(LEAD) Names of illegal rice subsidy recipients may become public By Shin Hae-in SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) — The snowballing scandal over raking officials’ alleged snatching of state farming subsidies entered a new phase Wednesday, as the state audit board said it will restore the formerly... Read more.
PEA against govt housing scheme Post-Courier Online Thursday 23rd October, 2008 MOST of the 60,000 public servants stand to miss out on the Government’s K37 million Public Housing Scheme funds which are in a trust account at the Bank of South Pacific. Public Employees Association boss Michael Mala... Read more.
(LEAD) Parliament to investigate rice subsidies scam By Shin Hae-in SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) — The National Assembly is to launch an independent probe into a snowballing corruption scandal involving ranking government officials and lawmakers who allegedly pocketed hundreds of millions of dollar... Read more.
Blame game builds over subsidy scam The Korea Herald Former President Roh Moo-hyun knew about massive rice subsidy fraud last year but kept it from the pubic to limit damage to his party ahead of the presidential election, according to a ruling party lawmaker. Ju Sung-young of the Grand National Par... Read more.
Beijingers’ winter heat expenses reduced Beijing will spend 2.2 billion yuan (US322 million) to cover heating expenses for people this winter, an official said on Thursday. People will not have to pay more for heating than what they paid last year despite surging coal and fuel prices. However,... Read more.
Beijingers’ winter heat expenses reduced Beijing will spend 2.2 billion yuan (US322 million) to cover heating expenses for people this winter, an official said on Thursday. People will not have to pay more for heating than what they paid last year despite surging coal and fuel prices. However,... Read more.
NOBEL LAUREATE DISCUSSION / Funding woes threaten Nobel-winning journal The Yomiuri Shimbun KYOTO–The scientific journal that introduced the thesis that won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, as well as the thesis that won the 1965 prize in the same field, is facing financial difficulti... Read more.
Review of measures urged Threshold of water subsidy ‘too high’ PARISTA YUTHAMANOP The government needs to adjust some of the six-month, six-point measures it adopted to help fight inflation in order to close emerging loopholes, according to sources. Introduced in July and taking effect f... Read more.
AGRIBUSINESS Thai crops likely to enjoy price windfall next season Strong world markets and greater use of crops in the energy field will continue to push up the prices of Thailand’s agricultural crops next season, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Declining world production will also hel... Read more.
Labour unions against SSO subsidy increase Only hospitals will see the benefits, say rivals PENCHAN CHAROENSUTHIPAN Labour unions have opposed the Social Security Office’s (SSO) plan to raise the per head subsidy to hospitals, saying the hike would benefit hospitals, not SSO members. The propo... Read more.
