1 x 40 48 pt Bodoni

1 x 40 48 pt Bodoni

Indonesia is seeking to reschedule some US$5.5 billion of its
sovereign debt maturing this year and in 2003, from the Paris
Club of creditor nations. Japan, the biggest country lender to
Indonesia has indicated its readiness to discuss the issue with
President Megawati Soekarnoputri's government, if Indonesia is
able to meet all the required conditions.

In an interview with The Jakarta Post's Kornelius Purba, Nobuo
Hazeyama, the chief representative of the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation's (JBIC) Jakarta office, shared his
view about Indonesia and the result of the bank's recent survey
on investment in a number of countries including Indonesia. His
office is in charge of overseeing the disbursement of all his
country's official loans to Indonesia.

2.
2 x 24 36pt Bodoni

Fight hard for Philippine
interests within the WTO

Rizalino S. Navarro
Chair, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Asia News Network
Manila

3. Mideast -- Remember the pain, heal the wounds
2 x 32 36pt Bodoni

Remember the pain, heal the wounds:
Jews cannot delete other's tragedy

Anne Karpf
Guardian News Service
London