Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, May 21:
Three Gorges Area Attracts More Overseas Tourists
May 21, 1999 ... The number of overseas tourists to the famous Three Gorges on theYangtze River from early May increased by 29 percent more than thesame period last year. Wang Qingyu, director of the tourism bureau of the ChongqingMunicipality in southwest China, said that the city, which ...
Overseas Investment in Sichuan Doubled in First Quarter
May 21, 1999 ... Investors from 14 countries and regions had built 62overseas-funded enterprises in Sichuan Province involving a combinedinvestment of more than 200 million U.S. dollars by the middle ofMay, doubling last year's figure in the same period. Multinational companies constitute the ...
Nearly One-Third of Mobile Phones Substandard
May 21, 1999 ... Nearly one-third of the mobile phones being sold in China'sfast-mushrooming market are substandard, according to a recentsamplesurvey conducted by the State Bureau of Quality and TechnicalSupervision. The bureau selected 21 varieties of mobile phones sold in themarket, but only ...
Market Exchange Rates
May 21, 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 Philippine Newspapers
May 21, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Friday. The Journal: An increase in the U.S. interest rate will only impact onportfolio investments in the Philippines but spare the domesticinterest rates as well as foreign direct investments, ...
Kyrghyz FM Leaves for Kunming
May 21, 1999 ... Kyrghyz Foreign Minister Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Yimanaliyevlefthere this morning for Kunming, capital of southwest China's ...
Indonesian Election Committee Issues List of Candidates
May 21, 1999 ... The Indonesian Election Committee (PPI) issued a permanent listof11,583 legislative candidates on Thursday night after it was delayedfor one day. PPI Chairman Jacob Tobing said the legislative candidate list hadbeen signed by the 48 political parties contesting the June 7 ...
India's Congress Expels Rebel Leaders
May 21, 1999 ... Indian Congress party decided to expel three rebel leadersThursday night for six years for their anti-party activities, seniorparty leader Pranab Mukherjee told the press after a 90-minutemeeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). The decision was made five days after Sharad ...
Highlights of Beijing-Based Newspapers
May 21, 1999 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing- based newspapers: "People's Daily" The paper carries a front-page editorial calling on the Chinesepeople to study President Jiang Zemin's speech at the meeting towelcome Chinese embassy staff members back from Yugoslavia, stick tothe ...
Greek Foreign Minister to Visit China
May 21, 1999 ... Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou will pay a working visitto China from May 23 to 24 at the invitation his ...
German Prosecutors Accuse Railway Company for 1998
May 21, 1999 ... Nearly one year after Germany's worst railway disaster,prosecutors on Thursday accused the country's railway company,Deutsche Bahn AG, was guilty of negligence which led to the traincrash. Some 101 people were killed and 119 injured on June 3, 1998, whena high-speed train crashed ...
French Open Winners in Last Decade
May 21, 1999 ... Following are the French Open men's and women's singles winnersover the last decade: Men's singles: 1989: Michael Chang, United States1990: Andres Gomez, Ecuador1991: Jim Courier, United States1992: Jim Courier, United States1993: Sergi Bruguera, Spain1994: Sergi ...
East China Province To Do Away With White Pollution
May 21, 1999 ... East China's Jiangsu Province, one of the country's economicpowerhouses, will eliminate white pollution, a big headache causedbydiscarded plastic packing materials, by the end of 2001. According to a massive plan announced recently by the provincialgovernment, Jiangsu will ...
Commodities City Plans More Markets
May 21, 1999 ... Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province and a commodities centerinnortheast China, plans to build ten more commodities markets thisyear. The ten markets will deal with commodities such as agriculturalby-products, furniture, electrical household appliances,telecommunications ...
China Unveils New Policies to Spur Medical Reform
May 21, 1999 ... China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security unveiled newpolicies Thursday in a bid to spur the ongoing medicare reform. Three regulations, which cover all urban employees subject to thegovernment-financed medicare service, lay down specific rules onmedical institutions, ...
Chia Tai Group to Invest More in Southwest China
May 21, 1999 ... A senior official of the Thailand Chia Tai Group has said that itintends to invest more in southwestern Sichuan Province. He said Thursday while visiting this province that despite thedifficulties Chia Tai meets in the Asian financial crisis, the groupwill neither withdraw from ...
Thai Pensioners Risk Poverty: ADB Report
May 21, 1999 ... Unless Thailand's pension system is overhauled, many retireeswillrun short of cash, said a report by the Asian Development Bank(ADB),which is available here Friday. Under the current system, members of pension funds receivemonthlypayments amounting to between 20 percent and ...
Syringes Sent to Yugoslavia From East China
May 21, 1999 ... A shipment of 540,000 syringes was recently sent from here toYugoslavia. The disposable syringes were made by the Jiangsu Zhongbao MedicalEquipment factory on order from the Red Cross Society of China. This was the second shipment of relief goods produced by JiangsuProvince ...
Sri Lankan Tamil Rebels Kidnap 20 Fishermen
May 21, 1999 ... Rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hadkidnapped 20 fishermen and 20 fishing boats in the northeast of thecountry, police said Friday. The LTTE rebels Tuesday raided a Muslim village in theTrincomaleedistrict and kidnapped the fishermen and their fishing boats, ...
Safety of China's Disposable Syringes Improved
May 21, 1999 ... A recent spot check by the State Bureau of Quality and TechnicalSupervision (SBQTS) indicates that the quality of 79.2 percent ofChina's disposable syringes are up to national standards. The sample survey of 44 syringe producers in 15 provinces andmunicipalities including Zhejiang, ...
SADC Allies Inflict Heavy Casualties on Rebels in
May 21, 1999 ... Southern African Development Community (SADC) Allied Forces intheDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have inflicted high casualties onrebel forces during air and ground attacks in the past week, aZimbabwean defence spokesman said Thursday in Harare. Since the beginning of the ...
S.Lankan Foreign Minister to Visit Vietnam
May 21, 1999 ... Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar will arrive inHanoi Friday for a five-day official visit to Vietnam, a VietnameseForeign Ministry spokeswoman said. This is the first visit to Vietnam by a Sri Lankan foreignminister since the two countries established diplomatic ...
S.Lankan Foreign Minister to Visit Vietnam (RPT)
May 21, 1999 ... Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar will arrive inHanoi Friday for a five-day official visit to Vietnam, a VietnameseForeign Ministry spokeswoman said. This is the first visit to Vietnam by a Sri Lankan foreignminister since the two countries established diplomatic ...
Rare Egyptian Relics for Show in Shanghai
May 21, 1999 ... More than 100 Egyptian relics from the British Museum aredisplayed in the Shanghai Museum between June and August 29, ChinaDaily reported today. The British Museum is known for its large collection of ancientEgyptian relics. The more than 100 pieces to be displayed inShanghai are ...
Philippine Groups Protest Against Visiting Forces
May 21, 1999 ... For the second straight day, the protest action against theVisiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and theUnited States erupted into a violent confrontation outside theSenate, the Manila Times said Friday. About 300 members of anti-VFA groups trooped to the ...
Philippines' GNP Seen to Grow 1 Pct in 1st Quarter
May 21, 1999 ... The Philippines is emerging from its year-long recession with atleast one percent gross national product (GNP) growth seen in thethree months to March, the Philippine Star newspaper said on Friday. Economic Planning Secretary Felipe Medalla was quoted asforecasting the country's ...
Number of People Leaving Indonesia Increases
May 21, 1999 ... The number of people leaving Indonesia from Soekarno HattaInternational Airport in Jakarta has increased in recent weeks, TheIndonesian Observer Friday quoted airport official as reporting. The people are leaving the country amid fears that unrest coulderupt during the ongoing ...
News Analysis: U.S. Rate Rise May Not Burn Asian
May 21, 1999 ... Asian currency and stock markets have remained relatively calm inthe past two days despite a possible interest rate hike by the U.S.Federal Reserve, as the move is unlikely to have a grave adverseimpact on the recovering economies in Asia. On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve ...
New Terracotta Warrior Find at Qin Tomb
May 21, 1999 ... A well-preserved and brightly colored terracotta warrior wasbrought to light recently at the tomb of China's first emperor, QinShihuang, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The warrior was found in a kneeling position in the second pit ofthe Qin Shihuang Tomb which contains a ...
Myanmar Paper Condemns NATO's Barbaric Acts
May 21, 1999 ... Myanmar's leading official newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar,Friday continued to condemn the U.S.-led NATO's recent "barbaricactsof invasion of Yugoslavia" and its missile attack on the Chineseembassy in Belgrade. "The neo-colonialist group wants to dominate the entire world ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
May 21, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers Friday. The Australian: A research team from the Australian National University concludedThursday that indigenous Australians arrived on the continent atleast 20,000 years earlier than previously ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
May 21, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersFriday. The Times of India: The Congress Working Committee on Thursday night expelled itsthree rebel members from the primary membership of the party for sixyears for raising the issue of party president Sonia ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
May 21, 1999 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Friday. The News: Pakistan has decided to ignore the U.S. advice not to celebratethe first anniversary of its nuclear tests, a spokesman for theForeign Office said Thursday.The Nation:Prime ...
Int'l Rice Agency on Cooperation With China
May 21, 1999 ... The Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)saidFriday that China is an essential partner in the efforts to improvethe well-being of present and future generations of rice farmers andconsumers. The IRRI, founded in 1960 as part of the Consultative Group ...
Indonesian Ruling Golkar Urges Action on Soeharto
May 21, 1999 ... Indonesian ruling Golkar Party leader Akbar Tanjung has againurged Attorney General Andi Muhammad Ghalib to follow up on a newsstory carried by the U.S. Time magazine on the alleged wealth offormer president Soeharto and his family abroad. Speaking to reporters after addressing a ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Slightly Higher
May 21, 1999 ... - Hong Kong stocks edged up 7.58 points, or 0.06 percent, to openat 12,383.00 ...
Hong Kong Stocks Lower at Midday
May 21, 1999 ... Hong Kong stocks fell 91.72 points, or 0.74 percent, to finishthemorning session at 12,283.70 ...
Guangzhou to Host New-Technology Exhibition
May 21, 1999 ... The 11th China New Technology and New Product exhibition will beheld in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, fromMay 25 to 28. More than 500 enterprises will participate, and 3,000 scientificand technological results will be displayed during the ...
Gold Demand Up in UAE
May 21, 1999 ... Gold demand in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rose by 5 percentto26.6 tons in the first quarter this year from 25.3 tons in the sameperiod last year, the Khaleej Times daily reported on Friday. The growth in the UAE compensated for a fall in demand inKuwait,Bahrain and Qatar ...
GE Spends 20 Million Dollars in Thai Factory
May 21, 1999 ... General Electric (GE), the American energy and industrial giant,is spending 20 million U.S. dollars to build its first factory inThailand, the Board of Investment of Thailand said Friday. The plastics factory, to be built in the eastern Thai province ofRayong, would produce about ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
May 21, 1999 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee released Friday by the Treasury Management Divisionof the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP): U.S. dollar 51.4000/51.0500 British pound 82.8989/81.9548German mark ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Philippines
May 21, 1999 ... Following are foreign exchange rates against the Philippine pesoreleased Friday by the Central Bank of the Philippines: Friday Thursday U.S. dollar 37.8790 37.7900Japanese yen 0.3048 0.3042British pound60.9284 ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Indonesia
May 21, 1999 ... The following are foreign exchange rates against Indonesianrupiahhere on Friday: Friday Thursday U.S. dollar 8,000/8,225 8,000/8,225Australian dollar 5,200/5,500 5,200/5,500Singapore dollar4,550/4,800 4,550/4,800Hong Kong ...
EDS-RPT for African Users
May 21, 1999 ... The Angolan Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday that the NATObombing in Belgrade, Yugoslavia Thursday morning has caused damagetothe premises of the Angolan Embassy there. The spokesman, Joao Pedro told Xinhua here by telephone that theAngolan embassy in Belgrade had reported ...
Dhaka Sends City Slum Dwellers Back Home
May 21, 1999 ... The Bangladeshi government has started sending the many urbanslumdwellers back to their home villages under a humanitarian aidprogram, newspapers here reported Friday. The Bangladesh Krishi Bank is sponsoring the scheme, which wasstarted on Thursday and under which ...
CPPCC Vice Chairman Leaves for Inter Action
May 21, 1999 ... Song Jian, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's PoliticalConsultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, left here todayfor Cairo to attend the 17th annual session of the Inter ActionCouncil (IAC) at the invitation of IAC Chairman Malcolm Fraser andthe ...
Colombo Launches Anti-Crime Operation
May 21, 1999 ... A special anti-crime Sri Lankan police force of 40 detectives hasbeen set up to combat a current crime wave in the capital cityColombo, the official Daily News reported on Friday. The squad of crime fighters came from the Criminal InvestigationsDepartment (CID) and the Colombo ...
Chinese Vice-Premier
May 21, 1999 ... Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen met here today with a delegationof the Chinese Philipino Business Club (CPBC). Qian briefed the visitors on China's political situation andeconomic development. He said he hopes the CPBC could ...
Chinese Vice-Premier
May 21, 1999 ... Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen met here today with visitingFormer Surinamese Prime Minister Willem Afred Udenhout and his wife. Qian extended welcome to Udenhout and his wife, who are here ontheir first visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese People'sInstitute of Foreign ...
Chinese President Accepts Credentials of
May 21, 1999 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin accepted credentials of fiveforeignambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People here thismorning. The five ambassadors are Ioannis Theophanopoulos from Greece, ...
China To Protect Women's Rights Better In Poor Areas
May 21, 1999 ... China will strive to increase the protection of the rights andinterests of women and children in outlying poor rural areas,according to State Councilor Wu Yi. Wu addressed a national conference on women and children thatopened here today, where she said the country will also find ...
British Company To Make Bicycle Tires In China
May 21, 1999 ... Britain's Green Tyre Co. and China's Shanghai OrientalInternational Group have agreed to start a joint venture soon inShanghai. The 6.4-million-U.S.-dollars venture is scheduled to beginoperation next April. It will produce a million bicycle tiresannually in its initial years and ...
Books Condemning NATO Bombing Sell Well in Beijing
May 21, 1999 ... Books featuring the U.S.-led NATO raid on the Chinese embassy inYugoslavia have been selling like hot cakes in this nationalcapital. The Beijing Books Mansion in downtown area has opened a specialarea in its main hall where a dozen books condemning the raid arehard to ...
Bangladesh to Achieve Record Cereal Harvest in
May 21, 1999 ... Bangladesh will harvest a record 22.5 million tons of rice andwheat in 1998-99, despite the century's worst flooding that ravagedthe country last year and the severe drought this year, the Ministryof Agriculture said. The production of rice will reach 20.5 million tons in the ...
Australian Defense Minister Starts China Visit
May 21, 1999 ... Australian Defense Minister John Moore arrived here today to kickoff a five-day visit to China as guest of his Chinese counterpartChiHaotian. It is the first time for an Australian defense minister to visitChina since the two nations established diplomatic ties 27 ...
Australian Sport Hit by Another Drugs Case
May 21, 1999 ... Australian sport was hit by another drugs case Friday but Olympicsprinter Paul Henderson claimed his innocence after testing positivefor banned anabolic steroids, according to reports from Sydney. The New South Wales Institute of Sport has been informed theformer scholar had tested ...
99th Birthday Celebration For Zhang Xueliang
May 21, 1999 ... More than 200 people gathered Thursday at the former residence ofMarshal Zhang Xueliang in Shenyang, the capital of China's LiaoningProvince, to celebrate Zhang's 99th birthday, which is on June 4. Zhang actually lives in Hawaii, after having spent decades underhouse arrest in ...
Yeltsin Goes on Vacation
May 21, 1999 ... Russian President Boris Yeltsin left for the Black Sea resort ofSochi Friday on a two-week vacation, the Interfax news agencyreported. The vacation came after two victories in the past week for theRussian president: the failure of the State Duma (the lower house ofparliament) on ...
Xinhua World Weekly News Schedule
May 21, 1999 ... The following is a list of major world events scheduled for May22to 28. May 23 German parliament votes for a new German President. Foreign ministers of Andean Community nations( Bolivia, ColombiaEcuador, Peru and Venezuela) hold meeting in Cartagena,Colombia.May 23 to ...
Xinhua Stock Index Up
May 21, 1999 ... Today's Xinhua A stock index rose 5. 37 points to close at 148.26and the Xinhua B stock index dipped by 0.07 point to finish at23.71. The Xinhua Stock Index is ...
Veteran Chinese Diplomat Says No One Can Insult Strong Country
May 21, 1999 ... Ling Qing, the former permanent representative of China to theUnited Nations, condemned the NATO raid on the Chinese Embassy inYugoslavia and said he did not accept the explanation that it was amistake based on an outdated map, but was planned and premeditated. The 76-year-old ...
Ugandan President Denies Inviting Obote to Return
May 21, 1999 ... Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he had never invitedformerPresident Milton Obote to come back from his exiled life in Zambia. Museveni has made it clear that "he did not, could not and willnever invite Obote," said a press release issued Friday morning bythe President' s ...
Ugandan President Calls to Safeguard Security
May 21, 1999 ... Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ended his 10-day tour ofthenorthern region with calls for local people to increase homesteadincome and to safeguard security. A press release issued late Thursday evening by the President'sOffice said that Museveni extended amnesty to rebels ...
Transactions at Manila Stock Exchange
May 21, 1999 ... The following are transactions at the Manila Stock ExchangeFriday: Total shares ...
Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
May 21, 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 onFriday: Index: Friday Thursday change Hang Seng Index ...