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TOKYO 1996-08-28
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Japan 's Finance Minister Wataru Kubo told a news conference on Wednesday that he believes that the Bank of Japan 's ( BOJ ) interest rate policy which is geared towards ensuring economic growth has not changed after the release of the central bank 's " tankan " survey .
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The BOJ released the August tankan , its quarterly short-term corporate survey , in the morning and it showed business outlook had worsened .
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However , Kubo said it did not necessarily show a substantial worsening of the economy .
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" The question is what the BOJ is going to do with its interest rate policy .
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The BOJ governor has made it clear that the BOJ 's policy is aimed at ensuring basis for economic recovery .
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I believe this policy has not changed , " he said .
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Asked if a supplementary budget for 1996/97 was needed to support the economy , Kubo said the tankan results would not lead to any immediate decision on the need for an extra budget .
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" I do n't think we should immediately draw a conclusion that the economic recovery has come to a halt or that signs of a economic contraction have emerged , " Kubo said . "
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The economy is not recovering smoothly or at a fast pace . "
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Kubo said he would make a decision on the need for a supplementary budget after an announcement in mid-September of Japan 's gross domestic product for the April-June quarter .
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" I would like to see how the economy moved in the first half of 1996 , " he said .
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China says militant Japan must face war past .
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BEIJING 1996-08-28
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China on Wednesday called on Japan to acknowledge its wartime past and put a stop to a tide of resurgent militarism to prevent similar atrocities in future .
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" Some Japanese are still unrepentant about the atrocities committed by the Japanese militarists during the war , " said a commentary in the official China Daily .
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" If they are still undecided whether the war Japan launched was aggressive in nature , it will be difficult to tell whether they will do the same again , " the newspaper said .
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China raised indignant protests after several Japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine dedicated to their country 's war dead on August 15 , the 51st anniversary of Japan 's World War Two surrender .
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" Numerous Japanese politicians have tried to whitewash their country 's war atrocities in recent years , " the commentary said .
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China estimates 35 million Chinese were killed or wounded by invading Japanese troops from 1931 to 1945 .
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" The Japanese have never genuinely apologised for their wartime crimes , " the commentary said .
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Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto marked the August 15 anniversary by expressing " remorse " for foreign victims of Japan 's World War Two atrocities .
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Japan coalition party leader plans to resign .
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TOKYO 1996-08-28
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The leader of a junior partner in Japan 's three-party ruling coalition plans to resign to quell a political rebellion , party officials said on Wednesday .
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The officials said New Party Sakigake President Masayoshi Takemura , finance minister until the beginning of this year , promised his resignation in a meeting with the politician who set off the rebellion in the smallest coalition member .
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They said the date of Takemura 's resignation would be determined by party officials .
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The Sakigake row has caused jitters in its coalition partners , Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto 's Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) , the biggest grouping , and the Social Democratic Party .
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But analysts said the row was not expected to immediately destabilise the government as even if Sakigake splits apart it has so few seats a loss of support would not lead to a general election .
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The dispute pits Takemura , who founded Sakigake in 1993 as a reform-oriented LDP splinter group , against party official Yukio Hatoyama , who says he will leave Sakigake to form a reformist political group next month .
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Hatoyama , the 49-year-old grandson of a 1950s prime minister , on Tuesday quit as Sakigake secretary general and has publicly snubbed the 62-year-old Takemura , pointedly ruling his mentor out as a possible member of the new political force .
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Marathon talks between the two former allies on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning failed to resolve the dispute over the role of Takemura , seen by Hatoyama backers as tainted by his senior role in the LDP-dominated coalition .
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The presence of Takemura , whose role as finance minister in passing an unpopular plan to use taxpayer funds to wind up failed housing loan firms ruined his reputation as a reformer , has stalled Hatoyama 's efforts to attract to his new group defectors from the opposition camp , analysts said .
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Media reports say that at most 10 of 23 Sakigake members , joined by a handful of Social Democrats , will follow Hatoyama when he bolts -- far short of the 50 lawmakers needed to topple Hashimoto 's eight-month-old government .
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Hashimoto -- who returns from a 10-day Latin American tour on Saturday -- must call polls by mid-1997 , and has repeatedly said he would not call an early general election .
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But many analysts and politicians believe he may dissolve parliament soon after it reconvenes in early October .
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Liu Chong Hing interim net up 2.7 pct .
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HONG KONG 1996-08-28
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Six months ended June 30
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( in million HK$ unless stated )
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Shr ( H.K. cents ) 65.61 vs 63.87
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Dividend ( H.K. cents ) 18.0 vs 18.0
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Exceptional items nil vs nil
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12,043
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Net 249.53 vs 242.94
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Turnover 119.49 vs 134.40
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Company name Liu Chong Hing Investment Ltd
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Books close September 23-27
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Dividend payable October 8
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NOTE - Liu Chong Hing engages in property development and investment , warehousing , banking and insurance services .
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-- Hong Kong Newsroom ( 852 ) 2843 6368
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Fire bomb hurled at U.S. consulate in Indonesia .
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JAKARTA 1996-08-28
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A fire bomb was thrown over the fence into the grounds of the U.S. Consulate-General in Indonesia 's second largest city of Surabaya but no one was hurt , a mission official said on Wednesday .
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Craig Stromme , U.S. embassy spokesman in Jakarta , 700 km ( 430 miles ) west of Surabaya , confirmed the Tuesday morning attack .
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" Somebody threw a molotov cocktail over the fence and it went into the parking lot .
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It did n't hit anybody or anything , " Stromme said .
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He said there was no immediate explanation for the attack or any information on those responsible .
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Shanghai novelist murdered at home .
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SHANGHAI 1996-08-28
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A Shanghai novelist was murdered at her home on Sunday , an official of the city 's Writers Association said on Wednesday .
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The victim was Dai Houying , who wrote about China 's 1966-76 leftist Cultural Revolution and the lives of Chinese intellectuals , the official said .
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The killing was under investigation , she said .
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She gave no further details .
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Born in 1937 in the central province of Anhui , Dai came to Shanghai as a student and remained in the city as a prolific author and teacher of Chinese .
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She was divorced and lived alone , leaving one daughter who received university education in Hawaii and lives in Chicago , a friend said .
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Dai 's most famous book , " Ren A Ren " ( People , People ) , was translated into German and English , he said .
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Hwa Kay plunges on rights issue , earnings .
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HONG KONG 1996-08-28
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Shares of Hwa Kay Thai Holdings Ltd plunged to an all-time low after the company announced a rights issue plan and also reported a sharp fall in earnings , brokers said .
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The stock fell HK$ 0.23 , or 30.26 percent , to an all-time low of HK$ 0.53 .
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" Investors unloaded their shares due to the poor earnings outlook following a sharp profit decline .
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The rights issue also prompted dilution fears , " said a dealing director at a local brokerage .
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Japan July refined zinc imports off 47.5 pct yr / yr .
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TOKYO 1996-08-28
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Japan 's refined zinc imports in July totalled 3,684 tonnes , off 47.5 percent from 7,011 tonnes in the same month a year earlier , according to Ministry of Finance data released on Wednesday .
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Figures were as follows ( in tonnes ) :
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July 96 June 96 July 95
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Total 3,684 3,292 7,011
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Major suppliers :
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China 961 1,683 5,539
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Refined zinc imports in the first seven months of 1996 totalled 115,941 tonnes , up 38.4 percent from 83,801 tonnes in the year-ago period .
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-- Tokyo Commodities Desk ( 813 3432 6179 )
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PRESS DIGEST - HK newspaper editorials - Aug 28 .
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HONG KONG 1996-08-28
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With 307 days to go before the British colony reverts to China , the Hong Kong media focused mainly on domestic issues concerning alleged pressure on a judge , cross straights relations and the democratic lobby 's relationship with Beijing .
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The Beijing-funded WEN WEI PO said Taiwan 's government could not hope to stem the island 's economic and trade exchanges with China .
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The paper said that using administrative power to limit economic activities across the Taiwan strait would not work .
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MING PAO DAILY NEWS said it hoped Chinese officials would soon open dialogue with Hong Kong 's Democratic Party and the newly-established democracy lobby , Frontier , in order to ease anxieties in the lead-up to the handover .
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The English language SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST said the judiciary needed to take swift and decisive action in investigating the allegations that a judge had been subjected to pressure in a New Zealand immigration case involving allegations of fraud .
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The independence of the judiciary and the rule of law were of paramount importance to Hong Kong 's survival as a business centre .
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The Chinese language daily HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES said the Legal Department had been indecisive in its handling of the judge 's case .
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Such hesitancy on the part of the government had damaged public confidence in the rule of law , the paper said .
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-- Hong Kong newsroom ( 852 ) 2843 6441
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Palestinian Authority frees rights activist .
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GAZA 1996-08-28
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A human rights activist said on Wednesday he had been released after more than two weeks in detention that followed his call for an inquiry into the death of a Gaza man interrogated by Palestinian police .
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Mohammad Dahman , director of the Gaza-based Addameer Prisoners Support Association , said he was freed on Tuesday without being charged .
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Palestinian Attorney-General Khaled al-Qidra was not immediately available to comment .
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Qidra had said Dahman was arrested on suspicion of making a false statement .
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The activist was detained by Palestinian intelligence service agents on August 12 after publishing a statement demanding an investigation into the death of a Gaza man who had been questioned by Palestinian authorities .
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