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Japan to promote
TOKYO Feb 19 : Japan . International Trade and Industry decided Ms a do; to the promotion of safety at nuetear power pionto arvoes the rountry officiate sold re ports AFP
The dectaton foitewod a nr dioaettve tak February • M a Mihama Fukui prelsetMrs In central Japan
The Ministry ateo decided to ask electric power compa nles operation pressurised am ter reactors to strengthen safety checks particularly on the steam generator and cool tag systems
Seventeen of Japan's 39 nu clear reactor* In operation have pressurized water rear tors Ministry officiate sold
ECFMsmeet
LUXEMBERG. Feb 19 European Community (EC) Foreign Ministers meet in Lusemberg Thursday to dis cuss the post war rebuilding of the Gulf which they hope will have better success than their pre war diplomacy, reports AFP
They will also consider the Mung of a free sone economic cooperation with the Soviet Union following violent crack downs In the Baltics states
An EC ministerial mission to Moscow was sharply enti cised by President Mikhail Gorvachev at the weekend for Its sharp reaction to the crackdowns and for delaying emergency food and medical aid an technical accords
Economic crisis in Cuba
HAVANA. Feb 19 : The col lapse of the socialist bkx and cuts tn Soviet fuel supplies have dealt "a terrible blow to the economic pillars of the Cuban revolution. President Fidel Castro has said, reports ah’
Mr Castro . who was quoted by the official domestlt news agency AIN Sunday set a 10 year period to develop Cuba's own resources to cope with the current critical short ages In fuel, raw materials .food and hard currency needed for foreign trade.
But the food supply plan must be developed "much more swiftly". the Cuban leader stressed. He said a far-reaching state programme proposed better application of technol ogy and extensive Irrigation tn a bid to produce more rice, timbers and vegetables while boosting poultry . fish and pork production.
2,700 cattle die in Australia
BRISBANE. Feb 19: High humidity was blamed today for the deaths of nearly 2.700 cat tie being fattened up for ex port at a huge Japanese owned feedlot tn Australia . reports Reuter.
ED Casey. Queenstands Minister for Primary Industries . told state parita ment today the humidity level al the feedfot at Texas 250 KM (160 miles) west of Brisbone doubled to 80 per cent in the space of 48 hours earlier this month.
Air temperatures remained warm to very warm and there was no breeze Casey said. The rare condition was the climatic equivalent of a once tn a century flood
Singapore ml market quiet
SINGAPORE. Feb 19 Trading in the Singapore oil market was quiet Tuesday morning with prices virtually unchanged from overnight London ctosing.reports AFP
Traders said there were more buyers than sellers
The uncertalnity over the Gulf war and fear over the sup ply situation might have bast (ally contributed to the buying interest said one dealer.
. North sea brent, quoted at 16.80 US Dollars and West
' Texas Intermediate (WT1) at । 18 90 Dollars, were both un changed for April shipments
A majority of traders are still sitting on the sidelines after the lunar new year ho 11 day."one dealer commented.
Japan's industrial output rises
TOKYO.Feb 19: Japan's industrial production In December rose six per cent from a year earlier and 0 9 per cent from- the proceding month, the International Trade and Industrial Ministry said tn a revised report Monday.says AFP
The report was a revision of a preliminary report in tale January that gave 6.3 per cent year on-year and O S per cent month to month increaacs for December.
The revised report said turing* index “n Deecmber stood at 1323 against 100 for the year of 1986