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Sabtu Umanis, 26 Februari 199 (3-Habis) ubahan ek kese- alam hal Suami tak Bekerj Lantas bagaimanakah jika d lam rumah tangga suami tida n kepu- bekerja? Bagaimana denga dudukan pengambilan keputusan? Mens ecuali di rut Hanartani, di sini posisi wa mpaknya nita relatif dominan jika dibas Tetapi, dingkan dengan rumah tanga rvariasi yang suaminya bekerja. 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(Riyanto Rabbah h Developer Tata Ruang daerah secara berlanjut. Pemba t Drs. ngunan itu, juga diharapkan dalam mampu memberikan imbas bagi mahan, daerah atau desa miskin yang Herung ada di sekitarnya. Yang tak ka murah, lah pentingnya, kata dia, pemba ruang ngunannya tidak menyimpang dari rencana induk daerah yang ketika telah ditetapkan. "Rencana in epada duk ini mesti diperhatikan. Jadi, k Ba- tak sekadar asal dapat tanah Nur, murah," kata Bupati. a kei- embe- Murlian Nur ketika diminta mahan konfirmasinya mengatakan, ke- ga de- tiga developer itu meminta lo Kope kasi di tiga desa, yaitu Kuranji, Ma- Perampuan, dan Bajur masing- opera- masing berada di Kecamatan La itu, buapi. Tentang pembebasan ta- an se- nahnya, ia mengatakan tidak tahu-menahu. "Itu urusan pen- pem- jual dan pembeli. Biarkan me- lebih reka langsung saja," ujarnya. angan (059) butir Mutiara ah Puasa Ramadhan Can Beban Mereka reka, kan yang memiliki seorang bu- W ke- dak. Suatu hari, ketika datang memi saatnya melaksanakan shalat, peker sang majikan menyuruh bu Ra dak tersebut mengangkat se etuah buah ceret tempat air yang ter- stadz buat dari logam yang begitu idnya, berat. Entah karena apa ceret tersebut terjatuh dan meng- Rasu- enai jidat atau dahi sang maji- ar, se kan yang sedang wudlu dari air yang yang mancur dari mulut ceret ahwa itu. Coba bayangkan, betapa bulan marahnya sang majikan. Tapi ka sebelum majikan itu marah, si bulan makin budak membaca ayat Al Qur- an yang menyatakan bahwa orang bertakwa bakal peng- mehuni sorga adalah mereka yang yang bisa menahan marah, me- knya maafkan orang lain dan bisa ngan berbuat baik dan berinfak di Hari jalan-Nya (Q.s. Ali Imran 3, ja, di 134). Meski darah mengucur lagi dari dahi sang majikan, tetapi anse majikan itu tidak marah dan SAW bahkan terharu bahwa si bu- me-dak tersebut hafal sebagian turu dari Al Qur-an yang merupa- kerja kan pedoman hidup bagi orang a di i ini, beriman." "Apakah budak itu kemu- umah dian dihukum Ustadz?" tadz "Oh tidak, di samping tidak dimarahi, majikan itu juga me- kian. maafkan dan memerdekakan kau dia dari perbudakan." seo- "Wah, bukan main baiknya baik majikan itu. Sungguh kalau para majikan mau berbaik hati , se seperti dia, tentu nggak ada u da lagi unjuk rasa dan yang sema cam itu ya Ustadz? ni, di "Ya mudah-mudahan begi- maji tulah. Insya Allah." (WAA) Ramadhan 1414 H tab yang kami turunkan kepadamu manusia dari kegelapan kepada ter- uju jalan (lurus) dan Dia Maha Per- QA Ibrahim 14: 1). sakiyah Ramadhan ar dan Sekitarnya dan Tabanan) Wita 26 Februari 1994 6, Dzuhur 12.34, 'Ashar 15.39, Mag- 27 Februari 1994 6, Dzuhur 12.34, 'Ashar 15.38, Mag- a11 menit, Dompu 10 menit, Sum- 5 menit, Praya 4 menit, Mataram 3 nit, Klungkung/Bangli 1 menit. nit, Banyuwangi 4 menit, Selat Bali leleng Barat 2 menit, Singaraja 1 Menunaikan ah Puasa RAH MERIAH NEWS MAKER SE Alberto Tomba. • Bids For Final Olympic Glory ALBERTO Tomba, who lost title on Wednesday aims to re- gain another at the Lillehammer Games on Sunday and depart from the Olympic stage the biggest Alpine winner in the history of the Games. The Italian was comprehensively beat giant slalom here after unprecedented successive victories in the event at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. But these days he always looks a stronger candidate in the slalom, in which he took gold in 1988 a in 1992 after a tremendous comeback in the second run lifted him from sixth place to the brink of victory. Tomba, without a giant slalom victory since March 1992, has won four of the eight World Cup slaloms contested so far this season and trounced all his rivals in the last two before Lillehammer. After the abortive giant slalom, Tomba promised a dramatic Olympic farewell in the slalom. The great showman later recei- ved port from compatriot Deborah Compagnoni, the new Olym- pic women's giant slalom champion. "I told him the party would be complete only if he won the slalom on Sunday," she said after Tomba had phoned her to cong- ratulate her on her win. One who will have no qualms about spoiling the Italian party is Norway's Finn Christian Jagge. Jagge, who will have the support -- and extra pressure -- of the enthusiastic flag-waving Norwegian crowd, won a World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora in January and had better results in the discipline this season than compatriot Kjetil Andre Aamodt, the world champion. Austria, who collected their first Alpine medal of the Games when Christian Mayer took the giant slalom bronze, should have a say in the distribution of the slalom medals. Thongassinger is their top contender, having won twice and been runner-up twice in world Cup slaloms this season. Thomas Sykora and Bernhard Gstrein could also pose a threat. Sweden's Tomas Fogdoe beat Tomba for the slalom World Cup title last season and sounded his challenge when he finished se- cond behind the Italian in the last two slaloms before Lillehammer. Jure Kosir, whose compatriot Alenka Dovzan gained Slove- nia's first Olympic medal in last Monday's women's combined, will also be a powerful contender. Kosir, 21, trained with Tomba in China year and won his first World Cup race in December. He has also finished in the top three in four other slaloms this season. But the adoring army of Tomba fans will want to see their hero bow out of the Olympics in the winning position. That would take him beyond the record of three Alpine golds he shares, as the Games enter the final weekend, with Toni Sailer of Austria and Jean-Claude Killy of France. (Reuter) Sabtu Umanis, 26 Februari 1994 MILIK KONUMEN PERS NASIONAL FR KARTA Bali Post English Corner Japan Slates Market-opening Package By End Of March Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa and his cabinet, facing the threat of tough , decided on Friday to draw U.S. trade sanctio by the end of March. Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata told reporters after a top-level meeting that Japan my be ready to set a non-binding goal to cut its current account surplus to 2.8 percent of its gross domestic pro- duct (GDP). "I think it's one idea to set up a voluntary target of the trade sur- plus 2.8 percent of GDP," Hata told a televised news conference. Some Japanese officials have already floated the idea of peg- ging Japan's current account sur- plus to a percentage of GDP. Offi- cial forecasts project the surplus will fall to 2.8 percent in fiscal 1994, which starts on April 1, and to 3.1 in the current fiscal year. It was 3.2 percent in 1992/93. Other officials do not favour the process saying this would give the United States an excuse for future trade sanctions if the forecast is not met. After a regular cabinet mee- ting on Friday, Hosokawa and nine of his ministers in charge of economic, trade and foreign poli- cies agreed to work out a market- opening plan. They hope a team is to be it by the end of March to the U.S. side, which is poised to back up its package of market-opening measures trade demands with possible eco- nomic sanctions unless the two countries reach an agreement in their so-called economic frame- work talks. Ties Worsened U.S. Japan trade ties worse- ned after a February between Hosokawa and President Bill fai- led to resolve a row over how to open Japanese markets to U.S. firms and reduce Tokyo's nearly $60 billion trade surplus with Washington. Hosokawa refused to accept Clinton's demands for numerical targets to determine market- opening measures. Japanese offi- cials, working on the U.S. initia- ted framework talks, rejected the targets as managed trade. On Thursday, the U.S. Cong- ress took matters into its own hands by announcing plans to force Japan to buy American or risk sanctionsers plan a bill mir- roring Clinton's effort to force To- kyo into a market-opening stra- tegy, but this time backed by an overt sanctions threat. Japanese officials have said Japan's market-opening strategy is likely to include deregulation, and investment. import promotion. But unless it is backed up with something concrete, like the goal to cut the surplus to a percentage of GDP, American trade negotia- tors are unlikely to be receptive. Japan's G7 partners -- the Uni- ted States, Germany, Britain, France, Canada and Italy -- have shown little sympathy and have done almost nothing to stem the yen's rise. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale told a group of businessmen that markets, not governments, should determine the yen rate. "On the yen, the market has to set that. The government set it," he told group of businessmen in Tokyo. Mondale said Washington was waiting to see what proposals Japan would make and hoped they would begin steps to lead away from "the current unsustai- nable situation." He said he hoped Japan's market-opening proposals would reduce its trade surplus which he said could widen further this year. (Reuter) Miniskirts, Trousers Back In Malawi Lilongwe Women in miniskirts, shorts and trousers, banned under Pre- sident Kamuzu Banda's 30ears of iron rule, have bounced back in Malawi. Conservatives are shocked in the country preparing for a wa- tershed general election in May. But 22-year-old Esther Ng'oma, stight and revealing shorts at a hotel disco in the capi- tal Lilongwe, said: "It's beautiful, very beautiful, to be free." new found freedom in this sout- hern African nation, for years clo- sed to the outside world by "the old man". Banda's government, facing a cut-off of critical aid by Western donors demanding sweeping po- litical reforms to his one-party rule, succumbed to popular pres- sure last year. It allowed the holding of the first post-independence pluralist elections, due on May 17. It also men to sit down in parliament - as if they had nothing else impor- tant to do to decide what wo- men had to wear," said Janet Ka- rim, Malawi's first woman publisher. Demonstration Of Anger Karim, publisher and editor of The Independent, spoke in Blan- tyre, the country's commercial city in the south, where minis- kirts, trousers and shorts have ANAK NGUDIANG JERO MANGKU DITU MASEGEH WE NENGAH? IBANASPATI RADA DINI NGOYONS! JOTIN ASEGEHAN, APANG TUJING NGRABEDA. ULING IMALU PANGE LINGURE SETATA NGELESTARIANG ANE NIGKALA WIADIN SEKALA! ANIMISME MULA KUAT PESAN TO DIBAL! 3. 1. Ada apa di sana kok Jero Mangku "masegeh", Pak Ne- ngah? 2. Ibanaspati Raja tinggal di sini! agar tidak membahayakan, dia perlu diberi "segehan". Sejak zaman dulu para tetua kita selalu mengusahakan pelestarian baik yang menyangkut alam baka maupun alam fana! 3. Gedeggedeg... kek-ke....!! Memang begitulah seharusnya, Cong! HALAMAN 5 GEDEGEDEG.. KEK-KE...!! ANAK MULA KETO, CONS! 1. Why Jero Mangku priest is making "food" offering there, Pak Nengah? 2. Lord of the Forest is abiding here! To prevent disaster, the Lord should be offered "food". since ancient time our ances- tors have always made efforts to preserve both spiritual and earthly world! 3. (There is a call of a gecko: Gedeggedeg... kek-ke...!! It should happen so, Cong! The Balinese Religion: Basic Components THE Balinese religion, origi- nally called "Agama Tirtha" (reli- which is called the Lord of the fo- The ancestors who dwell above On the dance floor under di. repealed a series of straws in- taken the 600,000 inhabitants by gion of water), agama Siwa- these trees, special attention is sit" under different guises: as dei- Balinese society. The weight of zzying bright lights, Agnes Ki- lonzo gyrated in a purple minis- kirt as revellers enjoyed their cluding the 1973 Dress and De- cency Act which barred women from showing their legs in public. "It was a most stupid thing for Lillehammer To Close With Troll And Torchlight Lillehammer. Lillehammer plans a spar- kling, symbolic end to a dazzling Winter Olympics. Jud A forest full, thousands of twinkling battery torches in the Olympic arena and a blazing fire- work display overhead will com- bine at Sunday's closing cere- mony (Eds: starts 1900 GMT) to symbolise the triumph of good over evil. Gruesome giant trolls and evil Nordie spirits talk the stage be- fore good spirits gain the upper hand in a fairy tale artistic en- ding to Norway's highly succes- sful 16-day sporting extravaganza. Do the organisers have a sur- prise or two in store? "Sure we do," said ceremony spokeswoman with a laugh but without giving too much away. They will have to go a long way to match the spectacular opening ceremony stunt when a ski jum- per leapt into the arena bearing the Olympic torch. The emphasis will still be on blending Norway's rich folk the broadcasting demands for a tele- visual feast. The budget for the two ceremonies is nearly $13 million. This time the athletes proces- sion will be a casual affair and the whole ceremony is billed to last just an hour. The party may well last longer. Next Winter Host After the athletes parade be- The Arctic journey, using to hlights to add to the glare and to motorised transport, will take 16 remind the world about Sarajevo, months. The mess age to Nagani Olympic host 10 years ago and is to follow Lillehammer's lead in devastated by the evil of war. taking the environment into Each of the torches bears the consideration. "Remember inscription Sarajevo". Looking ahead, linking Lille- hammer to a Japanese woman will enter the arena to the sound of a solitary Oriental flute before thousands of lights are lit in the surrounding forest, spectators flash their torches and fireworks erupt. After speeches from Games president Gerhard Heiberg and International Olympic Commit- tee Juan Antonio Samarach, the Olympic flag will be lowered and then the fairy tale begins. Evil spirits will pouhe snowy arena and, joined by enormous trolls, drive the good spirits away. Lasers will spell out the mes- ling," Ibsen said. "That will be quite an erie fee- sage: "See you in Nagano 1998." But the good guys recover their (Rtr). "By wearing the skirts and the trousers, the women are demons- trating their anger at an oppres- sive law now finally gone," she said. "Initially some women were af- raid to go out dressed this way be- cause of fear of being harassed by youths and older men who still think sirts, shorts and trousers are not good for women. But that apprehension - along with fear of criticising Banda -- has been swept away by a rene- wed public confidence. "Most wo- men are delighted, tourists are delirious and ladies hunting in the night are having a good time," she said. Karim's father is industry mi- nister in ailing Banda gover- nment -- "Even he could not talk to me when he sees me in trou- sers. I wear them anyway." Most middle-aged and young men have welcomed the change. University graduate and former teacher, said Malawian women strong animistic hue. Nature is is thus linked to death and to the down through the entreaties of a Ancestor worship gods, in particular the Barong, used water" on the other side. Javanese version of Siwa-Buda syncretism added a new layer to rest (Banaspati Raja). Among the mountain come down or "vi- this already complex Indianized Buda, and now Hindu Dharma, is given to the banyan, the protec- fied ancestors, they visit the hu- the Indian components in the Ba- a blending of several traditions: tive tree. In Balinese tradition mans during temple festivals, linese religion and society should Animistic aspects whenever one set up a new vil- during which they are welcome not be overestimated, though. Al- lage, one had to plant a banyan by dances and fed with offerings; though the Indian contribution is The Balinese society and cul- tree in its center, just next to the as ancestors still "impure", they obvious at the philosophical and ture cannot be understood wit- palace. To this day, the leaves of come back at birth, "asking for literary level, particularly in the the banyan are also used to make rice", the Balinese say (nunas cosmological concepts and in the hout reference to the role of na- effigies of the dead for the post- baas) as the incarnating "sha- mythology, this influence not ture, which gives its religion a cremation mukur ceremony. Lin- dows" of the original soul. Fi- only has been thoroughly reinter- in Bali over-present, even in the ked to life on one side, the banyan nally, ancestors might also come preted by the Balinese local ge- daily aspects of life-agriculture, ancestors' cult on the other side. medium balian priest, to give nius--for example, the architec- some advice to the living. Such ture is based on Indian concepts medium seances usually take and decorated with Indian- place after death, for the purpose derived stories while remaining of finding out the reason of death structurally "indigenous"--but it or to question the soul of the dead has also been mostly felt in the about its wished, in particular upper layers of the Balinese so- upcoming ciety, among the brahmins and the ruling Satria. Much of the Ba- linese society, and especially the Indianised aspects agrarian tradition and the temple rituals, actually remains Bali is the farther outpost of outside the reach of Indianized Indianisation to the East. Al- thought. To summarize, and sim- though trade with India seems to plify, as actual reality shows have started as early as the first many instances of mixing and in- century, Indian religious influen- terference, it can be said that In- ces started being felt in Bali bet- dian thought provides the gene- ween the seventh and eighth cen- ral conceptual framework, while turies, bringing elements both the indigenous prePIndianized from the Bhuddist and from the tradition provides the ritual fra- Hindu-Shivaite corpus. After the mework. (Giovanni Bretonni). architecture -- which the hand of man has tried to shape for centu- ries. In the eyes of the Balinese, nature is therefore thought to be endowed with powers -- regarded as gods, demons and spirits -- Nature in relation to ancestor worship is underlined in the par- that inhabit its various compo- ticular role played by the moun- concerning nents such as trees, gorges, fo- rests, ricefields and villages, and tain. When a Balinese dies, he is cremation. which have to be provided with said to "go back home" (mulih), shrines and fed with offerings the two meanings being rendered made of local agricultural by the same word. The home of products. the dead soul is above the moun- Faced with a power ful nature, tain, in a place called the "old the Balinese communicate with country" (gumi ane wayah). It oc- gods or spirits through objects of cupies the pole of purity, the pole Swaths from the trunk of sacred It is no accident if this axis corres- living trees are cut to make the ponds to the opposition of most potent masks. During cer- upstream-downstream, that of tain ceremonies, the Balinese go the "origin of irrigation water" on fore the artistry begins, a six- light at baddies, the one thing Washington Advances, in rural are accept the change," nature, too, in particular, trees. of impurity being that of the sea. member environmental expedi- that can finish them. tion will set off for Japan on dog- leds bearing a message for the next winter host. Nagano. "Remember Sarajevo" Spectators will switch on flas- Krickstein Upset Scottsdale, Arizona - Bali Post/Rtr. WINTER SWIMMING-Lithuanians take part in a mass winter swimming in Palanga, famous Baltic's summer resort last weekend. Two thousands participants intended to set a new world record for Guiness Book of records. Chinese Oil Firms Deny Crude Import Ban Rumour Singapore- China has not issued any offi- international prices. cial directives to suspend or stop Ban on Long-Term contracts A source familiar with Chinese crude oil imports but purchases have been reduced due to high do- energy affairs said recently there mestic crude and oil product was a ban on new, long-term pro- stocks, Chinese state oil sources duct contracts. said. Israeli Government the Second seed MaliVai Was- Responsible For Shooting to these trees to invoke upon the one side and the "direction of the Javanese invasion of 1343, the Tunis- Is- The PLO said on Friday the CIA Stung By Spy Scandal Vows Extra Security raeli government bore responsi- bility for the Hebron mosque shooting in which it said a Jewish settler killed at least 48 Palesti- nian and wounded more than hington hung on for a win at Ari- zona men's tennis champion- ships on Thursday but seventh seed Aaron Krickstein let one slip away to German Braasch. Washington beat fellow Ame- rican Jared Palmer 6-3 26-3 and Braasch fired in 16 aces and sur- vived two match points before PLO chief Yasser Arafat said outlasting Krickstein 2-6 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) in two hours 13 the West Bank shooting could minutes. 300. make the whole Middle East In other second-round results, peace process backfire. "What has happened today in Iefano Pescosolido fired 20 aces en route to a 6-3 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 the mosque is a real tragedy and triumph over American Jeff Ta- will make a very negative bac rango, and Spain's Jordi Burillo kfire on the whole peace process," beat Frenchman Fabrice Santoro he told CNN Television in an interview. 6-4 6-2. In warning against further budget cuts as Congress prepares But CBS News reported Thur- Former Intelligence Profes- to begin scrutinising the internal sionals CIA DIRECTOR James Wol- ton about the investigation of the Ames case raised "disturbing continuing the reduction and Isey, stung by a major spy scan- Ames. Both the Cable News Net- questions about the (CIA's) inter- streamlining process," he said. dal in his own ranks, vowed work and said a search was un- nal controls and management." By the end of the century, the Thursday to step up Security derway for a possible second The House panell conducted three spy agencies with former against cutting the estimated mole, but officials declined com- an "extensive, exhaustive re- the National Security Agency $28 billion intelligence budget. ment on this. view" if the case to determine and the Defence Intelligence The New York Times said how Ames could have eluded di- Agency -- will have shed 22.5 per- "There are important changes that need to made in the way se- Thursday that at least 10 Soviet scovery for so long "and what cent of their staffs compared to curity policy is made and the way citizens working for American in- must be done to improve manage- the end of the Cold War. in which the security is imple- telligence were betrayed by Ames ment," the Kansas Democrat mented," he told the House Com- and later excuted by Soviet said. authorities. mittee on Intelligence. Robert Torricelli, a member of The Palestine Liberation Or- the House of Representatives pa- sday evening that Ames was not security, Woolsey said U.S. intel- ganisation said in a statement. nel who had been briefed by the in a position to know about the In his testimony, the CIA di- ligence capabilities were being "What happened is a criminal CIA on the scandal, expressed 10, raising the possibility that another agent inside the CIA rector alluded to the dangers that cut to a level where "we are ska- and dangerous butchery. We concern that Aldrich Ames, ar- former intelligence profesionals ting on thin ice on a warm day." charge the Israeli government for rested Monday, might not have gave them away. Woolsey declined to discuss in could become easy targets for rec- the responsiblility of what been the only Moscow mole in The intelligence budget is clas- public the case of Aldrich and his rui to foreign spy agencies unless sified and largely hidden in sec- "He may not have been alone wife Rosario, who was also arres- the current reduction of U.S. in ret Pentagon accounts. It is wi- those easy wins," said the world's peace accord last September but in recognising that the system ted on charges of selling Moscow telligence personnel was handled dely reported to have been about number 22 player. "But you take dispute in Security issues have may not have been; discovery is top secrets for payments totalling a win no matter what it is be- delayed implementation of limi- not certain, that (security) proce- $ 1.5 million between 1985 and cause you're not going to be able ted Palestinian self rule in the dures were not working," the 1993. to blow everyone off the court. West Bank town of Jericho and New Jersey Democrat said at the Heck, they're out there to take the Gaza Strip. you down. 'I just hung in there," said Washington. Washington, who reached his third quarter-final berth here in as many years, thinks he is doing just enough to get by. "That's all that's really nee- occured." ded. You like to there and have The PLO and Israel signed a The PLO said the Israeli army "protects these crimes and but cheries carried out by the settlers against our isolated people while praying at dawn at Abraham's (Rtr). mosque". (Reuter) The two battled from the base- line for most of one hour 44 mi- nute contest before Washington found an opening. CIA ranks. hearing. Woolsey replied: "Your point is very well made and I definitely take it." Possible Second Mole Rumours swirled in Washing- China And Britain Set Rough Ride For Hong Kong from London or Hong Kong. Foreign Interference China has had a history of inter- sion on Beijing's preferential keel. The New York Times reported Friday that Ames would fight the spying charges. The newspaper quoted his lawyer, Plato Cache- ris, as saying "Mr Ames is resis- ting these charges." The lawyer did not what de- fence, if any, Ames would make or address any specific accusa- tions. Cacheris spoke with Ames Thursday at an Alexandria, Vir- ginia detention centre. President Clinton has called the case very serious but said he would fight any congressional ef- fort to suspend aid to Russia, at least until Moscow ended to U.S. protests. CIA Team Rebuffed But the Washington Post re- ported Friday that a high-level CIA team sent to Moscow to di- scuss the case had been rebuffed by the Russian spy agency and returning to Washington, Beijing- China and Britain seem set for what the British say anymore." this one out, and ply don't care China's economic boom because pected to step up efforts to build a rough ride before Hong Kong's of political problems. confidence in its own ability to Yang Chengxu, director of the 1997 handover and the only ques- China Institute of International who hold that politics and econo- Kong's prosperity during the Chinese economic officials, unilaterally guarantee Hong tion is how jarring the jolts will be Studies said on Friday that he be- mics should be treated separa- transitional period. for the territory Chinese analysts lieved the Chinese reaction was tely his issues as the U.S. deci- and foreign diplomats said on based on principle and was unli- Noting that Hong Kong's eco- Friday. Beijing's fury over Governor kely to be swayed by protests trade status, have hinted that hed with that of southern China, nomy is now thoroughly enmes- Chris Patten peaked anew on Rumours have been swirling Thursday after he promised to the British case might be an Foreign Ministry officials say pri- exception. "The spot import volume has for the last month that Beijing press ahead with plans for de- ference from foreign powers," vately they believe Beijing's inte- been reduced, bues on existing was mulling temporary suspen. mocratic reforms, proa flat Chi- said Yang, whose institute serves rests can only be served by kee- British Reaction term contracts won't be affected," sion crude and product imports to nese statement that the door to as a policy think-tank for the Fo- China's latest attack by saying British officials reacted to ping the territory on an even a trader with state China United encourage more domestic oil any further negotiations was reign Ministry. Petrochemicals Corp (UNIPEC) sales. "closed completely". So far, that appears to be the "Our resumption of bounty they were always ready for new told Reuters. China's pronouncement ap- over Hong Kong reflects the negotiations, although under the case. Hong Kong's stock, while of- The Russian Foreign Intelli- But he stressed that the reduc- mits. The bulk of crude import li- slow collapse of Sino-British coo- only be made through import per- peared to be a final ruling in the broad aspirations of the Chinese present strained conditions this ten showing short-term sensiti- gence Service greeted the U.S. seems unlikely. vity to the political row, remains delegation with a "less than coo- tion was only a temporary mea- cences is issued by UNIPEC and peration on Hong Kong, London people." sure given current high domestic Sinochem, a Sinochem official will relinguied to Beijing's con- Sino-British relations would be said the Chinese economic threat business is riding a China wave. Yang said the broader scope of Western diplomats in Beijing generally on an upswing and its perative attitude" to American officials quoted by the Post. stocks. He would imports to in- confirmed earlier. Some sout- trol in 1997. was real and might eventually Political observers say China Justice Department officials crease again: "There would be hern refineries also hold licences After seven months of fruitless viously be affected" by the row prompt a British climbdown, al- is banking this optimism will said they believed at least three talks, repeated accusations and over Hong Kong and that Lonld though probably not while Pat- continue China has said in 1997 Russians on the U.S. payroll had A source with the China Natio- imports will rise this year to 20 virulent personal attacks on Pat- fastest growing economies. Beijing has predicted crude counter-accusations and a set of the leaders of one of the worth ten or his boss, Prime Minister it will scrap any unilateral Bri- been executed in the mid-to-late John Major, remain in office. nal Chemicals Import and Ex- million tonnes. Of that, 12 mil ten by Chinese officials, China is tish provisions for Hong Kong's 1980s after apparently having "British economic interests government structure and has been betrayed by Ames, inclu- are definitely under threat," one set up a preparatory group hea- ding KGB agents Valery Marty. Oil purchases into China can more demand for gasoil... when to import directly. spring begins," he said. was carefully. "We must remain vigilant as $28 billion in calender year en- we face some grim realities in ding September 30. (Reuter) TOURISM ACTIVITIES Reforestation Chairman of Bali Chapter of Association of Indonesian contributed one thousand trees on behalf of its 130 members to Regent of Jembrana, Bali, Ida Bagus Indugosa, to reforest tourism resort of Rambutsiwi. (*/70). "After 1997, (relations) will de- NO.1 Telp. 228751 Dps later." NO.8 Telp. 225630 Dps port Corp (Sinochem) said he de- lion will be allocated to UNIPEC now fully ready to go it alone, the pend on the situation and on of them said. "They are going to ded by Foreign Minister Qian nov and Motorin, the first known Travel Agents (Asita), I Gusti Bagus Yudhara (left) recently nied and ruled out the possibility and eight million to Sinochem, a analysts said. that rumours of the temporary Singapore-based trader with "Obviously the door is closed what the British side does," he ban on spot imports were circula- close Chinese links said. (Reu- now," a Western diplomat said. said. British business is already save to back down sooner or Qichen its own governing plans. ted with the intent of depressing ter). "The Chinese feel they can ride afraid that it is losing out on In the meantime, Beijing is ex- KGB turncoats. (Reuter) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Dan Glickman said C. 483 Color Rendition Chart 2cm 4cm