Tuesday, February 19, 2002

• First Nomiation Received for HKSAR Chief Executive Election
• Tung Chee Hwa Wins Nomination of Over 700 Election Committee Members
• Hong Kong Chief Executive Hosts Spring Reception
• "Do as Chinese Do When You're in China for the Spring Festival" 
• 8 Die in Southwest China Bus Accident

• Macao's Forex Reserves Grow in 2001
• A 32-fold Growth Chalked up in Sino-US Trade
• Internationalized Strategy Bears Rich Fruits 
• Macao's Exports Slide in 2001
• China Drafts Law to Boost SMEs
• Private Economy Overrides State-Owned Economy in East China
• Thailand Urged to Enhance Economic Ties With China
• Shenzhen Becomes "World Factory"

• Bush, Wife Lunch With Japan's Royals
• Philippine Military Recovers 2 Farmers Kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf
• Japanese Protesters Hold Rally Against Bush's Speech
• Chinese, Argentine Leaders Exchange Greetings on Anniversary Day
• U.S. President to Begin Visit to S.Korea Tuesday
• Putin Calls for Stable Macroeconomic Index
• Japan, U.S. Agree to Continue Work on Okinawa Issues
• Indonesia Upholds "One-China Policy": Assembly Chairman
• Investigation of Abducted Journalist's Case Is Intense: Pak Spokesman
• EU to Support Cambodia's Accession to WTO
• Japan, U.S. Differ Over Global Warming Issues
• Palestinian Security Arrests Collaborator With Israel
• Students Arrested Over Occupation of AMCHAM Office
• Three Suspects of Bin Laden's Men Arrested in Kenya
• German Soldiers in Kuwait for Joint Military Exercises
• Nepal-India Trade Talks Begin in Kathmandu
• DPRK Celebrates Kim Jong Il's 60th Birthday
• Regional Seminar Focuses on Asian Developing Countries' Entry into WTO
• OIC Nations Urged to Increase Support for S&T Development
• Bush's China Trip to Boost U.S.-China Ties: Haig
• One China Principle Basis For Sino-U.S. Ties: Haig
• Milosevic Continues to Recall "Historical Facts" at Trial
• S. Africa Regrets EU Decision to Impose Sanctions on Zimbabwe
• Russian Duma to Consider Draft in Support of Iran, Iraq, DPRK

• China's Research Institutions Bid for Public Funding
• China Approves Big Funding to Build Libraries
• Shanghai Has 2,000 Postdoctoral Researchers
• HK Labor Department Launches Education Vacancies Webpage

• French Couple Take Ice Dancing Figure Skating Title
• Medal Tally of 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City
• Team Leader: Chinese Aerialists too Nervous to Perform to Their Best
• Future Sites for Hosting Olympic Winter Games at Risk due to Global Warming

• More Mainland Tourists Travel to Hong Kong in Chinese New Year Holiday
• Interview: Environment Crucial to Sustainable Development: Chinese Official 
• 5,500 Year-Old Building Found in Central China