on Philippine Hotel Fire Cites Arson
Apr 28, 1997 ... The initial official report on the New Imperial Hotel fire in thesouthern Philippine city Cotabato, which killed 27 people earlySaturday morning, has pointed to arson, Philippine News Agency saidtoday. The report was sent by the City Fire Marshall Inspector EdzrapelDilawangan to ...
Japanese Government Regrets at Visit to Diaoyu Islands
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Japanese government expressed regret today at an unauthorizedvisit to China's Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea by a Japanesereporter and a local official, Kyodo News Service reported. "It is a regrettable thing," Deputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryTeijiro Furukawa was quoted by ...
Jordan Welcomes Efforts to Hold Four-Nation Summit
Apr 28, 1997 ... Jordan said today that it welcomes any efforts to hold a summit,including Jordan, Egypt, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)andIsrael, which is inteded to bring the peace process back on track. This came in remarks by Jordanian Minister of State for MediaAffairs, Samir ...
Largest Grain Aid Project in Northwest China
Apr 28, 1997 ... Construction on a project aided by the World Food Programme (WFP)and International Fund on Agriculture Development (IFAD) recentlystarted in northwest China's Qinghai province. The "5717" project, the largest grain aid project in Qinghai,involves a total of 17.87 million US ...
Major News Items in Leading French Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading French newspapers: Liberation: French Prime Minister Alain Juppe Sunday revealed the primarymeasures that the ruling majority would take if it wins thelegislative elections. The measures, surprisingly similar with theproposals of ...
Major News Items in Leading British Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading British newspaperstoday: The Times: Prime Minister John Major tried to lift Tory gloom and the mainopposition Labor leader Tony Blair warned his party againstcomplacency as the prospect of a Labor landslide victory appeared ...
Major News Items in Leading Egyptian Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading Egyptian newspaperstoday: Al-Ahram: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told reporters Sunday that hisannouncement that Cairo was ready to host a summit to beattended by the parties involved in the peace process, includingIsrael, ...
Major News Items in Leading Nigerian Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... Following are the major news items in leading Nigerian newspaperstoday. The Guardian Productivity lulled in Nigeria's real sector between January andMarch, dulling the feasibility of 5.5 percent gross domestic productgrowth projected in the budget.Oil production in Warri ...
Major News Items in Leading S. African Newspapers
Apr 28, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading South Africannewspapers today. The Citizen The government would give the South African National DefenceForceits fullest support in the execution of its duties, including theparticipation of peace-keeping operations beyond the ...
Malawian Government Loses 26 Million Dollars From
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Malawian government suffered a loss of 26 million US Dollarsin the past year in the civil service from fraudulent accounting,overpayment and ghost workers, said a report reaching here today. This was revealed by Malawian Finance Minister Aleke Banda basedon a government ...
Manila to Set Up Enforcement of Intellectual Property
Apr 28, 1997 ... Philippine President Fidel Ramos today said his government willpursue with "greater vigor" the effective enforcement of laws onintellectual property rights. Ramos made the remarks before the World Intellectual PropertyOrganization's World Symposium on Broadcasting, New ...
Mongolian Grasslands Attract More Overseas Tourists
Apr 28, 1997 ... The Hulun Buir Grasslands in the northern part of China havebecome a new tourism attraction and have attracted more than 1.6million overseas tourists over the past five years because of thescenery and pollution-free environment. Hulun Buir covers 250,000 sq. km. or about six times ...
New Rice Technique Adds To China's Grain Growth
Apr 28, 1997 ... The sparse-planting rice technique has become a major contributorto China's increased grain production, which hit a new high of morethan 490 billion kg last year. China will spread this new technique to about 13 million ha ofdryfarmland by the end of the century, as part of the ...
Niger's President Arrives in Kuwait on Three-day
Apr 28, 1997 ... The President of Niger, Ibrahim Barre Mainassara, arrived heretoday for a three-day official visit during which he will held talkswith Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on bilateraleconomic and political cooperations. The west African republic is among many world ...
Northeast China to Auction off Wasteland
Apr 28, 1997 ... Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a leading grainproducer,plans to auction off land use rights to some of its more than 4.6million hectares of wasteland. The province has 8.67 million hectares of farmland, putting itfirst in the country, and 3.8 million hectares of land ...
NZ Stocks Finish Lower
Apr 28, 1997 ... The New Zealand sharemarket drifted lower today in quiet trading. The NZSE40 index ended 14 points lower at 2240 with a turnover ofonly 28 million NZ dollars (19 million US dollars). The market was dragged down by a 10-cent fall in the marketleaderTelecom, whose shares ...
Ocean Shipping Institute Set up at East China University
Apr 28, 1997 ... An Ocean Shipping Institute has been set up at Ningbo University,in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. The institute has more than 280 staff members and students andconsists of two departments, three research institutes, six facultyoffices, ...