Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, April 21:
ADB Aid for Sri Lanka's Tea Sector
Apr 21, 1998 ... The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will grant 600 million rupees(9.67 million U.S. dollars) to Sri Lanka for a program aimed atdeveloping the tea small-holding sector in the country, the officialDaily News reported Tuesday. Finance Ministry sources were quoted as saying the new ...
Asia Defense Services Exhibition Opens in Malaysia
Apr 21, 1998 ... The Asia Defense Services '98 (DSA '98) exhibition opened hereTuesday. DSA '98 is the world's second largest specialized eventexclusively for the three services, paramilitary and securityservices, after Dubai's IDEX. Some 600 companies from 43 countries and regions, ...
Bangkok Rubber Prices
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are Bangkok rubber sheet f.o.b. prices on Monday,inbaht per kilogram (40 baht to the U.S ....
Bangladeshi Cabinet Okays 5-Year Import Policy
Apr 21, 1998 ... The Bangladeshi cabinet has approved a five-year (1997-2002)import policy, the United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported Tuesday. The approval was made on Monday at a cabinet meeting chaired byPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This is the first time that an import policy has been ...
Beijing Vows to Dredge Urban Waterways
Apr 21, 1998 ... Rivers and lakes in the Chinese capital which are troubled byworsening water quality and heavy sediment will be dredged withfreshwater. Beginning this year and lasting for three years, more than 46kilometers of waterways in urban Beijing will be realigned toimprovethe quality ...
China Plans to Build More Affordable Housing
Apr 21, 1998 ... China is planning to build nearly 49 million sq.m. of floor spacethis year, spending 41.9 billion yuan, as part of its nationalhousing reform. According to a senior Ministry of Construction official, thecountry will adopt a commercial housing policy and stop the housingallocation ...
China's Market for Raw Plastic Materials Remains Slow
Apr 21, 1998 ... Related departments predicted that this year's market for rawplastic materials will continue its decline because of a weakdomestic demand. Official sources said China plans to produce 6.8 million tons ofraw plastic materials this year, an increase of 700,000 tons or 11.4percent ...
China's Securities Legislation Pressing Ahead: Zhou
Apr 21, 1998 ... A top official with the China Securities Regulatory Commission(CSRC) vowed yesterday to push the drafting and enactment of thelong-awaited Securities Law this year, today's "China Daily"reported. Zhou Zhengqing, CSRC chairman, was quoted as saying that work onpreparing the law ...
Chinese Schools to Help Solve Unemployment Problem
Apr 21, 1998 ... Schools throughout China will be mobilized to help those out ofwork by opening courses and providing subsidies for them, theMinistry of Education announced today. The ministry has issued a circular asking all Chinese schools toteach basic work skills to laid-off workers, and help ...
Chinese Trade Minister
Apr 21, 1998 ... China and Uganda should forge diverse economic cooperation, saidShi Guangsheng, minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation,when meeting with Ugandan First Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Eriya Kategaya here today. Shi said China and Uganda, having a long-term and ...
Chinese Vice Premier
Apr 21, 1998 ... Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen said today that cooperationbetween China and Uganda has been more "substantial and dynamic" inrecent years. Qian made the remark here this morning while meeting with EriyaKategaya, Uganda's first deputy prime minister and minister offoreign ...
Chinese Vice-President Starts Japan Tour
Apr 21, 1998 ... Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao arrived here Tuesday afternoonfor a five-day official goodwill visit at the invitation of theJapanese government. In a written statement delivered at Hata airport in Tokyo uponhisarrival, Hu said his visit is aimed at reinforcing bilateral ...
Delegates Call for Reform of ESCAP
Apr 21, 1998 ... Delegates attending the 54th session of the U.N. Economic andSocial Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Tuesday calledforreform of the agency so as to make it more effective. They said ESCAP could become more efficient, transparent andaccountable to respond to economic ...
Earthquake Rocks New Zealand
Apr 21, 1998 ... An earthquake measuring 6.3 degrees on the Richter scale rockedthe central part of New Zealand's North Island Tuesday and was feltin most parts of the country. The quake struck at about 11:35 a.m. and was centered 45kilometers west of the central North Island town of Taumarunui, ...
Earthquake Rocks New Zealand
Apr 21, 1998 ... An earthquake measuring 6.3 degrees on the Richter scale rockedthe central part of New Zealand's North Island and was felt in mostparts of the country. The quake struck at about 11:35 a.m. and was centered 45kilometers west of the central North Island town of Taumarunui, ...
Emperor's Bathroom Found at Ruins in Northeast China
Apr 21, 1998 ... An ancient bathroom fitted with well-designed drainage systemsreportedly was found on the Jiangnushi Ruins site in northeastChina's Liaoning Province. Archeologists say the bathroom was usedby the emperor and his concubines about 2,000 years ago. The ruins, first discovered in the ...
Fire Damage in Indonesia Reaches 938 Million Dollars
Apr 21, 1998 ... Fires raging in Indonesia's East Kalimantan Province have cost7.5trillion rupiah (938 million U.S. dollars) in lost timber revenues,alocal government official said. The loss did not include the damage to biodiversity, the declinein tourist visits and health costs, East ...
Fired Australian Dock Workers Win Court Battle
Apr 21, 1998 ... Patrick Stevedores' 1,400 fired dock workers won a Federal Courtorder on Tuesday that they be reinstated, Australian national mediareported. The interim order was made ahead of a trial in coming weeks onunion claims that Patrick conspired with other parties to unlawfullylay off ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in NZ
Apr 21, 1998 ... The New Zealand dollar was stronger in trading with all the maincurrencies on Tuesday. The following are the closing exchange rates for the NZ ...
Foreign Government Loans Play Big Role in Tianjin's Development
Apr 21, 1998 ... Tianjin's economic development zone plans to use 14.5 millionU.S.dollars in loans offered by foreign governments to improve itsinvestment environment. The loans will be used to build geothermal heating projects andplants for treating sewage, wastewater discharged by ...
Four More Children Die of Cholera in Philippines
Apr 21, 1998 ... Four more children belonging to the Tiruray tribe in North Upi,southern province of Maguindanao, died of cholera, a top provincialhealth official said Tuesday. Tahir Sulaik, Maguindanao provincial health officer, said thelatest figure brought the total number of people killed by ...
General Wang Ke
Apr 21, 1998 ... General Wang Ke, a member of the Central Military Commission anddirector-general of the General Logistics Department of the ChinesePeople's Liberation Army, met here today with a visiting logisticsdelegation of the Belgian armed forces. General Wang told the delegation led by Major ...
GSM Telecommunications System in Service
Apr 21, 1998 ... China will soon begin batch production of the home-made mobiletelecommunications system GSM1800, which has been successfullyhookedwith the Shanghai Mobile Telecommunications Network. The mobile telecommunications system was developed by the No. 1Research Institute of the Ministry ...
Hebei Province Expects to Increase Cotton Output
Apr 21, 1998 ... Farmers in north China's Hebei Province expect to increase theirincome this year because of an expansion of "anti-pest" cottonfields. As one of the major cotton-production areas of China, HebeiProvince seeded 200,000 hectares of anti-pest cotton this year tovitalize agricultural ...
Highlights of Beijing-based Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" Statistics released yesterday by the People's Bank of Chinaindicate a fairly stable financial situation in the first threemonths of the year.The quarterly supply of broad money was up 15.4 percent over ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Lower
Apr 21, 1998 ... Hong Kong stocks fell 26.20 points, or 0.23 percent, to open themorning session by 11,125.43 on ...
Indonesia Cancels Women's Tennis Tournament
Apr 21, 1998 ... Indonesia has cancelled this year's women's open tennistournamentscheduled for May because of lack of money, a tennis official saidonTuesday. "The ...
Indonesia's Gross Foreign Assets Grow Slightly
Apr 21, 1998 ... Indonesia's gross foreign assets reserves were 16.8 billion U.S.dollars as of April 15, up slightly from the 16.59 billion dollarsrecorded at the end of March, Bank Indonesia said. Central bank director Achjar Iljas said Monday that the currentassets are enough to finance non-oil ...
International Club Set up for Foreign Investors in Sichuan
Apr 21, 1998 ... An international club has been launched in Chengdu to entertainforeign investors in Sichuan Province. Thirty-two kilometers away from the provincial capital's cityproper, the lakeside club located beside the Chengdu-ChongqingExpressway has three-star facilities including 150 suites ...
Italian Company Expands Its Investment in China
Apr 21, 1998 ... European home appliance giant Merloni Group recently announcedplans to jointly build a second washing machine plant with China'sHaier Group. Located in the coastal city of Qingdao, where Haier has itsheadquarters, the venture will begin construction next month. Thenew plant will ...
Japan Airlines Links Osaka with Tianjin
Apr 21, 1998 ... Japan Airlines has opened a new route linking Osaka with Tianjinafter China Airlines linked up Tianjin with Nagoya in mid-March. Boeing 767 aircraft from Japan Airlines fly on Mondays andThursdays between ...
Major Foreign Exchange Rates in Philippines
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates released by thePhilippine Central Bank on Monday: U.S. dollar 38.1570 pesos Japanese yen 0.2887 pesosBritish pound...
Major News Items in Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... Following are major news items in leading ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Tuesday. The News: A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Acting Chief JusticeSaiduzzaman Siddiqui Monday directed for the constitution of alargerbench to hear a set of petitions against the ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersTuesday. The Hindustan Times: In a bid to defuse the latest crisis to hit his fledglinggovernment, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Monday droppeddefiant Communications Minister Buta Singh from his ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTuesday: Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi: Japan's lawmakers have agreed to submit a bill to providefinancial support to survivors of future natural disasters.Yomiuri:The Japanese government's forthcoming economic ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers on Tuesday. Manila Bulletin: The Commission on Elections has laid down a timetable for thecompletion of the canvass of votes to be cast in the May 11electionsto ensure the speedy proclamation of ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
Apr 21, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers Tuesday. The Australian: The Australian Council of Trade Unions vowed late Monday to defyafar-reaching Victorian court order banning pickets on the Melbournedocks, as the peak union council for the first ...
Market Exchange Rates
Apr 21, 1998 ... 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 ...
More Drought-Related Deaths Reported in Philippines
Apr 21, 1998 ... Eleven more people died in a remote village in the drought-ravagedsouthern Philippine island of Mindanao last week, bringing to 53 thedeath toll from the El Nino-induced long dry spell, local newspaperManila Bulletin said Tuesday. Presidential assistant for Mindanao Jesus Dureza ...
More Than 60 Rebels Killed in Northern Sri Lanka
Apr 21, 1998 ... More than 60 Tamil rebels were killed and a large number injuredwhen they clashed with government troops Monday in Northern Provinceof Sri Lanka, according to a military spokesman here Tuesday. The government troops supported by the Air Force proceeded towardMankulam Town and ...
New Animal Husbandry Center Thrives in North China
Apr 21, 1998 ... North China's Hebei Province has turned into a majorlivestock-breeding center with its stock of grain. The province has set up 104 livestock farms, some of which breedmore than 10,000 head of cattle or chickens. More than 655,000 farmhouseholds are engaging in breeding ...
NZ Stocks Finish Lower
Apr 21, 1998 ... The New Zealand sharemarket slid down on Tuesday, with activitymuted except for busy trading in Telecom shares, which accounted forone third of the total turnover. The NZSE40 Index ended 16 points lower at 2,310 with a turnoverof118 million dollars (65 million U.S ....
Philippine Financial Condition Stays Strong: Official
Apr 21, 1998 ... The financial condition of the Philippines remains strong despitethe effects of the region-wide currency turmoil, the country'scentral bank said in its latest report on Tuesday. "We believe that our economic prospects remain generallypositive.Indeed, we recognize this crisis as ...
Portuguese Prime Minister Arrives in Beijing
Apr 21, 1998 ... Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres arrived here thisafternoon from Suzhou in east ...
Qualifiers for World Cup Gymnastics Finals
Apr 21, 1998 ... Following are the qualifiers for the World Cup Gymnastics Finalsto be held in Sabae, Japan, on May 30 and 31: Men's Floor:Li Xiaopeng, China; Alexei Bondarenko, Russia; Alexei Nemov,Russia; Dimitri Karbanenko, France; Sergei Fedorchenko, Kazakhstan;Kasper Fardan, Denmark; ...
Rural Industrialization Takes Shape in Northwestern China
Apr 21, 1998 ... China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region now has over 640industrialized agriculture organizations, with 1.85 billion yuan infixed assets. They had 6.5 billion yuan in output value and sales last year,anda regional government official says that Ningxia will exert greaterefforts in ...
Shanghai People Finding Jobs through Internet
Apr 21, 1998 ... Finding a job on the Internet is becoming increasingly popular inShanghai, China's largest trade and financial city, with 200,000people having visited the city's first job-finding Web site:www.shrc.online.sh.cn. About 5,000 Internet surfers reportedly have listed their resumeson ...
Shanghai Stock Index Up
Apr 21, 1998 ... The Composite Stock Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange finishedat 1,305.22 today, up 9.21 points from the previous session,according to the Guangfa Securities Co. Ltd. The SSR-30 index, based on 30 blue chips that are selected frommore than 200 A shares for ...
Shenzhen Stock Index Up
Apr 21, 1998 ... The Component Stock Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange finishedat 4,093.00 today, up 24.16 points from the previous session,according to the Guangfa Securities Co ....
Sino-Swedish Joint Venture Established to Produce Roller Bearings
Apr 21, 1998 ... Sweden's SKF Group has established a joint venture in this portcity in northeast China's Liaoning Province to produce and marketroller bearings worldwide The joint venture, Dalian SKF Wazhou Bearing Co., Ltd., has aregistered capital of 16.87 million U.S. dollars, with SKF holding ...
Sri Lankan Workers to Return From Maldives
Apr 21, 1998 ... One hundred and eight Sri Lankan garment factory workers, mostlywomen employed in a Sri Lanka-owned garment factory in the Maldives,will return to the country Tuesday after an industrial dispute, theMaldivian High Commission here said. The workers were employed at the "Five Star ...
Survey: Business Executives Need Knowledge of Modern Management
Apr 21, 1998 ... A sample survey indicates that most managers of Chineseenterprises have not received systematic training in modernindustrial and commerce management. The survey of 2,415 people in China's 31 provinces, autonomousregions and municipalities was sponsored by a Chinese ...
TAT to Emphasize Intra-ASEAN Travel
Apr 21, 1998 ... The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is to emphasizeintra-ASEAN travel in a bid to reduce the capital outflow from Thaitourists to other countries, according to TAT Deputy Governor forMarketing Pannara Choochan. Under the plan, the TAT will encourage Thai and other ...
Three Gorges Project Free of Major Contrat Disputes
Apr 21, 1998 ... China's Three Gorges Dam Project has so far been free from majorcontract disputes, thanks to preventional measures, according to LuYoumei, general manager of the Three Gorges Construction GroupCompany. Lu says that, to avoid disputes, project lawyers checked andhelped improve ...
4 More Turkish Marshlands Under World Protection
Apr 21, 1998 ... Four more marshlands in Turkey have been officially put under theprotection of the international Ramsar Convention, the Daily Newsreported on Tuesday. This was announced by Turkish Environment Minister Imren Aykut ata press conference on Monday, the paper said. The four ...
Bangladeshi Export Processing Zones Attract 33
Apr 21, 1998 ... Foreign investment in Bangladesh's two export processing zones(EPZs) has amounted to 33.32 million U.S. dollars since thebeginningof the current fiscal year (July 1997 - June 1998), the Daily Starnewspaper reported Tuesday. This was disclosed by Minister of Commerce and ...
Burkina Faso President to Pay Five-Day Visit to
Apr 21, 1998 ... Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore will make a five-day statevisit to Malaysia beginning Wednesday to enhance bilateral ties, aMalaysian Foreign Ministry statement said Tuesday. Compaore's program includes a ceremonial welcome at ParliamentSquare here and an audience with ...
Cape Town Safest City in S. Africa: Poll
Apr 21, 1998 ... Although almost half of Cape Town's residents have been victimsofcrime during the past five years, it is still the safestmetropolitancity in South Africa, a survey showed. The reason is simple. The problem in other big cities is worse. Sixty-three percent of residents in ...
China's Crude Oil Production Remains Steady in First Quarter
Apr 21, 1998 ... China produced 34.82 million tons of crude oil in the firstquarter of the year, almost the same as the first quarter last year,according to China's State Administration of Petroleum and ChemicalIndustry. The production from January to March accounted for 22.2 percentofthe ...
China's Crude Oil Production Remains Steady in First Quarter
Apr 21, 1998 ... China produced 34.82 million tons of crude oil in the firstquarter of the year, almost the same as the first quarter last year,according to China's State Administration of Petroleum and ChemicalIndustry. The production from January to March accounted for 22.2 percentofthe ...
China Strengthens Monitoring for Red Tide
Apr 21, 1998 ... China has strengthened its monitoring of the red tide along itssouthern coastline to reduce losses. Wang Fei, director of the Monitoring Department of the NationalBureau of Oceanography (NBO), said that its South China Sea Bureauiskeeping a close eye on the development of the red ...
China Welcomes BIS' Decision to Set up Representative Office in HK
Apr 21, 1998 ... China welcomes the decision by the Bank for InternationalSettlements (BIS) to set up a representative office in Hong Kong,according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhu Bangzao at a regularpress conference here today. In response to a reporter's question, Zhu said the ...
Chinese Doctors Fighting Parkinson's Disease (1)
Apr 21, 1998 ... More than 100 patients with Parkinson's disease have had theirsuffering alleviated by a surgical procedure in Xi'an, capital ofnorthwest China's Shaanxi Province. Doctors have applied microelectrode technology in theiroperation,which can increase the precision of locating ...
Chinese Premier Holds Talks with Portuguese Prime Minister
Apr 21, 1998 ... Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji held talks with visiting PortuguesePrime Minister Antonio Guterres here this ...