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FBIS3-28887_2 | `Talk' Notes Revolution Anniversary | people have effected a success in bravely smashing the moves of intervention and destruction by the imperialists and reactionaries, removing the old remnants of the monarchical era, and struggling for social progress and development. Today, the Iranian people have put great efforts into achieving national political sta... |
FBIS3-28911_8 | Hosokawa's Activities During U.S. Visit Noted Georgetown University Address | government, introduce market economies, control military spending, and promote policies to control or dispose of weapons of mass destruction. Japan's ODA decisions are being strongly influenced by countries which follow such policies. As we seek long-term peace and prosperity, we must also focus on other problems which... |
FBIS3-28911_9 | Hosokawa's Activities During U.S. Visit Noted Georgetown University Address | deal with these problems during the same period. We also want to strengthen international cooperation to fight the threat of drugs, and to find a cure for cancer. My friends, As we approach the twenty first century, I see many opportunities for U.S.-Japan cooperation in the most dynamic region in the world, the Asia-Pa... |
FBIS3-28937_0 | Reportage on Foreign Minister's Visit to U.S. Papers Evaluate Han's U.S. Visit | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of articles published in Seoul vernacular daily newspapers on 14 February in connection with Foreign Minister Han Sung-chu's current visit to the United States to tune the ROK-U.S. policy on the nuclear issue. The pro-government SEOUL SINMUN in Korean c... |
FBIS3-28982_0 | Deputy Premier Reports Trade Talks With Burma | Language: Thai Article Type:BFN [Text] Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Amnuai Wirawan was on a visit to the Union of Burma to attend the second ministerial meeting on cooperation in narcotics suppression between the Union of Burma, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Thailand, which was held in Rangoon on 10 February. ... |
FBIS3-28985_0 | Suphachai on Trade Relations with Laos, U.S. | Language: Thai Article Type:BFN [Text] Deputy Prime Minister Suphachai Phanitchaphak said in an interview with newsmen that the Lao Government had asked Thailand for a special reduction on duties collected on imports from Laos. Laos said it is a poor landlocked country which has good brotherly relations with Thailand. ... |
FBIS3-28989_2 | Spokesman Urges End to U.S. `Pressure Campaign' | and the U.S. and U.S. political figures went off into an undisguised war hysterics against us. All this was clear manifestation of the policy of stifling the DPRK. When the United States and the IAEA secretariat were resorting to base intrigues to stifle our Republic, openly reversing the spirit of the DPRK-U.S. agreem... |
FBIS3-28994_0 | U.S. `Accusations' on POW-MIA Rebuffed | Language: Lao Article Type:BFN [Statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on an assessment of the implementation for 1993-94 of the Lao-U.S. cooperation plan for American prisoners of war and personnel missing in action -- read by announcer; date not given] [Text] Accordin... |
FBIS3-28994_3 | U.S. `Accusations' on POW-MIA Rebuffed | of war and personnel missing in wartime can be divided into the four following categories: 1. Surveys and excavations of areas around plane crashes. Based on the plan and data presented by the United States at the technical meeting held 16-17 September 1993, the U.S. proposed joint surveys and excavation of six crash s... |
FBIS3-28994_9 | U.S. `Accusations' on POW-MIA Rebuffed | wanted to know. But, he found no Americans living in the area. A bad point was that while inspecting the Gnommalat prison, instead of inquiring about the trail of the Americans, the American technician asked why the Lao nationals were detained there. Can this be seen as coming to find fault with the host country, which... |
FBIS3-29005_0 | Belgium: End of Embargo Linked to Economy | Language: French Article Type:BFN [Commentary by Nathalie Mattheiem: "Washington Makes a Gesture Toward Hanoi"] [Excerpts] Washington -- In lifting the U.S. trade embargo on Vietnam -- President Clinton has finally overcome the political, historical, and personal obstacles to the measure which business circles wanted. ... |
FBIS3-29006_0 | Brazil: Editorial Views Lifting of U.S. Embargo | Language: Portuguese Article Type:BFN [From the "Notes and Information" page: "The End of the Vietnam Era"] [Text] The U.S. Senate last week approved a resolution urging President Bill Clinton to normalize economic ties with Vietnam. The proposal was submitted by a Vietnam war veteran and prisoner of war, and supported... |
FBIS3-29007_1 | Editorial Compares U.S. Embargoes on SRV, Cuba | mainly for historical reasons. Little remains of the differences that led the two countries to war in the 1960's and 1970's. Vietnam has withdrawn its troops from Cambodia. With a single party system, and without worrying about subjects like human rights, Vietnam has gradually opened its market to the rest of the world... |
FBIS3-29012_1 | Iran: Commentary Views U.S. Lifting Sanctions | in Vietnam. According to agency reports, with the lifting of the sanctions at least 25 American firms that had offices in Vietnam, which up until now were prevented from extensive activity for political reasons, have started their work. The lifting of trade sanctions against Vietnam has taken place at the same time as ... |
FBIS3-29015_2 | ROK: Daily Analyzes U.S. Lifting of Embargo | in which they even offered prize money. Adding that, "If the United States normalizes relations with Vietnam, it will facilitate the resolution of the MIA issue," he opened a way to lifting the embargo. Lawmakers of the U.S. Senate Energy Committee Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee Asi... |
FBIS3-29018_1 | Editorial Hails End to Embargo | pride of American patriotism is still refusing to heal, and upon turning its back on Indochina, America found it hard to forgive and forget. Thus, the sourpuss' fault-finding denial of diplomatic and economic good sense -- since the end of Cold War rivalry, U.S. policy over Vietnam, and by extension, the whole of Indoc... |
FBIS3-29020_0 | Russia: Embargo Ended for Economic Motives | Language: Russian Article Type:BFN [Viktor Pritula Commentary: "There Will Be No Change of Priorities"] [Text] Hanoi -- Thirty years after the beginning of the aggression in Vietnam, the U.S. Administration has announced the lifting of the economic embargo against Hanoi. This is unquestionably an historic event, as was... |
FBIS3-29021_0 | Commentary Applauds U.S. Decision | Language: Mandarin Article Type:BFN [Announcer-read commentary by station commentator Kondratyev; from the "Good Evening, China" program] [Text] The U.S. Senate's vote to lift the trade embargo on Vietnam in late January to a great extent heralded President Clinton's announcement on Thursday [3 February]. Needless to s... |
FBIS3-29026_1 | Thailand: Government Praises U.S. Decision Officials Comment on Embargo Lifting | and regulations to tempt investors, he said. The transfer of funds will become more convenient, and the Mekong Sub-region Project will benefit as Vietnam will be encouraged to take part, he said. Suphachai assured Thai investors that Vietnam will not become a competitor because Thailand is several steps ahead of Vietna... |
FBIS3-29029_0 | Thailand: Government Praises U.S. Decision `New Page' in SRV-U.S. Relations | Language: Thai Article Type:BFN ["World Window" column by Thetthat] [Excerpts] If everything went as planned, by now, on Friday in Washington D.C. (Saturday in Thailand), President Bill Clinton must already have announced a major decision to lift the trade sanctions imposed for 30 years on Vietnam, its adversary. The d... |
FBIS3-29035_5 | Adoption of Taxpayer ID Numbers Urged | have reached the point of being able to have an affluent life, is insurance for a time when things did not go well. There are all sorts of risks in living in a liberal society. However astute one may be, there is a limit to judging the future of one's own company or industry. One can consider a progressive income tax t... |
FBIS3-29049_6 | Dailies Comment on North Korean Nuclear Issue | after the nuclear issue is referred to the UN Security Council." The article reports that the ROK Government is criticized for having weakened the "stick character" of the persuasion by announcing that it will continue dialogue with Pyongyang even after the North Korean nuclear issue is referred to the UN Security Coun... |
FBIS3-29055_0 | Vice Foreign Minister Meets U.S. Congressmen | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Seoul, Feb. 15 (YONHAP) -- U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday denied any commercial motives in plans to deploy Patriot missiles in South Korea, urging Seoul to look at the political meaning of the deployment and the heightened war deterrence. A group of six U.S. representatives, led by ... |
FBIS3-29177_0 | Private Economic Sector Development Outlined | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] Hanoi VNA Feb. 15 -- The private economy or non-state sector in Vietnam has developed vigorously since 1991 following the promulgation of the country's company law and private business law. [passage omitted] The privatization in agriculture has helped remarkedly increase th... |
FBIS3-29178_1 | Hanoi Hails EC-Financed Reintegration Program | and have received assistance for reintegration. Programs funded by the European Community are the vivid example of the effective assistance in this field, which also come from many agencies and other countries. The European Community Integration Program or the Reintegration of Vietnamese Refugees or ECIP has been deplo... |
FBIS3-29180_5 | CPV Central Committee Political Report | mechanism in the economy. The amendment of laws and continued renovation of various systems and policies on planning, pricing, exchange rates, finance, banking, labor, wages, and land have created a more favorable environment for various firms to develop dynamism, self-motivation, and a sense of responsibility in produ... |
FBIS3-29194_2 | Deputy Minister on Regional Growth Projects | Thailand, Myanmar, and China in Bangkok and a high-level technical meeting of the four countries in Kunming to discuss the possibility of building regional communications lines (both overland and waterborne) to link the four countries. For its part, the LPDR Government has authorized the (Vicno) Company of Thailand to ... |
FBIS3-29202_1 | Editorial on `Mature Relationship' With U.S. | between the United States and European nations, past Japan-U.S. summit meetings always ended successfully. For this reason, both leaders were anxious to minimize the shock of the rupture in their talks. It is certain that Japan and the United States are in a state of economic cold war in the wake of the breakdown in th... |
FBIS3-29210_9 | Implications of Political Realignment Viewed | in the single-seat district system. So party positions will become very similar. How much unity can they have when the trend is that each Diet member will act on his own in making policy decisions. When I analyze the United States, where there is absolutely no party discipline, I find that there is party unity for Cong... |
FBIS3-29211_1 | Miyazawa Assesses Hosokawa Administration Participation in the United Nations Force Is Also Not Permissible | had expected. Besides, although I myself was involved, there was unexpected political confusion. Although I thought that the confusion would not have so much influence on the economy, it turned out that the new government that was born to deal with the confusion was a cabinet which places importance on political reform... |
FBIS3-29211_13 | Miyazawa Assesses Hosokawa Administration Participation in the United Nations Force Is Also Not Permissible | [Miyazawa] No, I do not think so. Each country has its own tradition. Perhaps it would be impossible for Americans to live in Japanese society, where the rule of seniority and the lifetime-employment system apply. In the United States, a success story is created by a capable person making a sudden rise from obscurity a... |
FBIS3-29216_3 | Country Celebrates Kim Chong-il's Birthday NODONG SINMUN Hails Kim Chong-il | unity of all the party members and all the people centering on the dear leader Comrade Kim Chong-il has been firmly achieved. As the result, the problem in inheriting the tradition of unity has been brilliantly solved. Never has there been a time like today in which all the party members, working people, and officers a... |
FBIS3-29229_4 | LDP, Shinseito Leaders on U.S. Summit Results | expanding domestic demand, what cannot be done cannot be done. Each country must work together in areas where government can legitimately act. The recent Clinton-Hosokawa meeting was unsuccessful, but I think it marks the start of a process in which relations become more mature and warmer. I am sure people in Japan und... |
FBIS3-29243_5 | Minister of Finance Fujii Interviewed on Budget | are speculative moves which will probably last a day or so. [Mizuki] Various remarks by high-ranking U.S. Government officials have affected the speculative moves. The G-7 industrialized nations have agreed to cooperate with each other in dealing with severe fluctuations of the exchange rate. How do Japanese and U.S. f... |
FBIS3-29244_0 | Table of Government's FY `94 Budget Proposal | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Feb. 15 KYODO -- The following is a breakdown of the fiscal 1994 budget proposal approved Tuesday [15 February] by the government. Figures are in millions of yen with year-to-year percentage changes in parentheses. --------------------------------------------------------... |
FBIS3-29290_0 | Government Seeks AFTA Extension on Petrochemicals | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Thailand wants to renegotiate the ASEAN Free Trade Area [AFTA] agreements with Indonesia and Malaysia to put petrochemical industries under AFTA's 15-year "normal track" tariff cutting schedule instead of the seven-to-10 year "fast track". The move would amount to final accepta... |
FBIS3-29312_3 | Long-Term Outlook in U.S. Relationship Urged | and the United States are also opposed to numerical targets. Washington should listen to what they have said. The United States Acts Too Rashly President Clinton expressed a sense of distrust in Japan by saying that despite more than 30 agreements reached on opening up the Japanese market, there had been absolutely no ... |
FBIS3-29323_0 | * Bureaucrat, Industry Adhesion Examined | Language: Japanese Article Type:CSO [Article by reporters Akira Hachisu, Midori Akamine: "Adhesive Structure of Bureaucracy and Industry Obvious"] [Text] There are 1,012 persons who have made the "descent from heaven" [amakudari, that is, the practice of retiring from government bureaucracy to serve as a corporate offi... |
FBIS3-29329_0 | Malaysian-Made Tanks for Libyan Plant Disappear | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Report by Raymond Whittaker: "Libyan Nerve Gas Tanks Go Missing in Malaysia"] [Text] Equipment for a Libyan poison gas plant, made by a British-owned company in Malaysia and returned there last year after the United Nations Security Council blocked delivery, has disappeared. The issu... |
FBIS3-29331_0 | Crime During Lunar New Year Festival Reported | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Ulaanbaatar, February 14 (OANA-MONTSAME) -- Two cases of assassination were recorded to be committed in the first days of the "tsagaan sar" a new year according to the lunar calendar. In all as was the MONTSAME correspondent informed at the general police department 15 people p... |
FBIS3-29336_5 | Part Two of Interview | cover will become lesser and lesser. The logging concessions are not only on the border areas but also deeper inside the country too. Our concern is that foreign partners would become richer and richer, but local partners would have no change in status. Because of this we want to encourage local people. Thailand has pl... |
FBIS3-29421_1 | Article Analyzes Hosokawa-Clinton Conference | targets." Even U.S. negotiators seem to have "felt cathartical" (as stated by a high-ranking White House official). The same official has added: "Nothing can move as long as we have to deal with Japanese bureaucrats. Sensing it would be useless to go on like this, we were extremely frustrated." Both the Japanese and U.... |
FBIS3-29428_10 | Memorandum Issued on ROK Nuclear Development I. The South Korean Authorities' Nuclear Weapons Development Policy and Introduction of PHWR II. The Stockpiling of Plutonium Through the PHWR and Completion of System for the Full-Scale Nuclear Weapons Development | countries for nuclear fuel.'" (U.S. newspaper INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, November 2, 1993). The increasingly undisguised efforts on the part of the South Korean authorities to invalidate the "joint declaration on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" have further intensified recently, simultaneously with the... |
FBIS3-29429_9 | Pyongyang Radio Carries Memorandum I. The South Korean Authorities' Nuclear Weapons Development Policy and Introduction of PHWR II. The Stockpiling of Plutonium Through the PHWR and the Completion of a System for Full-Scale Nuclear Weapons Development | Mr. No left office. One of the key advisers to President Kim Yong-sam, Chong Chae-mun, chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee has called for a review of the 1991 agreement. We know that we could generate nuclear power at a lower cost if we have reprocessing facilities, Mr. Chong s... |
FBIS3-29442_0 | Article Views U.S. Policy in Trade Talks | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [Article by U.S. Bureau Chief Yoichi Funabashi: "Changing Stands of the United States"] [Text] The new, "mature" era of the Japanese-U.S. relationship began with the Clinton administration resuming attacks on Japan, using the high yen and economic sanctions as weapons. This is a stra... |
FBIS3-29463_1 | Czech Delegation's Talks, Havel's Address Noted | some 15 years. The Czech delegation drew attention to the considerable possibilities of investing in the Czech Republic within the privatisation process. They also showed their interest in Thai financial participation in the Czech banking sector. Czech Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Ivan Kocarnik, one of the Czech... |
FBIS3-29466_0 | U.S. Sanctions Threat Against Japan Criticized | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "Clinton's Folly"] [Text] The Clinton administration's response to the collapse of the weekend trade talks between the United States and Japan is disturbing news. Threatening trade sanctions against Japan for a transgression of dubious validity, namely, failing to ensure t... |
FBIS3-29476_0 | Writer Criticizes Radio Free Asia Plan | Language: Lao Article Type:BFN ["Talk" by Singhasai: "Is There Anything Else Behind the Plan To Set Up Radio Free Asia?"] [Text] International public opinion has appreciated the United States' lifting the trade embargo against Vietnam which lasted 30 years. Everyone has praised the decision of President Clinton as it i... |
FBIS3-29481_0 | Singapore-Prasong Talks on Burma Consensus | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] The approval of all member states would be needed for ASEAN to invite Burma to attend as a guest at the group's annual conference of foreign ministers, Singapore Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar said yesterday. Singapore would have no objections if the Association of Southeast... |
FBIS3-29512_1 | Papers on DPRK Acceptance of Inspection | to avoid UN Security Council's sanctions, it will only add to its image of being "an impossible country to deal with" and urges North Korea to keep in mind the "economic benefits" that are to be gained from the resolution of the nuclear issue. The editorial concludes by telling readers to wait until North Korea accepts... |
FBIS3-29515_0 | DPRK Envoy at ASEAN-Related Meeting in Bangkok | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Feb. 18 (YONHAP) -- North Korea participated in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations workshop held in Bangkok on Thursday, KYODO News Service reported Friday. KYODO quoted a diplomatic source in Bangkok as saying that the North Korean ambassador to Th... |
FBIS3-29537_1 | Article Views Japanese-U.S. `Trade War' | to decide on defense policies or on the burdens necessary to implement such policies through agreement by only a handful of powerful men in the government and ruling party. With the Cold War structure gone, however, things do not work that way. It is still fresh in our memory that the Miyazawa-Bush conference in Tokyo ... |
FBIS3-29537_3 | Article Views Japanese-U.S. `Trade War' | under the heavy pressure of economic recession, has become unable to find a way to accept the U.S. demands. Take automobiles, for instance. With the domestic production shrinking, there is no way the country can increase imports of auto parts from the United States no matter how hard the latter may push. A third reason... |
FBIS3-29574_3 | Significance of Kim Chong-il Birthday Noted | the head of the party and the revolutionary Armed Forces. On the morning of the February national day, all the people across the country are looking up to the building of the party Central Committee on which our glorious party's flag is unfurling. The compatriots in South Korea and overseas and world revolutionary peop... |
FBIS3-29614_1 | Tokyo To Urge Stable Currency at G-7 Meeting | finance ministers and central bankers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. The themes of the G-7 talks will be considered when deputy finance ministers of these countries get together in Washington on Sunday. The sources said they expect the G-7 discussions to deal with, among othe... |
FBIS3-29616_0 | Fujii Says G-7 To Discuss Currency Moves | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Feb. 22 KYODO -- Group of Seven (G-7) ministers are expected to discuss the recent "artificially manipulated" currency rates, Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said Tuesday [22 February]. "Artificially manipulated movements are undesirable," Fujii said, adding that this wo... |
FBIS3-29674_0 | Ministry Conveys `Concern' Over Super 301 Revival | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Korea has expressed concern with the projected U.S. revival of Super 301 in the U.S. Trade Act, pointing out that the act does not comply with free trade spirit and regulations of GATT and the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Seoul and Washin... |
FBIS3-29708_1 | Military, Government in Arms Trade Dispute Editorial Backs Government Stand | and materials as on the construction of public facilities such as the elevated electric train system. Things have now changed. We believe that the elevated electric train project is a higher priority than the weapons needed for the country's defense. There is currently not much of an external threat to national securit... |
FBIS3-29709_0 | Daily Questions U.S. Fairness on Copyright | Language: Thai Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "The United States Must Act With Fairness"] [Text] A group of American companies late last week sent a petition to U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor indicating that Thailand is among the 36 countries with a gross violation of American copyrights. It says the private sec... |
FBIS3-29716_0 | Government Ready To Send More Troops to Bosnia | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] The government is still prepared to send additional troops to Bosnia-Herzegovina under the proposal by the Organization of Islamic Conference [OIC]. Defense Minister Datuk Sri Najib Tun Razak said however the government had not determined the strength of the troops. He said the... |
FBIS3-29717_0 | Demonstrators at U.S. Embassy Cite Drugs, Bosnia | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] Jakarta, Feb 22 (AFP) -- Up to 2,000 Muslim youths staged an anti-American demonstration in front of the US Embassy here Tuesday, accusing it of involvement in drug trafficking and of anti-Muslim policies. "We demand an apology from the US government over the involvement of... |
FBIS3-29738_2 | Editorial Warns Against Jeopardizing U.S. Ties | nations would resume talks on their trade issues after a cooling-off period. The latest U.S. moves rub this agreement in the wrong way and add more fuel to the bilateral trade friction, rather than help it cool off. Since the Japan-U.S. summit meeting has ended in a failure, we urge that both nations maintain their com... |
FBIS3-29748_13 | Coalition Leaders Discuss Political Reform Political Reform Legislation: What Does It Signify and How Can It Be Assessed? The Treatment of SDPJ Dietmen who Rebelled Against Their Party Leadership | any income tax. A consumption tax hike will become a new burden for these people who will never share in the benefit of income tax cuts. In this sense, when we think of the purpose and the expected effect of income tax cuts, we cannot accept a rise in the consumption tax aimed at covering the shortfall in revenues. [Ha... |
FBIS3-29782_0 | Commentary Previews ASEAN Chief's Visit | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Station commentary] [Text] The general secretary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, Mr. Ajit Singh, is to visit Vietnam from February 21 to 25. Now Thu Hang will bring you our comment on the purpose of the visit: This is the first visit to Vietnam by an ASEAN ge... |
FBIS3-29813_0 | Foreign Groups Support Ministry Statement | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- World political and public circles express full support to the January 31 statement of a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK which was made public in connection with the grave situation created by the perfidious acts of the United Sta... |
FBIS3-29849_0 | Greek Port Closure to FYROM Protested | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tokyo, Feb. 23 KYODO -- Japan lodged a protest Wednesday [23 February] against Greece for its decision to close a major port to Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia -- FYROM]), and called on the nation to solve the problem through negotiations, Foreign Ministry ... |
FBIS3-30032_0 | Trade Report With Clinton's Comments Discussed | Language: Japanese Article Type:BFN [By Shigeo Masui] [Text] New York, 19 Feb -- "It is better to have reached no agreement than to have reached an empty agreement." This was what President Bill Clinton stated positively at the recent Japan-U.S. summit talks. However, YOMIURI SHIMBUN's New York Bureau recently obtained... |
FBIS3-30041_3 | Implementation of Economic Reforms Discussed | are strongly monopolistic regionally were intended to prevent unilateral price hikes by railways. However, in reality, as long as a standard for "appropriate fees" cannot be established in the absence of market competition, government-controlled rates are determined by adding a prescribed margin to cost. Under such cir... |
FBIS3-30042_5 | Tax Commission, Tax Policy Reexamined | As a result of compromise, unlike the Western tax reports, the reports proffered by the Tax Commission tend to become theoretically ambiguous. However, when one considers the final step in the tax deliberation process, namely the step from deliberation in the legislature to execution of reform, Japan's deliberative bod... |
FBIS3-30042_12 | Tax Commission, Tax Policy Reexamined | effect if we adopted a tax report system like that of the countries of Europe and the United States. It is also inconceivable that our politicians would authorize a group of experts to formulate a tax report because the politicians would not like it if an authorized tax report were published that called for reform of t... |
FBIS3-30044_0 | Vice Premier Discusses Technology in Thailand | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Ulaanbaatar, February 22 (OANA-MONTSAME) -- Vice Premier L. Enebish paying a visit to Thailand noted the great achievements of this country reached in the development of nonferrous metallurgy. According to him, between the two countries there are proper perspectives in relation... |
FBIS3-30055_11 | *Tug of War Between Posts Minister, Bureaucrats | he would have not lent his ear to the remarks of the people in accordance with a scenario prepared by officials. At the appearance of a non-LDP minister who actively intends to hear the voice of the ministry's service customers, the bureaucrats seem to feel that their job has become harder. After finishing about two ho... |
FBIS3-30071_0 | Alatas, Prasong Back Burma ASEAN Ties | Language: Thai Article Type:BFN [Text] Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas made a stopover at Bangkok's international airport yesterday, during which he held an hour-long informal discussion with Foreign Minister Squadron Leader Prasong Sunsiri. The Indonesian foreign minister said Indonesia had no objection if Thai... |
FBIS3-30075_9 | Conference Opens on 30th Anniversary of Theses Kim Il-song Sends Letter | level where all the major farm operations ranging from ploughing to threshing can be done with the help of machines. The amount of use of chemical fertilizers has greatly increased, the quality of their properties has improved, and a scientific system of manuring has been established. Highly effective insecticides, dis... |
FBIS3-30076_2 | Conference Opens on 30th Anniversary of Theses Premier Delivers Report | the task to give priority to the ideological revolution laid down in the rural theses, with the result that all our agricultural working people have been firmly armed with the socialist idea of chuche, the revolutionary idea of our party, and the chuche idea has become predominant in rural communities. The great change... |
FBIS3-30190_0 | * `Former Regime' Officers Sentenced for Sabotage | Language: Vietnamese Article Type:CSO [Editorial Report] On 15 December 1993, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court tried Nguyen Thanh Van and his accomplices on charges of sabotaging security and disturbing public order. The presiding judge was Le Thuc Anh, deputy chief judge of the Municipal People's Court; the prosecu... |
FBIS3-30191_0 | * Mineral Reserves, Exploitation, Markets Assessed * Bao Loc Bauxite Awaits Markets | Language: Vietnamese Article Type:CSO [Article by P.T.] [Text] Since the beginning of the year, the Bao Loc bauxite ore enterprise has mined almost 900 tons of ore, a very small amount compared with the enterprise's capabilities (each year, it mines approximately 15-16,000 tons). For lack of markets, the enterprise has... |
FBIS3-30192_0 | * Mineral Reserves, Exploitation, Markets Assessed * Ilmenite Exports Reported | Language: Vietnamese Article Type:CSO [Article by D.C.] [Text] During the 3 months it has officially been in operation, the Austinh-Ha Tinh (Austinh Ltd) Ileminte Corporation has attracted many new customers, including those from Japan, Taiwan, Spain, and Malaysia. It has exported almost 30,000 tons of Ilmenite. In par... |
FBIS3-30193_0 | * Mineral Reserves, Exploitation, Markets Assessed * Ha Tinh Gold Mining | Language: Vietnamese Article Type:CSO [Article by Thanh Phong] [Text] Recently, digging and panning for gold has reached fever pitch in Ha Tinh. People are not only panning for gold but also digging for gold ore, primarily in Ky Anh and Huong Khe districts. At the Hoa Hai gold mine in Huong Khe District, people from va... |
FBIS3-30194_1 | * Mineral Reserves, Exploitation, Markets Assessed * Ruby Exploitation Reported | first ruby in Luc Yen in Yen Bai Province, 275 km northwest of Hanoi. This is an alluvial area containing Burmese-colored rubies, purple sapphires, and a number of other colored stones. People have surveyed a number of zones and preliminarily evaluated the distribution of rubies here. In their survey, geologists zoned ... |
FBIS3-30195_2 | Article Examines Open-Door Economic Policy | this time is the world economic race in the background of competition and cooperation on the basis of mutual existence. This background, together with challenges, is creating favorable opportunities for us. The increasing dependence among different nations means that we need them, but that they need us as well. Therefo... |
FBIS3-30200_0 | Granic Signs Memorandum on Serbian Sanctions | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Text] On behalf of the Croatian Government, Mate Granic, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, has signed a memorandum of understanding between the Republic of Croatia, the European Union [EU] and the CSCE. The memorandum is linked with the EU and CSCE mission... |
FBIS3-30212_2 | Interview With FRY's Jovanovic Published | Italy and Spain have become more flexible. Sanctions are a factor that directly influences the continuation of the war and might lead to a rapid destabilization in the Balkans. [Andon] How far from or how close to a result are the Geneva negotiations? What is the major obstacle in the path of those negotiations? [Jovan... |
FBIS3-30224_0 | Pawlak's Brussels Visit, `Partnership' Decision | Language: Polish Article Type:BFN [Article by Maria Wagrowska: "Signature on `Partnership'; Prior to Prime Minister Pawlak's Visit to Brussels"] [Text] The Council of Ministers is scheduled to make a decision today on whether Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak will sign a document committing Poland to joining the program o... |
FBIS3-30235_0 | Daily on `Leaked' German Plan on Security | Language: Polish Article Type:BFN [Article by Krystyna Grzybowska from Bonn: "Security of East Europe; Territorial Claims Forbidden"] [Text] After Helmut Kohl left to meet with President Clinton, the Chancellor's Office leaked information on Bonn's plans to reconciliate the security needs of Poland, Hungary, the Czech ... |
FBIS3-30236_1 | FRG Consul on EU-Poland Relations, Pomerania | we faced new challenges, with the possibility of making new cross-border contacts, and with entirely new expectations from the people living on the two sides of the border. So I see it as my most important task in Szczecin to bring about the realization of all these aspects of our new neighborhood situation. [Palmirski... |
FBIS3-30286_2 | Interview With FRY's Jovanovic Published | Italy and Spain have become more flexible. Sanctions are a factor that directly influences the continuation of the war and might lead to a rapid destabilization in the Balkans. [Andon] How far from or how close to a result are the Geneva negotiations? What is the major obstacle in the path of those negotiations? [Jovan... |
FBIS3-30299_0 | Economic Figures Show Declining Production | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Report by Mariya Barutchieva] [Text] Sofia, January 27 (BTA) -- Lack of markets, the enterprises' low adaptability to free-market conditions, and a delay in privatization and structural adjustment caused a shrinkage in production and sales in 1993, Dimitur Fratev, spokesman for the N... |
FBIS3-30313_1 | Details on 1993 Economic Performance Reported | to the Central Statistical Office (GUS) the Gross National Product (GNP) in 1993 increased by 4 per cent, the industry and agriculture production went up whereas the unemployment figures did not decrease and inflation was still high. Also the purchasing power of payments declined, the GUS Deputy President Roman Sawinsk... |
FBIS3-30314_1 | Iliescu Spokesman on Coalition Talks, Yugoslavia | prerogative of the prime minister and he may do it whenever he sees it as necessary, said the spokesman. The next week visit to Bucharest by the two co-presidents of the peace conference on former Yugoslavia was appreciated by the presidency spokesman as the result of the interest constantly shown by Romania in support... |
FBIS3-30324_0 | Iranian Foreign Minister Arrives for Visit Velayati on Sending Forces to B-H | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Sofia, Feb. 1, IRNA -- Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati Monday voiced readiness of the Islamic countries to dispatch peace-keeping forces to Bosnia-Herzegovina under the flag of the United Nations. Speaking to local reporters at the end of the first round of talks with his ... |
FBIS3-30332_2 | KDNP Official Discusses Economic Program | operating the viable state-owned production capacities for purposes of taxation and employment represents the basis of our economic program. The resulting positive processes could indirectly help the problems facing the budget by increasing the income. [Hammang] One can mostly achieve an increase in income by increasin... |
FBIS3-30333_0 | Spiroiu, Aleksandrov Oppose UN Action on FRY | Language: Romanian Article Type:BFN ["Al.A."-signed report: "The Ministers Mend What Was Spoiled by Journalists"] [Text] At the end of last week, Romanian National Defense Minister Lieutenant General Niculae Spiroiu received his Bulgarian counterpart, Valentin Aleksandrov. Despite the fact that one would expect closer ... |
FBIS3-30361_0 | `Increasingly Closer' PSL-Church Ties Viewed | Language: Polish Article Type:BFN [Article by Miroslaw Usidus: "Church Well-Wishing but Also Cautious"] [Text] To win the trust of the church, it is not enough to show up in a cathedral a few times and take a picture of oneself with a cardinal. That is the opinion of right-wing politicians. Such is also, more or less, ... |
FBIS3-30378_1 | Official Views Advantages of EU Association | are very important for Hungary come into force, and at the same time, the implementation of the cooperation program can also begin. The preparation of the legal harmonization program belongs here, and the planning of projects affecting industry, agriculture, investment development, and education and training, which we ... |
FBIS3-30393_1 | Official Discusses Relations With Moscow | the economy, which is supposed to be headed by deputy prime ministers -- we are waiting for the Russian component to be formed, which will be possible only after the restructuring of the Russian Government. A protocol is signed annually on the supplies of crude oil and power plant fuel, and the new commission will also... |
FBIS3-30406_0 | Serbs Set Conditions | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Belgrade, Feb 3 (AFP) -- Serb forces would agree to the reopening of the airport at Tuzla in northeast Bosnia provided they could control all traffic going through, a Yugoslav military official was quoted as saying Thursday [3 February]. Armed Forces spokesman Colonel Ljubodrag... |
FBIS3-30410_2 | News Conference Reported | country. I would like to express my gratitude to Mrs. Bhutto and Mrs. Ciller for the unqualified support we have received from their governments and people in our struggle for a just peace. This country, which is a victim of two (fascist) [words indistinct]. The joint declaration of the two prime ministers -- with whic... |
FBIS3-30413_2 | Zhirinovskiy Views Future of Balkans | present Macedonia, but otherwise this would be a big country. Alexander the Great, who conquered all of Asia Minor and got all the way to India, was from this area. [Zerdin] What about Russia? [Zhirinovskiy] See, what is Ukraine? It is Russia. [Zerdin] And Czechia and Slovakia? [Zhirinovskiy] Because of the Sudetenland... |
FBIS3-30421_1 | Text of Granic Address | What are its strategic guidelines? First and foremost, the reintegration of the UNPA [UN Protected Areas] into the state and legal system of Croatia -- this is the first strategic guideline. Then comes the resolution of the crisis, the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina, and the establishment of a just peace. There is the regu... |
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