Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, February 2:
Women's Social Status (1)
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are facts and figures about the social status ofwomen in the Tibet Autonomous Region: As a result of social progress, women in Tibet are graduallygaining rights, opportunities and dignity of which they had beendeprived in the old Tibet, where the social system and ...
Suzhou Reports Negative Population Growth
Feb 02, 1999 ... This scenic city of east China's Jiangsu Province reported in1998the first negative population growth since the 1960s. Official statistics show that a total of 40,487 babies were bornand 42,125 persons died in Suzhou last year, leaving the naturalpopulation growth rate at a ...
Roundup: Myanmar Strives for Improvement of Health
Feb 02, 1999 ... Myanmar has been implementing its national health policy andplanscompatible with the country's situation to materialize the socialobjective of uplifting health and fitness. A five-year National Health Plan from 1996 to 2001 is underimplementation through the strategies of ...
National Students Contest to Mark May 4th Movement
Feb 02, 1999 ... Chinese students are expected to look to the future whilecelebrating the 80th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, today's"China Daily" reported. According to this Beijing-based English newspaper, a nationalcompetition challenging the students' abilities to create andinnovate ...
Market Exchange Rates
Feb 02, 1999 ... The People's Bank of China today issued the market exchange ratesin RMB yuan against three major currencies. The middle price of RMByuan against convertible currencies is mainly based on the closingprice of the preceding interbank trading. The designated foreign exchange trading ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers Tuesday. The Australian: An unprecedented rush for the shares of Telstra, Australian'sleading telecommunications company, helped vault Australian shareprices to a record high Monday, as investors focused on ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Tuesday. The Philippine Post: Philippine President Joseph Estrada declared Monday that he willnot meet with the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front onterritorial integrity and other constitutional ...
Illegal Tree Fellers Detained in Gansu
Feb 02, 1999 ... Public security officers in northwest China's Gansu Province havedetained eight people who were suspected of felling trees unlawfullyand attacked forest rangers last week. In an attempt to maintain and improve the forest, the provincialgovernment issued an order last October, ...
Hunan Electronics Industry Enjoys High Growth
Feb 02, 1999 ... The 1998 output for the electronics industry in central China'sHunan Province jumped 33.5 percent on the 1997 figure to 4.6 billionyuan. Local officials attribute the growth to Hunan's efforts torestructure state-owned ...
Guangdong Customs Crackdown on Smuggling
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Customs office in Guangzhou, capital of the booming southernGuangdong Province, solved 5,688 smuggling cases in 1998, involvinggoods worth over 4. 09 billion yuan. Despite a national anti-smuggling campaign which was launched inthe second half of last year, smuggling activities ...
Gansu Helps Female Laid-offs Relocate Jobs
Feb 02, 1999 ... Zhao Huiqin and Wu Xiaoqin, two women laid-offs in Lanzhou, havefound a job, taking local children to school and bringing them backhome, with the help of the local government. Northwest China's Gansu province has been taking various measuresto help laid-off female workers find ...
China Sees Growth in Steel Production
Feb 02, 1999 ... China witnessed growing steel production in the first elevenmonths last year with output increasing 6.5 percent from a yearearlier to 103.92 million tons, according to the National Bureau ofStatistics. The output of steel products between January and November lastyear amounted to ...
China's Production of Energy Down
Feb 02, 1999 ... China suffered an annual drop of 3.3 percent in the production ofenergy during the January- November period last year, according tothe latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Total energy output in the 11 months stood at 1.05 billion tonsofstandard coal ...
China Rally to Beat Bulgaria in Dunhill Cup
Feb 02, 1999 ... Defending champions China overcame a one-goal deficit and 10-mandisadvantage to beat Bulgaria 2-1 in a Group B match of the DunhillCup here on Monday. Midfielder Sui Dongliang attacked from close range in the 37thminute to cancel out Bulgaria's 11th minute goal by Antel ...
China Making More Efforts to Protect Wetlands
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Chinese government is expected to take more vigorous actionsto protect its wetland resources, said a forestry officialyesterday,on the eve of the third annual World Wetlands Day, which is beingcelebrated today. According to today's China Daily, measures will be taken ...
Yueyang Customs Office Stops Antimony Smuggling
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Yueyang Customs Office in central China's Hunan Provincestopped an illegal shipment of antimony bound to Thailand andBelgium. An unnamed company from neighboring Hubei Province submitted acustoms declaration for 80 tons of aluminum alloy, with an ensuingroutine check by ...
Women Are Cooks in Most Urban Chinese Households
Feb 02, 1999 ... A survey conducted in three Chinese cities has shown that thefemale members of 79.4 percent urban families do the cooking. The study of 888 people in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province,Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, and Qingdao in Shandong Province foundthat younger and middle-aged ...
URGENT 19 Die in Angola's Plane Crash
Feb 02, 1999 ... At least 19 people were killed early Tuesday in a plane crash inCazenga, the Angolan capital's ...
Thailand to Open Capital Link for Ailing SMEs
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is considering to set up anew board for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with lowerlisting requirements, an SET official said Tuesday. With the new board, cash-strapped SMEs can look forward totappingthe capital market, the official ...
Thai Industry Minister Goes to Japan in Search of
Feb 02, 1999 ... Thai Industry Minister Suwat Liptapallop will visit Japan fromThursday through Sunday to seek financial support for themanufacturing and industrial sectors. The ministry is working on the exact amount Suwat hopes to obtainfrom various funds established by ...
Thai Exim Bank Wants More Businesses Covered by ADB
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Export-Import (Exim) Bank of Thailand suggested that morebusinesses should be covered by the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's)support facility, an Exim Bank official said Tuesday. In a bid to stimulate liquidity in the market, the Exim Bank isnegotiating with ADB to expand the ...
Suicide Rate Drops 15 Percent in S. Lanka
Feb 02, 1999 ... Suicide rate in Sri Lanka, which was viewed among the highest inthe world, has decreased by 15 percent from 7,364 cases in 1993 to6,228 in 1997 according to the latest police statistics. This figure is expected to fall further by year 2000 according toprojections made by the ...
Sri Lanka Not to Sign Anti-Landmines Treaty
Feb 02, 1999 ... Sri Lanka will not be a signatory to the Ottawa Anti-LandminesTreaty on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production andtransfer of mines and on their destruction which will becomeeffective on March 1, a newspaper here said Tuesday. Government officials told The Island that ...
Sri Lanka to Hold Elections in 5 Provinces
Feb 02, 1999 ... Elections to five Sri Lankan Provincial Councils which werepostponed under emergency regulations last August are now likely tobe conducted on the same day in March this year, informed sourcessaid Tuesday. The Supreme Court, which heard a petition from the Free MediaMovement ...
Sri Lanka Launches Programs for New Export Markets
Feb 02, 1999 ... Sri Lanka has launched a series of programs to explore new exportmarkets and strengthen existing ones, according to Commerce Ministrysources Tuesday. Sri Lanka will take advantage of the current South AsianAssociation for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Commerce Ministersmeeting in ...
Southwest Province Draws Foreign Fund for Key Sectors
Feb 02, 1999 ... Southwest China's Sichuan Province has decided to open seven keysectors to foreign investors this year, Vice-Governor Li Dachangsaidrecently. The sectors include the high-tech industry, technical renovationof state-owned enterprises, agriculture, tourism, ...
Shaanxi to Open Four Tourist Spots
Feb 02, 1999 ... Northwest China's Shaanxi Province will build four parksfeaturingplaces of historical sites in the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties,provincial governor Cheng Andong announced here recently. Shaanxi, whose capital Xi'an served as the capital of 13 ancientdynasties, has a great ...
SAARC Opens Commerce Ministers'
Feb 02, 1999 ... The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)opened its Third Commerce Ministers' meeting here Tuesday morning ina bid to forge close economic links among the seven membercountries. Inaugurating the two-day meeting, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinasaid SAARC member ...
New Zealand Stocks Close Higher
Feb 02, 1999 ... The New Zealand sharemarket closed higher here Tuesday. The NZSE40 Index ended 1 point higher at 2,210 with a turnover of135 million NZ dollars (73.5 million U.S. dollars). Among the leading stocks, Warehouse put on 15 cents to 705 cents,and Telecom 14 to 926 cents, ...
Myanmar Ready to Discuss Any Issue With EU
Feb 02, 1999 ... Myanmar has signaled its readiness to discuss any issue Europemaywant to raise in exchange for participation in the ASEAN-EU meetingin Berlin next month, according to a senior Thai official. The signal came in a letter from Myanmar Foreign Minister U WinAung to Thai Foreign ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTuesday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: Tokyo Governor Yukio Aoshima announced Monday that he will notseek a second four-year term in the April 11 gubernatorial election.Sumitomo Bank agreed Monday to a ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers Tuesday. The News: The combined opposition launched a vociferous protest against thegovernment, its continued attack on press freedom, and harassment ofjournalists before staging walkouts in the Senate ...
Investments in Malaysia's Manufacturing Sector Declines
Feb 02, 1999 ... Proposed total capital investments in Malaysia's manufacturingsector in 1998 fell by 44.5 percent compared to 1997, according toanofficial report released here Tuesday. The proposed total capital investments fell to 18.9761 billionringgit (about 4.993 billion U.S. dollars) in ...
Indonesian President Calls for Tolerance to Prevent
Feb 02, 1999 ... Indonesian President B.J. Habibie Monday ordered the fostering oftolerance to prevent more clashes with religious overtones, whichofficials say have killed 61 in the Maluku province. The president has also ordered the immediate rebuilding of theriot-torn city of Ambon, capital of ...
Indonesian Election Body Sets Campaign Schedule
Feb 02, 1999 ... Indonesia's General Election Agency has scheduled the electioncampaign to run from May 18 through June 6, and banned themobilization of the masses in order to prevent clashes among partysupporters. The election agenda which included the campaign season has beenarranged to give ...
Indonesian Athletes Only Receive Portion of IOC Scholarships
Feb 02, 1999 ... Four Indonesian athletes who have been selected as recipients ofan International Olympic Committee (IOC) scholarship worth onethousand and two hundred U.S. dollars per month will only receive asmall portion of the amount, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. A National Sports Council ...
Indonesia Won't Leave East Timor Abruptly: FM
Feb 02, 1999 ... Indonesia will not abruptly leave East Timor as Portugal did in1975, should the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) decide tograntindependence to the former Portuguese colony later this year,ForeignMinister Ali Alatas said. "No, we will not do that," said Alatas Monday when ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Lower
Feb 02, 1999 ... Hong Kong stocks dipped 77.21 points, or 0.80 percent, to open at 9,522.34 on ...
Hong Kong Stocks Lower at Midday
Feb 02, 1999 ... Hong Kong stocks dropped 54.96 points, or 0.57 percent, toclosethe morning session at 9,544.59 ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers
Feb 02, 1999 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: People's Daily Li Peng, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople's Congress (NPC), emphasized yesterday that the introductionof Deng Xiaoping Theory, ruling the country by law, and theimportantrole of a ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee released Tuesday by the Overseas Banking Division ofthe National Bank of Pakistan. Tuesday Monday U.S. dollar 45.9500/46.2800 45.9500/46.2800British pound75.2531/76.1437 ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Indonesia
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are foreign exchange rates against Indonesianrupiahhere on Tuesday: Tuesday Monday U.S. dollar 8,600/9,000 8,700/9,100Australian dollar 5,400/5,800 5,400/5,800Singapore dollar5,000/5,400 5,000/5,400Hong Kong ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee released Tuesday by the Overseas Banking Divisionofthe National Bank of Pakistan. Tuesday Monday U.S. dollar 45.9500/46.2800 45.9500/46.2800British pound...
Foreign Exchange Rates in New Zealand
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are the foreign exchange rates against the NewZealand dollar here on Tuesday: TuesdayMonday Australian dollar0.8542 ...
Dhaka Likely to Enact New Law to Ban Trade Unions in
Feb 02, 1999 ... A new law is likely to be enacted soon to ban trade unions inBangladesh's banking sector including the Bangladesh Bank, thecountry's central bank, the Bangladesh Observer newspaper reportedTuesday. The finance minister is now drafting two separate bills regardingthe new ...
Court in Guangdong Improves Work Efficiency
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Supreme Court of south China's Guangdong Province improveditsefficiency levels in 1998 with an increasing number of cases beingresolved. Lu Botao, president of the court, in his report to the provincialcommittee of the National People's Congress, revealed that it hadhandled ...
Chinese Palace Lanterns Bring Prosperity
Feb 02, 1999 ... Foreign businesspeople and TV crews have been going to TuntouVillage in Gaocheng City in north China's Hebei Province, which isknown for its palace lanterns, as the Spring Festival approaches. All the 1,340 households in the village are involved in palacelantern manufacturing. They ...
Chinese Lawmakers Support Constitutional Amendments (1)
Feb 02, 1999 ... Chinese lawmakers expressed their support for proposed amendmentsto the Chinese Constitution that incorporate Deng Xiaoping Theory asa guiding principle at a recent legislative session. Feng Xianzhi, a senior legislator and theorist, said at adiscussion about the Constitutional ...
Chinese Lawmakers Support Constitutional Amendments (1) (Recast)
Feb 02, 1999 ... Chinese lawmakers expressed their support for proposed amendmentsto the Chinese Constitution that incorporate Deng Xiaoping Theory asa guiding principle at a recent legislative session. Pang Xianzhi, a senior legislator and theorist, said at adiscussion about the Constitutional ...
Chinese Health Minister Concerns About Leprosy Patients
Feb 02, 1999 ... About 120,000 handicapped Chinese who have recovered from leprosyare expecting love and concern from the entire society, China'sHealth Minister said in a recent visit to leprosy hospital. "Society should pay more attention to and be on good terms withpeople who have recovered from ...
China's Textile Industry Sees Declining Production
Feb 02, 1999 ... China's textile industry, which is under an overhaul, witnessed adecline in production in the first eleven months last year,accordingto the National Bureau of Statistics. The output of yarn dropped 2.5 percent to 4.64 million tons fromthe same period of 1997, and that of cloth ...
China's Output of Timber Drops
Feb 02, 1999 ... China's output of timber in the first eleven months last yeardropped 3.5 percent from the same 1997 period, according to theNational Bureau of Statistics. Latest figures show that the output of timber in the January-November period totaled 27.87 million cubic meters, including ...
China's Output of Household Electrical Appliances Growing
Feb 02, 1999 ... The production of household electrical appliances grew steadilyinChina in the first 11 months last year, according to the NationalBureau of Statistics. The output of color TV sets in the January-November period hit30.08 million, surging 27 percent over the same 1997 period, ...
China's Output of Major Chemical Products Growing
Feb 02, 1999 ... China's chemical industry has maintained its growth momentum withthe output of most major products keeping on the rise in the firsteleven months last year, according to the National Bureau ofStatistics. The production of chemical fertilizers between January andNovember last year ...
China Needs New Consumer-Oriented Policies
Feb 02, 1999 ... A senior Chinese official has called for new consumer-orientedpolicies in China's current efforts to protect economic growth bytapping into the consumer market, China Securities reported today. Chen Bangzhu, vice-director of China's Economic and TradeCommission, said that the new ...
Beijing to Demolish Rundown Buildings
Feb 02, 1999 ... Beijing is to demolish 2.6 million square meters of rundown andpotentially dangerous buildings to mark the 50th anniversary of thefounding of New China and to give the Chinese capital an improved,modern image. According to officials with the municipality's ...
Bangkok Rubber Prices
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are Bangkok rubber sheet F.O.B. prices, in baht perkilogram (36.79 baht to the U.S. dollar): last week this week rsst126.25 ...
54 People Killed on New Zealand Roads in January
Feb 02, 1999 ... January marked the worst start to a year on New Zealand roadsthisdecade. The Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) of New Zealand saidTuesday in a release that 54 people were killed on the country'sroads last month, making it the worst January road toll recordedsince 1990, ...
Xinhua Stock Index Mixed
Feb 02, 1999 ... Today's Xinhua A stock index edged down 0.09 points to close at127.00, and the Xinhua B stock index climbed up 0.05 points tofinishat 19.99. The Xinhua Stock Index ...
Vietnam Intensifies Anti-Drug Efforts
Feb 02, 1999 ... Vietnam uncovered more than 2,330 drug-related crimes in the twomonths since Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai initiated anational drive against drug abuse and trafficking last November,Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. Compared with the two months prior to the drive, the ...
Ugandan President to
Feb 02, 1999 ... Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will meet two parliamentarycommittee chairmen Tuesday over the stalemate in construction of apower dam at Bujagali Falls in Jinja, 80 km east of Kampala. The meeting is scheduled to take place at his home in MbararaDistrict in southwestern Uganda, ...
Uganda Cautions Burundi Over Sanctions
Feb 02, 1999 ... The Ugandan government has cautioned Burundi not to overstretchthe good will of the regional leaders and international communitywhoagreed to suspend economic sanctions on the country in January. The warning was contained in a press release issued by theUgandanMinistry of ...
UAE Businessmen Urged to Invest in Canada
Feb 02, 1999 ... A senior official from the Canadian province of Ontario hascalledfor more investments from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in theprovince, a newspaper report said on Tuesday. Linking the Canadian and U.S. markets, Ontario has emerged as theeconomic powerhouse of Canada, the ...
Transactions at Manila Stock Exchange
Feb 02, 1999 ... The following are transactions at the Manila Stock ExchangeTuesday: Total shares ...
Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Feb 02, 1999 ... 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 onTuesday: Index: Tuesday MondayChange Hang Seng ...