Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, September 24:
Hostage Crisis Ends Violently in Athens
Sep 24, 1998 ... The hostage crisis in the Greek capital of Athens ended laterWednesday night with eight people being injured, including three incritical condition. When police launched an assault on the Romanian criminal at largewho held four hostages as of early Wednesday evening, the ...
Shanghai On-Line Attracts More Visitors
Sep 24, 1998 ... Shanghai On-Line has become one of the most popular websites inChina after two years of expansion. To date, Shanghai On-Line, the largest local public informationnetwork in this metropolis, has received some 11.5 million visits,with the number of daily visits soaring to 30,000 to ...
Sea-spanning Bridge Under Construction in Haikou
Sep 24, 1998 ... Haikou, capital of south China's island province of Hainan, isbuilding a sea-spanning bridge which will link the city with severalsurrounding islands. The 2,663-meter-long bridge is designed to connect downtown Haikouwith two islands, a development ...
Ningbo to Offer Air Route to Taiwan
Sep 24, 1998 ... Ningbo, a major port city in east China's Zhejiang Province, willintroduce an air route to the Taiwan cities of Taipei and Kaohsiungon October 11, 1998. Airbus A320 and A321 airlines leased from Macao Airlines will beused for the weekly Tuesday and Saturday flights between Zhejiang ...
New Museum Of Natural History In Chinese City Of Tianjin
Sep 24, 1998 ... The new Tianjin Museum of Natural History, which covers a20,000-sq.m. area, will open to the public next Tuesday after morethan a year of reconstruction work that cost 100 million yuan (12million U.S. dollars). The rebuilt museum, which has a floor space of 12,000 sq.m., nowhas ...
New Expressway For East China
Sep 24, 1998 ... Work on a new expressway started recently in Zhejiang, a coastalprovince in east China. The 118-km highway connects Jinhua, a major city in centralZhejiang, with Wenzhou, an economic center in the southeastern ...
Modern International Port For Northeastern China
Sep 24, 1998 ... Thanks to its geographical conditions, the city of Dandong inChina's Liaoning Province has been building itself into a moderninternational port. Dandong has six kilometers of coastline and two ports, Langtou andDadong, with a total handling capacity of 2.15 million tons ...
Market Exchange Rates
Sep 24, 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 ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersThursday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: U.S. President Bill Clinton urged Japanese Prime Minister KeizoObuchi Tuesday to use public money to prevent Japanese banks ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers Thursday. The Australian: The Australian Labor Party, the opposition, has put jobs at thecenter of its election campaign with 600 million U.S. dollarspromised for job-creating community projects and a target ...
Lhasa Introduce More Combines for Autumn Harvest
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Farm and Animal Husbandry Bureau in Lhasa, capital of theTibet Autonomous Region, has just purchased 26 combines to preparefor autumn harvest. The combines represent the initial mechanization of the city'sagricultural sector and greatly facilitate the autumn harvest,according ...
Highlights of Beijing-based Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" The standard of living of the Chinese has improved along with theeconomic development of the past 20 years, according to the StateStatistics Bureau, and people are now earning more in more ...
French PM Arrives in Beijing
Sep 24, 1998 ... French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin arrived here this morning fora three-day official visit to China at the invitation of ChinesePremier Zhu Rongji. Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wang ...
Foreign Airlines Keen on Buying Philippine Airlines
Sep 24, 1998 ... At least three foreign airlines have expressed interest in buyingPhilippine Airlines which closed down at Wednesday midnight, apresidential release said here Thursday. The release quoted President Joseph Estrada as saying CathayPacific, Eva Air and Northwest Airlines are interested ...
China Ranks First in Artificial Diamond Production
Sep 24, 1998 ... China led the world in the production of artificial diamonds in1997 with a total output of 100,000 kg of the hardest material inexistence. Artificial diamonds have been widely used in China'smachine-building, petroleum, geological prospecting and automobilemanufacturing ...
Badaling Expressway Set for Completion
Sep 24, 1998 ... The two hour journey from downtown Beijing to the Badaling Sectionof the Great Wall will be shortened to only 40 minutes when secondphase construction of the final two sections open to traffic at theend of ...
Xinhua Stock Index Mixed
Sep 24, 1998 ... Today's Xinhua A stock index fell by 4.44 points to close at138.59, and the Xinhua B stock index rose by 0.11 point to finish at27.03. The Xinhua Stock index is ...
Western China Faces Fourth Development Opportunity
Sep 24, 1998 ... Western China is expecting its fourth opportunity for development,with attention focused on developing a knowledge-based economy withthe cooperation of foreign countries. Michel Oksenberg, a Chinese affairs specialist and professor atStanford University, made this remark at a ...
Ugandan MPs Back Army Presence in Congo (K)
Sep 24, 1998 ... Uganda's members of Parliament Wednesday expressed overwhelmingsupport for the continued deployment of Uganda People's DefenseForces (UPDF) in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC). They made the decision when debating on President YoweriMuseveni's speech ...
Uganda Suspends Operations of Bank
Sep 24, 1998 ... Uganda's Trans-Africa Bank Limited began to temporarily suspendoperations Wednesday, a third bank suspended in one week. The suspension was made at the request of management, Thursday'sNew Vision paper quoted Walugembe Musoke, the Bank of Uganda (BOU)spokesman, as saying ...
TV Ranks First As News Source in China
Sep 24, 1998 ... A nationwide survey reveals that TV has become the most importantnews source in China, followed by newspapers and radio, according totoday's Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily. The survey was jointly conducted by China Central Television(CCTV) and 16 provincial and city-level TV stations, ...
Transit Passengers to Be Allowed Outside Bangkok
Sep 24, 1998 ... From October 1, 1998, transit passengers eligible for visa-freeentry and visa-on-arrival will be able to travel out of BangkokAirport for up to 12 hours, according to the Tourism Authority ofThailand (TAT). The passengers will be exempted from paying the 500-baht(12.5-U.S ....
Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Sep 24, 1998 ... Following are Hang Seng Index (key indicator of Hong Kong's bluechips), Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, Hang Seng China-AffiliatedCorporations Index and turnover on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange onThursday: Index: Thursday Wednesday Change Hang Seng Index ...
Tianjin Development Zone Attracting Overseas Investors (1)
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, fourkilometers from the port of Tianjin, has become a popular investmentsite and an economic powerhouse in this north China port city. The zone, founded 14 years ago on a stretch of salt marshes, isnow home to 3,026 ...
Thailand Relaxes Rules on Export With Laos
Sep 24, 1998 ... Thai and Lao customs officials have agreed to ease third-partyexport procedures to help boost trade between the two countries, thenewspaper Bangkok Post said Thursday. To ease procedures and expedite trade, officials agreed to cut thenumber of product categories requiring prior ...
Teenager Kournikova to Play Sanchez Vicario in Quarters
Sep 24, 1998 ... Russian teenager Anna Kournikova eliminated Wang Shi-ting ofChinese Taipei in straight sets on Thursday, setting her quarterfinalclash against Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the Princess Cup tennistournament. The 17-year-old Russian, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finalslast season, ...
Swiss Secretary for Economic Affairs to visit
Sep 24, 1998 ... Professor Franz Blankart, Swiss Secretary for Economic Affairswill visit Ghana from September 30 to October 2 to look at investmentopportunities available, a report from Ghana News Agency said. The Swiss secretary who will lead a delegation of potentialinvestors will be briefed by ...
Sri Lanka Tightens Security at Water Treatment Plant
Sep 24, 1998 ... Sri Lanka has tightened security at its main water treatment plantat Amabatale following security reports that sketches of the planthad been found with the a Tamil rebel suspect who had been arrested. Vice Chairman of the National Water Supply Board S. B. BoyaganeWednesday evening ...
Sports Complex May Not Be Finished Before Asian Games
Sep 24, 1998 ... One of the major Asian Games sports complexes may not be finishedin time and alternate sites for events may have to be found, localorganizers said here on Thursday. Deputy Prime Minister Bhichai Rattakul, chairman of the BangkokAsian Games Organizing Committee, said the liquidity ...
Soccer Draw for Bangkok Asian Games
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Chinese men's national soccer squad is pitted in Group Bagainst Lebanon and Cambodia in the coming 13th Asian Games inBangkok, the Chinese football officials released here on Thursday. Zhang Jilong, vice president of the Chinese Football Association,said that the Asian Football ...
Shenzhen Stock Index Down
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Component Stock Index on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange closed at3,236.89 points today, down 83.79 points from the previous session,according to the Guangfa Securities Co. Ltd. A ...
Share Prices Rise Sharply in Tokyo
Sep 24, 1998 ... Stock prices rose sharply in Tokyo Thursday as investors boughtback shares on euphoria which spilled into the Tokyo market fromoverseas stock markets over a possible cut in U.S. interest rates. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues on the FirstSection of the Tokyo Stock ...
Shanghai Stock Index Down
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Composite Stock Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange finishedat 1,199.06 points today, down 30.80 points from the previoussession, according to the Guangfa Securities Co. Ltd. The SSE-30 index, based on 30 blue chips selected from more than400 A shares for domestic investors on ...
Shanghai GM Gets Huge Loan From Financial Consortium
Sep 24, 1998 ... A financial consortium consisting of 39 Chinese and foreign bankssigned an agreement early this week to grant 821 million U.S. dollarsin loans to support the development of the automotive industry inShanghai. The loans will be used to build Shanghai General Motors Co.(SGMC), a ...
Scientists Say China's Flooding Caused By Worsening Environment
Sep 24, 1998 ... Chinese scientists say that the catastrophic flooding in Chinathis summer was caused by global climate changes and damage to theecosystem. The excessive felling of trees along the upper reaches of theYangtze River for the past several decades has led to soil erosion inthe area ...
Roundup: Myanmar Promotes Agricultural Development
Sep 24, 1998 ... Myanmar is an agro-based country with its agricultural productioncontributing 36 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP)and 35 percent of the export. About 11.51 million people or 62.68 percent of the total employeesin the country's productive sectors are engaged in ...
Results of WTA Princess Cup Tennis
Sep 24, 1998 ... Following are the results of the 450,000 US dollars WTA PrincessCup tennis tournament here on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding): Second round: Olga Barabanschikova, Belarus, bt 4-Dominique Van Roost, ...
Restoration of UNITA Members' Positions in
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Angolan government has reinstated a splinter group of theopposition UNITA movement in the national reconciliation and unitygovernment as from Thursday. A government statement issued Wednesday night said that thedecision was made in consideration of the fact "that the ...
Philippines to Raise Banks Reserves: Official
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Central Bank of the Philippines said Thursday it will beforced to raise reserved requirements for banks if the localcurrency, the peso, continues to depreciate. This was confirmed by Central Bank Governor Gabriel Singson inreaction to reports that the monetary system plans to ...
Overseas-funded Firms Encouraged to Increase Exports
Sep 24, 1998 ... Guangdong Province, China's economic powerhouse and largestexporter, is encouraging overseas-backed enterprises to increasetheir exports in a bid to fulfill its projected export goals. Vice-Governor Xu Deli announced some newly adopted favorablepolicies for export-oriented ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Sep 24, 1998 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Thursday: hke092401 Major News Items in LeadingAustralian Newspapers hke092402 Foreign Airlines Keen on BuyingPhilippine Airlines hke092403 Hong Kong Stocks Open Higher hke092404 Major News Items in Leading ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersThursday. The Hindustan Times: India and Pakistan have agreed to resume dialogue for peacefulsettlement of all outstanding issues including Jammu and Kashmir. The Times of India: The Indian Space ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Thursday. Manila Bulletin: All flights of what used to be the Philippines' flag carrier,Philippine Airlines, stopped as negotiators from the airlinemanagement and the employees' union were deadlocked as the ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Thursday. The News: Addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, Pakistani PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif said his country is prepared to adhere to theComprehensive Test Ban Treaty before the ...
Major News Items in Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersThursday. Kenya Times: At least 56 people were killed in the east of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo Wednesday when militiamen loyal to PresidentLaurent Kabila launched an attack on the town of Goma, ...
Major News Items in Leading Nigerian Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... Following are major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersThursday. New Nigerian: Nigerian Head of State Abdulsalam Abubakar said Wednesday inLondon that the Commonwealth was already playing a significant rolein the transition program, stressing that experts from ...
Major News Items in Leading Israeli Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Israeli newspaperson Thursday. The Jerusalem Post: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday thathe would not rush to a meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatunless there is "something concrete" to talk ...
Major News Items in Leading Turkish Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Turkish newspaperson Thursday. Milliyet (National) The Turkish political circles were shaken Wednesday after analleged telephone conversation between State Minister Eyup Asik andmafia boss Alaatin Cakici under arrest was broadcast ...
Major News Items in Leading British Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading British newspapersThursday. The Times: Public confidence in the economy has dropped to its lowest levelsince the turmoil of Black Wednesday in 1992, a MORI poll for theTimes reveals Thursday. The Daily ...
Major News Items in Leading Egyptian Newspapers
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major news items in leading Egyptian newspaperson Thursday. Al Ahram: United States Ambassador in Cairo Daniel Kurtzer stressed theimportance of the positive efforts of the Egyptian government indeveloping the administrative and legislative structures needed ...
Major Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee released Thursday by the Overseas Banking Division ofthe National Bank of Pakistan: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar 45.9500/46.280045.9500/46.2800 British pound ...
Life Expectancy Exceeds 70 in South China City
Sep 24, 1998 ... The average life expectancy in Guangzhou, capital of south China'sGuangdong Province, now exceeds 70, according to a survey releasedhere today. The survey said that citizens at or above 65 years old, nowaccount for 10.97 percent of the city's total population, comparedwith 8.49 ...
Kenya's C. Bank Rejects Cutting Cash Ratio
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has turned down a request by smallbanks, threatened with a run by depositors, to reduce the cash ratiorequirement currently at 13 percent. In rejecting the request, CBK said it could not operate adifferent regime for small and big banks, the Daily ...
IMF Calls for India's Medium-Term Fiscal Adjustment
Sep 24, 1998 ... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked India to launch amedium-term fiscal adjustment program at both central and statelevels and initiate steps to revive investment and growth. "Reviving the fiscal reform process would help lower real interestrates, improve debt ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Higher
Sep 24, 1998 ... Hong Kong stocks surged 201.08 points, or 2.68 percent, to open at7,705.47 ...
Hong Kong Stocks Sharply Higher at Midday
Sep 24, 1998 ... Hong Kong stocks shot up 403.01 points, or 5.37 percent, to finishthe morning trade at 7,907.40 ...
Hong Kong Stocks Close Higher
Sep 24, 1998 ... Hong Kong stocks rose 330.22 points, or ...
Hebei Invites Information-Industry Investment
Sep 24, 1998 ... An international meeting to invite 2.6 billion yuan of investmentfor a package of 55 projects related to information technology isscheduled for October 8-12 in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China'sHebei Province. The meeting is expected to give impetus to the development of ...
French Troops May Replace Norwegian Peacekeepers
Sep 24, 1998 ... With less than three months to go before the Norwegian peacekeepers depart from south Lebanon, the Lebanese government is tryingto persuade France to send troops to replace them. The Norwegian government announced earlier this year that it wouldbe pulling its 625 troops out of ...
Foreign Investors Flock to Ningxia
Sep 24, 1998 ... The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is emerging as a new haven forforeign investment in northwest China. In the first two days of the '98 Ningxia Trade Fair which tookplace between September 18 and 22, a dozen overseas companiesinvested in over 20 projects with local partners, ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Indonesia
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are foreign exchange rates against the Indonesianrupiah here on Thursday: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar 10,850/11,25010,800/11,200 Australian dollar6,150/6,650 6,100/6,600 Singapore dollar 6,150/6,550 ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Philippines
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are foreign exchange rates against the Philippinepeso released Thursday by the Central Bank of the Philippines: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar44.5660 44.3950 Japanese yen0.3280 0.3280 British pound...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Thailand
Sep 24, 1998 ... The following are foreign exchange rates against the baht hereThursday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: ThursdayWednesday U.S. dollar 38.22/40.10 38.97/40.70 British pound 65.08/67.72 66.29/68.68 German mark ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
Sep 24, 1998 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates against the Hong Kongdollar here on Thursday according to Po Sang Bank Ltd.: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar 7.74867.7477 Canadian dollar 5.09 5.08 British pound12.92...
Farmers in Mao Zedong's Native Place Become Well-off (1)
Sep 24, 1998 ... Farmers in the city of Xiangtan in Hunan Province, near MaoZedong's home are the first group of people in Hunan to give shape toMao's well-known line "making the sun and the moon take on a newlook", even though the province is still underdeveloped as a whole. According to a ...