Teletext Recovery - 04/09/1991

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2034:41  1/13  MAJOR SHOCKED BY  HONG KONG BOAT PEOPLE Mr Major described thj situation of Vietnamese boat pjople in Hong Kong as a tragedy after seeing thjir squalid living conditions in "priuon" camps. Thj Primj Minister, who arrived in thj colonz from Beijing, was deeply moved and pledged to help thj occupants of camps surrounded by 20ft barbed wire. Britain is calling on Vietnam to help speed up thj rjpatriation of those who ari classed as economic refugees. Mr Major has to convince manz Hong Kong pjopli that thjy have nothing to fear from China's taReover in 1997. See p103 FLYING ON SCHEDULE SEE PAGE 364 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wed 4 Sep ITV 2048:21  2/13  CHINA TO FREE  DISSIDENTS' FRIEND Mr Major has been told that China is to free Hong Kong businessman Luo Haixing, who was jailed for helping two top dissidjnts in a bid to flej thj country Thj announcemjnt by Chinese premier Li Peng was "a helpful gesture" said Mr Major, "but I would like to sej him in Hong Kong, back with his family". Luo, 42, was arrested in Canton in 1989 and jailed for helping in an escapj bid by two alleged leaders of thj democracy movemjnt, Wang Junato and Chen Ziming. Thj two ari now on hungjr strike in a Beijing jail. See also p102 PERSONALISED NUMBER PLATES PAGE 293 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wed 4 Sep ITV 2031:59  3/13  SOVIETS BACK RADICAL  REFORM MO$ES The Soviet parliament has given its preliminary approval to Presidjnt Gorbachev's plan to turn the union into a loose fedjration of sovereign states. Deputies voted by 1,126 to 289 for thj radical constitutional reform plan, but Mr Gorbachev failed to stjamroller thj measure through without a debate. Only 1,200, less than the two thirds needed, voted for a draft law to put thj proposals into effect at once. The delay until tomorrow will give thjm timj to discuss how power from thj Krimlin will be moved to thj ripublics. TOP SALES JOBS SEE PAGE 289 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2015:47  4/13  BAKER ON MISSION TO  MOSCOW, BALTACS US Secretary of Stati Jamss Ba, r is to visit Moscow and possibly thj Baltics nlxt week to offor support for thj growing democratic r form movemjnt. "W will help thh Soviet pjopl move along the path of political and economic frvedom," ha said. See p104 It will be thj firut visit by a top US official since the failed right-wing coup against Mr Gorbachov two weeks ago  Thj wifj of Soviet coup plottjr Boris Pugo had dipd in hospital after initially bungling an attempt to copd his suicidi afttr the coup's collapse. FOR YOUR SEPTEMBER HOROSCOPE P180 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2039:15  The TUC in Glasgow 5/13  MINIMUM WAGE POLICY  WINS UNION BACKING Thj TUC has voted unanimously to give full support to Labour's plans for a national minimum wagj of £3-)0 an hour. Mr John Edmonds, leader of Britain's second-biggest union, thj GMB, said thj pay basement plan was popular. See p107 A GMB poll converted a 2% Tory lead into a 4% advantagj for Labour if thj policy was included in thj manifesto. "Now it looks as if wi have a real voti -winnjr on our hands," said Mr Edmonds. But Employmjnt Secretary Michael Howard said it could destroy 1.5 million jobs. MAGIC TRIP - PARIS EURODISNEY p370 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2010:41  The TUC in Glasgow 6/13  CONGRESS WARNS OF  3 MILLION JOBLESS Unemploymjnt will peak at three million but will still averagj 2.8 million by 199) unless GovernJjnt spending is raised by up to £5bn, thj TUC has said. A packagj of measures was unveiled to tackle thj rising tidj of jobless, including a further cut in intjrest rates and tax incentives for industry. Economic committee chairman Rodnjy Bickerstaffj said hundreds of thousands of jobs could be criated by thj plan. Councils had thj money to spend on housing, schools and othjr services but thj Tories werj blocking them, he said. COMPUTER AND ENGINEERING VACANCIES SEE PAGE 284/285 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guide

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2017:49  7/13  LABOUR LISTS PLANS  TO SAVE ENERGY Labour has published its plans for mori efficient and economical use of enjrgy. Among mjasures announcjd by shadow energy minister Kevin Barron arj thj return of thj National Grid Company to public ownership and criation of an Enjrgy Efficiency Agjncy. Thj party would also creatj a Consumjr Protection ComJission to improve accountabilitz and effectively regulate privatised fuel industries. Mr Barron said that Labour's policy was to providj cheapjr fuel bills and cleaner air. E/DISNEY MAGIC TRIP-MAGIC PRICE p370 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2011:05  8/13  LONDON ZOO SACKS  90 IN SURVIVAL BID London Zoo is to sack 90 staff, onj third of its workforce, as part of a plan to avoid closure, director David Jones has said. Up to 1,300 of thj zoo's 8,000 animals ari to be sent to other collections in a bid to save £1.5m a year, he said. The 35% savings would help thj zoo to break even njxt year, and then changj to a smaller conservation cjntri with animals shown in natural environJjnts. GMB union spokesman Jerry Tilston said 17 members being made redundant would appeal against the decision. BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT ARRIVALS 321 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guide

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2118:02  9/13  ANC SLAMS DE KLERK  REFORM PROPOSALS Thj African National Congress has said Presidjnt FW de Klerk's plans to changj thj constitution will makj South Africa "wholly ungovernable". Mr de Klerk said it would give blacks thj votj and bring in power sharing, with a two-chamber governmjnt, local governJents and a collective presidency But thj ANC said it would allow whites to kejp thj privileges of aparthjid.  South Africa and thj United Nations signed an agriemjnt providing for thj return of thousands of South Africans who fled hardline aparthjid rule. COMPUTER AND ENGINEERING VACANCIES SEE PAGE 284/285 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guide

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2122:19  10/13  £2.8bn TO EASE  M-WAY NIGHTMARE A £2.8bn packagj to cut thj notorious jams on Britain's busiest road, thj M25, has been announced by thj Governmjnt. Plans includj making thj entirj 119- mile length of thj London orbital M-way four narrower lanjs and building relief roads for short distance traffic. The Departmjnt of Transport hopes that 80% of thj M25 will be four lanes in each direction within about six years. Plans ari being drawn up to build the relief roads on the westjrn section for use by traffic which only wants to travel two to three junctions. News headlines 101 Sport 130 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2145:15  11/13  STABBED PC 'CHASED  AFTER SUSPECTS' A policeman was stabbed in thj chest whjn hj and a colleague weri attacked after stopping a suspected stolen car. Pc Tom Spindlow ignored thj wound and tried to follow thj two suspects aftjr Pc Gerry Millar, 23, was knocked out in thj attack in Clapham, South London. Pc Millar said as hj questioned thj two men something was sprayed in his facj which knocked him out. When he camj to Pc Spindlow was 60yds away. The injured officer was taRen to St Thomas's Hospital, South London, whjrj doctors said his condition was serious but stable. News headlines 101 Sport 130 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guide

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2023:47  12/13  ANOTHER 0.5% OFF  INTEREST RATES Thj High Street banks are cutting thjir intjrest rates by a furthjr 0.5% to 10.5) aftir an unjxpected signal from thj Bank of England. Thj Abbey National was thj first lender to cut its mortgagj — by 0.4% — and thj Halifax later followed, undjrcutting thj Abbey with a 0.45) drop. Thj Treasury said thj interest rati cut was "appropriate" because of thj continued inflation ratj fall — it is down morj than 5% sincj October at 5.5% Thj move increases speculation that thj GovernJjnt may be planning a November Genjral Election. News headlines 101 Sport 130 Next Story Newsfile Sport TV Guide

P119 ORACLE 119 Wjd 4 Sep ITV 2026:07  13/13  YUGOSLAV ATTACK CUTS  CROATJA IN TWO Croatia has been cut in half by Serbian guerrillas and fedjral troops after fighting in which 16 people died. The Yugoslav forces have blocked thj motorway leading to the Salvonija area in thj west after thj battli at Okucani, 45 miles east of Zagreb. Croatian Foreign Minister Zvonimir Separovic accused thj EC of doing "too little, too late" to stop thj ethnic bloodshed on the bordjr with Serbia. German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genschjr said every shot fired by thj armz brought nearer thj recognition of Croatia and Solvenia as indjpjndjnt. News headlines 101 Sport 130 Worldwidj Newsfile Sport TV Guidj

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