Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, January 31:
8 Killed in Philippine Road Accident
Jan 31, 1998 ... Eight persons were killed and at least 18 others injured, most ofthem seriously, in a highway accident involving three vehicles in anorthern Philippine province Friday night, local police saidSaturday. The accident occurred on the Manila North Expressway in SanFernando ...
American Bobsledder Tested Positive for Banned Drugs
Jan 31, 1998 ... A member of the United States bobsledding team will be bannedfromtaking part in the Winter Olympic Games after he tested positive fora banned stimulant. According to an announcement by the international bobsleigh andtoboggan ...
Australian Open Tennis Women's Finals Results (1)
Jan 31, 1998 ... Following are the women's singles finals results at theAustralianOpen in Melbourne: 1922 _ Mall Molesworth bt Esna Boyd, 6-3, 10-8 1923 _ Mall Molesworth bt Esna Boyd, 6-1, 7-51924 _ Sylvia Lance bt Esna Boyd, 6-3, 3-6, 8-61925 _ Daphne Akhurst bt Esna Boyd, 1-6, 8-6, ...
Australian Open Women's Champions
Jan 31, 1998 ... Following are the women's champions of the Australian Open tennischampionships: 1922 Mall Molesworth 1923 Mall Molesworth1924 Sylvia Lance1925 Daphne Akhurst1926 Daphne Akhurst1927 Esna Boyd1928 Daphne Akhurst1929 Daphne Akhurst1930 Daphne Akhurst1931 ...
Bank of China to Launch Full-Scale Forward Trading
Jan 31, 1998 ... The Bank of China (BOC) this year will launch a full-scale"forward trading" in foreign currency to enable enterprises toreduceexchange risk, according to the bank. The business first offered on a trial basis last April by theBOChead office and its 12 branches in Beijing, ...
Book of Records Lists Harbin Ice Sculpture
Jan 31, 1998 ... An ice sculpture of the Great Wall on show at the ongoing 24thHarbin Ice Lantern Garden in the capital of northeast China'sHeilongjiang Province, has gained entry into the Book of Records inShanghai. The sculpture, which measures some 958 meters in length, is thelargest exhibit ...
Chinese Farmers Receive Expanded Medical Care
Jan 31, 1998 ... Some 90 percent of farmers in Hainan, China's southernmost islandprovince, enjoy basic health care services, according to localsources. Seventeen of the island's 19 cities and counties have fulfilledcentral government health care targets. Most villages have at leastone clinic, ...
Chinese Medical Awards For Liver Disease Research
Jan 31, 1998 ... Seven well-known Chinese medical researchers recently got awardsfrom a fund established by a doctor specializing in liver diseasetreatment. Wu Mengchao, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, made a donationof money he had earned from his research last March to establish thefund. It ...
Chinese Vice-Premier Leaves For Europe
Jan 31, 1998 ... Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing left here this morning to attendthe Annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos ofSwitzerland at the invitation of the Forum's President Klaus Schwab. Li is also scheduled to pay an official visit to Switzerland,Spain, Belgium, the ...
Dhaka Asks Banks to Expedite Agri-loan Disbursement
Jan 31, 1998 ... The Bangladeshi banks have been urged to expedite thedisbursementof agricultural loans to further develop the agricultural sector, anofficial handout said Saturday. Bangladeshi Finance Minister Shah A.M.S. Kibria had directed thebanks to disburse at least 10 billion taka (222.2 ...
Dongting Wetlands Provide Safe Haven for Migratory Birds
Jan 31, 1998 ... Dongting Lake, a major wetlands area in central China, is thewintering grounds for some 16,000 migratory birds. Rare species wintering in the area include Siberian white crane,oriental white stork and lesser white-breasted goose. The administrative staff at the Dongting Nature ...
Earthquake Hits Northern Japan
Jan 31, 1998 ... An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the open-ended Richter scalejoltedthe northern part of Japan Hokkaido and Tohoku early Saturdaymorning. The Meteorological Agency said there were no immediate reports ofcasualties. No ...
Five Die as Nigerian Moslems Protest Against U.S
Jan 31, 1998 ... No fewer than five persons were feared dead Friday in northNigeria's Katsina city, as police clashed with Moslems protestingtheU.S. of waging an unnecessary war against Iraq. Local media reports said today that the clashes occurred ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
Jan 31, 1998 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong onSaturday: (Foreign Exchange in HK Dollars) Saturday Tuesday (January 27)US Dollar 7.7340 7.7420Canadian Dollar 5.3405.360Pound Sterling 12.60 ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" The leading national newspapers frontpaged an article reviewingthe development of the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. The articlebelieves that the industrial structure of the new area is beingrationalized as ...
Hingis Wins Australian Open Title (Updated)
Jan 31, 1998 ... Swiss teenager Martina Hingis on Saturday became the youngestplayer in the Open tennis era to sucessfully defend a Grand Slamtitle when she won her second Australian Open singles crown inMelbourne. Hingis, 17, took just 84 minutes to defeat the 25-year-oldSpaniard Conchita ...
Hingis Wins Australian Open
Jan 31, 1998 ... Martina Hingis became the youngest player in the Open era todefend a Grand Slam title Saturday when she snatched her secondAustralian Open. The 17-year-old Hingis won her fourth Grand Slam tournament,beating former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-3, 6-3in 84 ...
Improved Legal System Helps Opening-up In East China Province
Jan 31, 1998 ... The Standing Committee of Fujian Province's People's Congress,thelocal legislature, is placing greater importance on improving thelegal system in its Xiamen Special Economic Zone, which leads theprovince's opening-up campaign. As many as 40 sets of regulations have been made in ...
Major News Items in Leading Egyptian Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersSaturday: Al-Ahram Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to inaugurate next WednesdayEgypt's second atomic research reactor and its nuclear fuel plantforproducing fuel necessary for operating the reactor.The ...
Major News Items in Leading Nigerian Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... Following are the major news items in leading Nigerian newspaperstoday. New Nigerian Nigerian petroleum minister Chief Dan Etete has disclosed thepresent fall in the price of crude oil to 16 u.s. dollars per barrelwill not affect the country's 1998 budget which has been ...
Major News Items in Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspaperstoday. Kenya Times Sources within the National Convention Executive Council, theself-styled coordinating organ for oppositionists in Kenya, haverevealed that opposition forces will try to cripple the ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersSaturday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: Notaka Saeki, president of Sanwa Bank and chairman of theFederation of Bankers Associations of Japan, said Friday that hewould quit the association post to take ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersSaturday: The Hindustan Times In its manifesto issued Friday, the United Front offered "goodgovernance and clean administration", as good governance was the"surest guarantor" for stability.The Times of ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Saturday: The Philippine Star The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Friday renewed athreat to boycott scheduled preliminary peace talks with thePhilippine government next week after more fighting erupted ...
Mayor's Hotline Helps Residents of Northern Chinese City
Jan 31, 1998 ... A hotline that was set up in 1993 in the biggest port city innorthern China has helped the city's people solve more than 300,000problems over the last five years. "It was the mayor's hotline that responded quickly to our call onnew year's eve to help us repair a frozen water pipe," ...
Northeast China Province Promoting Tourism
Jan 31, 1998 ... Changchun, the capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, whichis a movie-making center, has a number of tourist programs now todevelop the tourism industry. The city has organized three major tour programs in cities, thecountryside, and sites of interest, local tourism officials ...
Promotive Ideas on Land Welcome: Mugabe
Jan 31, 1998 ... The Zimbabwean government will consider any promotive suggestionson the country's land acquisition and development program but willnot accept anything that is meant to diminish it, the head of statehas said. Responding to offers by the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) thisweek that ...
Roundup: Sri Lankan Govt Goes Through Tough Week
Jan 31, 1998 ... In a letter made available to the public Friday, Sri LankanPresident Chandrika Kumaratunga said she could not accept DeputyDefense Minister Anurudda Ratwatte's resignation appeal. The rejection was the latest major development in a string ofepisodes that the government has gone ...
Shanghai Expects Slower Growth In Retail Sales This Year
Jan 31, 1998 ... Shanghai, China's largest commercial center, expects growth inretail sales to be four percentage points lower this year, accordingto the municipal government. In 1998, it expects 147 billion yuan in retail sales, up 11percent from last year, the municipal commerce commission ...
Shanghai Gets More Diverse Medical Services
Jan 31, 1998 ... Family doctors in Shanghai, China's largest commercial center,hasrun out of patients. Only 2,289 families of the city's 200,000 covered by communityhospitals have family doctors, and only 1.6 percent of thoseresponding to a recent survey said they wanted that kind of ...
Shanghai to Build Large Cattle-Breeding Base
Jan 31, 1998 ... Shanghai, the leading commercial center in the country, hasdecided to construct a large cattle-breeding base in a bid toincrease the proportion of beef products in local residents' meatconsumption. The cattle-breeding base will have an area of 40 hectares andwillbe in Tairi ...
Singapore Paper Urges US to Help Asian Economies
Jan 31, 1998 ... Singapore's leading newspaper, the Straits Times, Saturday urgedthe Americans to realize that their interests are closely linkedwithdevelopments in Asia and that helping Asia is another way for theUnited States to help itself. The Straits Times noted in its editorial that a ...
Strong Chilean Earthquake Recorded In China
Jan 31, 1998 ... Seismology bureaus in China recorded an earthquake that measured7.1 in Chile yesterday. The ...
Transport Conditions Improving in East China Province
Jan 31, 1998 ... Transport conditions in east China's inland Jiangxi Province haveimproved since an international container berth went into operationat Ganjiang port. It can handle 30,000 TEUs and will mean that the area no longerhas to rely solely on Guangzhou and Shanghai, and ...
Vietnam Considers China-America Cable Project
Jan 31, 1998 ... Vietnam is considering taking part in the construction of aChina-America international marine optical fiber cable project, theVietnam News Agency reported Friday., The agency quoted a source from the Vietnam Post andTelecommunications Corp.(VNPT) The cable, which would link ...
Vietnam's Industrial Output Rises 10.7 Percent in January
Jan 31, 1998 ... Vietnam's industrial production in January totaled 12,044 billionVietnamese dong (about 980 million U.S. dollars), 10.7 percent morethan that of the same period last year, according to officialstatistics. The output of state-run and non-state enterprises increased by 6percent and ...
Year of Tiger Starts With 41 Road Accidents in S'pore
Jan 31, 1998 ... The lunar Chinese New Year of Tiger started in Singapore with atleast 41 road accidents reported, killing at least three people,local newspapers reported Saturday. The reports said that three people died and three others wereinjured in five serious accidents on the first three days ...
Zimbabwe Sets up Committee on Socio-economic
Jan 31, 1998 ... The Zimbabwean government has put in place a 30-member advisorycommittee comprising chief executives of various companies,academics, businessmen and farming leaders to advise onsocio-economic issues. This follows the inaugural meeting of the National EconomicConsultative Forum ...
Zimbabwean Trade Union Threatens Another Mass
Jan 31, 1998 ... The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZUTU) Friday implored thegovernment to tackle the issue of price increase as soon as possibleor face another mass stayaway. Addressing a press conference, ZCTU President Gibson Sibanda saidthe union had resolved at its general council meeting ...
A Quarter Of China's Solar Energy Produced In Southwest
Jan 31, 1998 ... Remote Yunnan Province in the southwestern part of China hasbecome a leading solar energy producer, accounting for a quarter ofthe country's solar energy output. The province can now produce 300,000 sq.m. of solar panels forsolar-energy heaters each year, giving an annual ...
Australian Open Results Collated
Jan 31, 1998 ... Following are the collated results at the Australian Open tennistournament in Melbourne on Saturday (prefix denotes seeding): Women's singles final: 1-Martina Hingis, Switzerland, bt 8-Conchita Martinez, Spain, 6-36-3Mixed doubles ...
BOU Interferes in Local Money Market
Jan 31, 1998 ... Bank of Uganda (BOU) had interferred in local money market lastDecember, The Monitor reported Saturday. BOU pourred 15.85 million U.S. dollars into the market to lightenthe appreciation pressures of foreign currencies against UgandaShilling, the bank's report said. The thirst ...
China to Form Key Machine-building Groups in 1998
Jan 31, 1998 ... China will push the reorganization of its machine-buildingindustry by setting up a contingent of large enterprises later thisyear to compete in the marketplace, according to a governmentreport. The report, released recently by the Ministry of Machine-buildingIndustry (MMI), ...
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Visits Myanmar
Jan 31, 1998 ... Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang Jiaxuan arrivedhereSaturday afternoon for a four-day visit to Myanmar at the invitationof his Myanmar counterpart, U Nyunt Swe. During the visit, Tang is expected to hold talks with Nyunt ...
Daily: Improvement of US-Iran Ties Lies in
Jan 31, 1998 ... - An Iranian daily stated Saturday that the solution to theestrangement between Iran and the United States lies in Washingtonnot in Tehran. "Although the estrangement of the two nations is deeply regrettedwe believe that the solution should be found in Washington not inTehran," ...
Developing Light Industry In Eastern China
Jan 31, 1998 ... Light industry in eastern China's Anhui Province had 23 billionyuan in output for 1997, up 12 percent from the previous year,thanksto greater reform efforts in the industry, according to the localgovernment. So far, 72 percent of companies in the industry have had somekindof ...
Eastern Chinese Province Building Up Labor Export Services
Jan 31, 1998 ... China's Anhui Province, one of its major labor exporters, now hasfive million laborers working in other part of the country and isnowworking on building up its export service. Intermediate labor-service organizations that began to appear inthe province in 1993 have expanded their ...
Eight State-Owned Companies Go Out Of Existence Daily In Shanghai
Jan 31, 1998 ... In 1997, eight state-owned firms in Shanghai, the leadingindustrial center in China, ceased to exist, indicating improvementsin the metropolis's economy as more companies get pushed onto themarket. The Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce says that28,000 new state ...
EU to Keep Budgetary Discipline for 1999
Jan 31, 1998 ... As agreed on by the European Commission, any budget increasewithin the European Union (EU) in 1999 will have to be limited to 3percent. Commissioners with the executive arm of the 15-nation blocreachedconsensus on continued austerity during a policy debate, the journalEuropean ...
Flight Schedules Disrupted by ATC Protest in India
Jan 31, 1998 ... A large number of flights across India were delayed Saturday asair traffic controllers (ATC) stopped granting assistance todeparting aircraft to press their demand for a pay hike, the PressTrust of India said. Seven of the nine Indian Airlines flights were delayed for 15 ...
Food Aid to Feed Mud Flow-Afflicted People in
Jan 31, 1998 ... About 300 tons of food will be delivered in next three months tofeed 7,500 people afflicted by a mud flow in Milange County, ZameziaProvince in central Mozambique, local paper "Noticias" reportedSaturday. This was announced by Alfredo Gamito, minister of stateadministration, in ...
Fujian to Expand Telecommunications Investments
Jan 31, 1998 ... Fujian, one of China's booming coastal provinces, plans to invest10 billion yuan (1.2 billion US dollars) during 1998 to upgrade itstelecommunications sector. The east China province will use 3.5 billion yuan to add 1.7million mobile phone subscribers this year, bringing the ...
Guangzhou Residents Sent Festival Greetings Via E-mail
Jan 31, 1998 ... Residents in Guangzhou, one of China's largest metropolitanareas,are using E-mail to send Spring Festival greetings to relatives andfriends around the world in seconds. When compared to traditional New Year's cards, E-mail is a lesscostly means of conveyance and ensures that ...
Hebei Province Sets Goals for Industrial Restructuring
Jan 31, 1998 ... In the next three years north China's Hebei Province will striveto streamline its industrial structure and product mix, and toupgrade the technology of local enterprises. While delivering a work report of the Hebei Provincial Governmentto the annual session of the provincial ...
International Technical Experts Arrive in Baghdad
Jan 31, 1998 ... A 22-man international team of weapons experts arrived in BaghdadSaturday for talks designed to iron out differences between Iraq andUnited Nations weapons inspectors, Iraqi news agency INA reported. Husam Mohammed Ameen, director general of Iraqi NationalMonitoring Directorate, ...
Iran Reiterates Opposition to Military Actions
Jan 31, 1998 ... Iran Saturday reiterated its opposition to use of force andmilitary operations against Iraq, calling for diplomatic efforts toend the standoff between Iraq and the United States over the issueofarms inspection. Quoted by Tehran radio, Iranian Foreign Ministry ...
Jiangxi Province Pledges More Funds for Agriculture
Jan 31, 1998 ... Jiangxi, a major agricultural province in east China, is pledgingto inject 1.88 billion yuan (226.5 million U.S. dollars) into itsgrowing agricultural sector this year. The investment, both from the central and provincial governments,represents a year-on-year increase of 80 million ...
Major News Items in Leading British Newspapers
Jan 31, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading British newspaperstoday. The Times: The United Nations was last night reviewing its plans for anevacuation of field workers in the event of an American-led bombingcampaign as Iraq began ordering them back into hotels.The Daily ...
Nigeria Oil Minister Defends Budget Against Price
Jan 31, 1998 ... Nigerian petroleum minister Dan Etete has dispelled speculationsthat the government would have to review the 1998 budget due to thefalling crude oil price in the world market. The government budget has based its oil income on an average of17U.S. dollars per barrel but the price ...
Nigeria Withdraws 600 More Soldiers From Liberia
Jan 31, 1998 ... About 600 Nigerian soldiers arrived in Lagos on board a navalvessel Friday, as Nigeria is carrying out a four-phased withdrawalofits troops from the west African peace-keeping force in Liberiaknownas ECOMOG. Before them, about 1,200 soldiers had returned from Monrovia ...
Nigeria Wins Hong Kong Soccer Tournament
Jan 31, 1998 ... Olympic champion Nigeria defeated a Hong Kong League XI side 2-0in the final to win the 1998 Carlsberg Cup Lunar Chinese New Yearsoccer tournament here on Saturday. In ...
Providing Minimum Income Security For Eastern Chinese Province
Jan 31, 1998 ... East China's Zhejiang Province has introduced a minimum incomesecurity system for all residents in urban and rural areas, since1995. The governments of 86 cities and counties in Zhejiang, one of themost prosperous areas in China, now regard the policy as animportantmeans of ...
Results of World Cup Women's Downhill Race
Jan 31, 1998 ... Following are the results of World Cup women's downhill race atAare, Sweden, on Saturday: 1. Katja Seizinger, Germany, 1 minute 4:92 seconds 2. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 1:05:093. Florence Masdana, France, 1:05:184. Hilde ...
Shandong Province Making More Use of Foreign Funds
Jan 31, 1998 ... In 1997, east China's Shandong Province actually used foreignfunds worth 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, up 17 percent over thepreviousyear. During the year, the province approved nearly 1,600 foreign-fundedfirms, bringing the total number to 20,000. Transnational firms still ...
Singapore Urges Governments to Help Private Sector
Jan 31, 1998 ... Singapore stressed on Saturday that governments should aim toprovide a strong economic and structural framework for privateenterprise to flourish as globalization is rapidly changing theeconomic landscape of the world. In his speech at the 1998 World Economic Forum in ...