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981001A Philippines, Manila Bulletine
ー 丸紅，工業団地に乗り出す ー
Lima Technology Center (LTC), a 60-40 joint venture in favor of the Alcantara Group's Lima Land Inc. (LLI) and the Marubeni Corp. of Japan undertaking the P15-billion phased development of the 700-hectare industrial estate development in Batangas, is shifting marketing strategy to the US and European companies from its original target of Japanese investors.
981001B Pakistan, Bisiness Recorder
ー ビンカシム６号機再度運転開始 ー
KARACHI (October 1) : The state-run Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC), which is running from pillar to post in order to meet its cash needs, is reported to be unnecessarily protracting the trial operation of newly installed Bin Qasim unit 6, which means loss of government revenue also. ..........Informed sources said, the long delayed installation of unit 6 of Bin Qasim thermal power station had been completed about four months ago. Since then 'uninterrupted reliability run test (URRT) was being carried out. Though the new combined-cycle unit had met all the technical pre-requisites of URRT two months ago, for the last two months another URRT was being carried out on the pretext of checking its reliability on gas also.
981001C 関西電力, Nikkei English via Newspage
ー 関電，ロシアのＣＯ２削減協力 ー
Kansai Elec Power, Mitsubishi To Study CO2 Reduction At Russian Power Plant TOKYO --Kansai Electric Power Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. will conduct a feasibility study on the renovation of a thermal power plant in Russia, the companies said Wednesday. They will study both the cost of modernization and its effect ... [Nikkei English News, 161 words]
981001D Thailand, Bangkok Post
- 電気料金議論のフォーラム開催 -
A public forum on power prices will be held for the first time, amid claims that current tariffs are a form of profiteering. The National Energy Policy Office (Nepo) says the gathering in Bangkok on October 16 will give everyone a chance to debate allegations of overcharging by the country's three state power agencies.
981001E Pakistan, Business Recorder
- WAPDA，供給に問題のある産業への対策実施 -
LAHORE (October 2) : Wapda has notified the Power Relief Package for revival/reconnection of 'sick' industrial units' of the country which becomes effective from Thursday (October 1, 1998) and shall be applicable up to April 30, 2000 AD.
981001F ASEAN, 共同通信経済ニュース速報
- ASEANでクラ運河計画議論 -
【バンコク１日共同】バンコクで開かれた東南アジア諸国連合（ＡＳＥＡＮ）のインフラ整備に関する研究集会は１日、アジアと欧州を道路やパイプラインで結ぶ「シルクロード輸送計画」や、マレー半島を横断する「クラ運河計画」など大型プロジェクトの推進支援を決めた。
981001G 中国, 新華社
- 国家開発銀行，西北地域の電力開発等融資決定 -
青海橋頭６期発電工事融資契約調印式によると、今年１〜８月、国家開発銀行は西北地域に昨年同期比６０％増の１０２億元を融資した。これによって、国家開発銀行が設立されて以来４年間の対西北地域融資は５７１億元に達した。国家開発銀行は７９件の大中型建設プロジェクトを含む西北地域の建設プロジェクト総２５７件に融資を行った。プロジェクトの総投資１６９３億元のうち開発銀行の承諾融資額が６９４億元を占めている。
981001H Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 再びユーフラテス流域緊張 -
ANKARA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - President Suleyman Demirel said on Thursday that Turkey reserved the right to retaliate against neighbour Syria for its alleged support of Turkish Kurd rebels. "I declare once more to the world that we reserve the right to retaliate against Syria, which has not abandoned its hostile attitude despite all our warnings and peaceful initiatives, and that our patience is nearing an end," Demirel said in a speech at the opening of parliament.
981001I Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 再びユーフラテス流域緊張 -
ANKARA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Turkey's defence minister said on Thursday the country's powerful military-dominated National Security Council had discussed growing tension with neighbouring Syria, the Anatolian news agency said. "The subject of Syria was discussed, a report was presented and views were stated," the agency quoted Defence Minister Ismet Sezgin as saying of Wednesday's meeting.

981002A Philippines, Manila Bulletine
- マニラの水不足，なお深刻 -
Water distribution remained far from normal despite the heavy rains that triggered floods in many areas in Metro Manila, the Maynilad Water Co. said yesterday.
981002B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- 財務省，１４８億ドルのBOTsを承認 -
The government has approved $14.8 billion worth of infrastructure projects to be financed by the private sector under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) system this year, the finance department said Wednesday.
981002C Pakistan, Business Recorder
- WAPDA，送変電設備修復に１１０億ドル必要 -
ISLAMABAD (October 2) : Wapda requires Rs 11 billion for the renovation, replacement and maintenance of the grid stations and transformers throughout the country to meet the increasing load, and to minimise load-shedding.
981002D Pakistan, Business Recorder
- ＩＰＰとの買電単価見直しを示唆 -
ISLAMABAD (October 2) : The Prime Minister's special committee on power has failed to persuade the smaller IPPs to revise the electricity tariff downward, it is officially learnt. ..........Nawaz Sharif has constituted this committee last month, with Federal Minister for Water and Power Gohar Ayub Khan as its head, to negotiate the price reduction with the IPPs but its terms of reference were changed later on, confining it only to the smaller units which were not issued termination notices by the government.
981002E ODA白書，朝日新聞ニュース速報
- ODA，応分の負担責任強調 -
外務省は２日、政府の途上国援助（ＯＤＡ）の実情と基本的考え方をまとめた１９９８年版ＯＤＡ白書を発表した。白書はＯＤＡを通じて国際社会の安定と繁栄に貢献することが日本にとって利益となることを指摘し、「世界の主要国として応分の責任を担い、応分のコストを負担していく必要がある」と強調した。
981002F　関西電力, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 株安の中，関電独歩高 -
TOKYO --Kansai Electric Power Co.'s share price closed up 75 yen at 2,430 yen, despite a broad decline in the Japanese stock market Thursday. The issue climbed to 2,450 yen in intraday trading, just short of the year-to-date high of 2,480 it set on July 8. [Nikkei English News, 279 words]
981002G 東京電力, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 東電，ムーディーズ AAA -
TOKYO --Moody's Investors Service announced Thursday that it has assigned a triple-A long-term debt ratings to Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco . [Nikkei English News, 75 words]
981002H China, Reuters World Report via Compuserve

981002H China, Reuters World Repot via Compuserve
- 雲南省に地震 -
BEIJING, Oct 3 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook China's southwestern province of Yunnan, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
981002I Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 米国，トルコとシリアの緊張を懸念 -
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The United States is urging Turkey and Syria, whose relations have worsened sharply in recent weeks, to resolve their differences diplomatically, State Department officials said on Friday.
981002J Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ，シリアに対してクルド問題限界と表明 -
ANKARA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Turkey ruled out on Friday any military action in its escalating dispute with Syria, which it accuses of aiding Kurdish rebels, but made clear that its patience for a diplomatic solution had limits.
981002K Turkey，Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- シリア，対話必要も我慢に限界と表明 -
DAMASCUS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Syria, responding to Turkish threats over its alleged support for Kurdish rebels in Turkey, called on Friday for a dialogue with Ankara on security issues but added that it could defend itself if necessary.
981002L Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ハブ社の問題を政府は調査打ち切り -
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The Pakistani government has stopped investigations of alleged corruption and over-pricing by Hub Power Company (Hubco), a major irritant in relations with donor states, officials said on Friday.
981002M Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ軍首脳，抜き打ち攻撃の可能性を示唆 -
JAKARTA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Indonesian state electricity company PLN plans to declare force majeure in contracts with some power providers signed under former President Suharto, newspapers said on Saturday.
981002N Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ国防相は戦闘状態の可能性を否定 -
ANKARA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Turkey's defence minister said on Friday military action against Syria was out of the question in a row over Damascus's alleged support for Kurdish separatist guerrillas.

981003A Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- シリアはトルコとの国境問題で対話を強調 -
DAMASCUS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Syria said on Saturday it was ready to resolve a crisis with Turkey through diplomatic means even though Ankara had ignored repeated calls for dialogue over security and water sharing issues.
981003B Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 国境問題でイスラエルはシリアを攻撃する意図なし -
JERUSALEM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Israel will scale down routine military activity on its border with Syria in order to signal that it is not a party to the dispute between Syria and Turkey, Israeli Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai said on Saturday. "The defence minister clarified unequivocally that Israel is not a party to nor involved in the conflict between Turkey and Syria," said Mordechai's media adviser Avi Benayahu.
981003C Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ，国境で軍事作戦，１５人死亡 -
ANKARA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Turkish troops have killed 15 members of an outlawed separatist organisation in east and southeast Turkey as part of a fresh military offensive against rebel bases, Anatolia news agency said on Saturday. They said 13 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in a clash near Yuksekova township in Hakkari province, near the Iranian and Iraqi borders.
981003D Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ, シリアとの国境で軍事作戦を意図 -
ANKARA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Turkey plans a military exercise along the Syrian border, Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz was quoted on Saturday as saying, amid heightened tension between the two countries. Yilmaz said it would take place after the completion of current NATO exercises on Turkish territory near the Syrian borde
981003E Indonesia, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ＰＬＮ，複数のＩＰＰにフォースメジャー適用 -
JAKARTA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Indonesian state electricity company PLN plans to declare force majeure in contracts with some power providers signed under former President Suharto, newspapers said on Saturday.

981004A Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- イラク，トルコの無責任を非難 -
BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Iraq on Sunday accused Turkish officials of "irresponsible and haphazard statements" in Ankara's diplomatic row with Syria and urged the two sides to resolve their dispute through negotiations.
981004B Turkey, Reuters World Report via COmpuserve
- ムバラク大統領，シリアとトルコの調停に -
DAMASCUS, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad concluded talks about the Syrian-Turkish crisis on Sunday and declared their support for a diplomatic solution. The foreign ministers of Syria and Egypt told reporters after the discussions that Mubarak would fly to Turkey to continue his efforts to end the dispute.
981004C Turkey, REuters World Report via Compuserve
- イラク，トルコとシリアの紛争でトルコを非難 -
BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (Reuters) - An Iraqi newspaper on Sunday blamed Turkey for heightened tension with Syria and said military threats and use of force would only make things worse. "The Turkish escalation (of tension with Syria) will not serve any party and will harm Turkey as well as Syria," al-Thawra, the ruling Baath party newspaper, said in a commentary.

981005A 三菱電機，Nikkei English via Newspage
- 三菱電機，台湾の配電システム受注 -
M'bishi Electric Wins Taiwan Power System Deal TOKYO --Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has received a 1 billion New Taiwan dollar order for a power distribution system from Taiwan Power Company. [Nikkei English News, 139 words]
981005B Mekong, Kyodo via Newspage
- アジ銀の進める汎メコン計画に経済危機の影響 -
Crisis threatens Greater Mekong Subregion development MANILA, Oct. 2 _ By: Dario Agnote The Asia-wide economic crisis has tightened the financial pipeline needed to develop the Greater Mekong Subregion , threatening to scuttle plans to transform the impoverished areas along the Mekong River into an economic hub, officials and documents said [Kyodo, 372 words]
981005C Bhutan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ブータン国王，インド訪問 -
NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The king of Bhutan arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a three-day visit aimed at consolidating the friendly ties that have long existed between the two neighbours, officials said.
981005D Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
ー トルコ問題でアラブがイスラエルを非難 -
BEIRUT, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Arab nations on Monday called on Syria and Turkey to spare the Middle East another conflict and resolve their row peacefully and the Arab League accused Israel of being behind the crisis. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Algeria on Monday all separately called on Syria and Turkey to settle their dispute through diplomacy.
981005E Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
ー トルコ政府，時間がないとシリアの反応を要請 -
ANKARA, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday time was running out in a dispute with Syria over Kurdish rebels that has raised concern throughout the Arab world about the possibility of an armed clash. "There is only one problem to sort out, Syria must end its support for terrorism...Turkey does not have the luxury or the time to be deceived by empty words that do not end in action," Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said in a statement.

981006A Pakistan, REuters World Report via Compuserve
- パキスタン政府，英国ハブ社との話し合い再開 -
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Pakistan government held talks on Tuesday with officials from the British-backed power company Hubco which are seen as crucial to restoring investor confidence in the battered economy. Officials of Hub Power Company said a first round of talks was held in the morning and resumed in the afternoon but neither they nor government spokesmen could give details.
981006B Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ，シリアに軍事活動の可能性示唆 -
(Adds Yilmaz warning, Turk border measures, Mubarak arrives) By Jon Hemming Syria on Tuesday over what it calls Damascus's backing of Kurdish separatist rebels and cancelled all leave for troops guarding the two countries' frontier. The warning came shortly before Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Ankara to tackle a dispute that could have serious implications for the whole Middle East.
981006C Thailand, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 世銀，ＥＧＡＴに３億ドルボンドの信用供与 -
BANGKOK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Tuesday it might offer to other Thai bond issuers the sort of guarantees it placed on the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's (EGAT) $300 million dollar issue. The World Bank's principal project manager in Bangkok, Darayes Mehta, told Reuters his agency could extend the guarantee formula to other state-linked entities, such as oil and gas firm PTT Exploration and Production Plc in Thailand.
981006D APEC, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- APECエネルギー相会議沖縄で -
TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific energy ministers will gather in southern Japan this week to discuss how to secure a stable energy supply in the region which despite an economic crisis is expected to remain a centre of economic growth.

981007A Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- ＮＰＣの透明性を求める声 -
Consumers and industry leaders are urging the National Power Corporation (NPC) to be transparent on how it would dispose of its "stranded assets" once it is privatized.
981007B 東京電力, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 東京電力の株，評価 -
Tokyo Electric Shrs Up 2.2%; Seen Low Risk, High Dividend TOKYO --Shares of Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. have touched another year high Tuesday morning as investors continue to favor the issue's low risk and reasonably high dividend yield, traders said. [Nikkei English News, 184 words]
981007C China, Xinhua via Newspage
- 湖南省，２百万ＫＷ電源開発 -
>> Henan Expands Power Industry ZHENGZHOU XINHUA - Generating units with a total installed capacity of close to 2.08 million kw will go on stream this year in central China's Henan Province to fuel the current efforts on the fulfillment of the province's nine-percent economic growth target for 1998. [Xinhua, 218 words]
981007D APEC, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 景気回復のためアジアのエネルギー開発 -
APEC To Seek Ways To Spur Energy Investment, Tackle Crisis TOKYO --Energy ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries are set to discuss ways to create favorable investment opportunities in the energy sector in a bid to tackle the deepening regional economic crisis, Japanese government officials said. [Nikkei English News, 323 words]
981007E　中国，新華社
- 湖南省，年内２百万ＫＷ開発 -
河南省は、全省経済成長を確保するための重要措置として今年４０億元以上を電力プロジェクトに投資する方針。年内に最大発電量２０７．９万キロワットの発電機の建設を完成させる予定で、既に７月末、１００万キロワット以上の発電機が完成、その他各電力工事建設も順調に進んでいる。
981007F Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 米数社が１０カ所の水力開発に -
ANKARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - U.S. companies will build 10 hydro electric power plants in Turkey under a bilateral protocol aimed at boosting U.S.-Turkish energy cooperation, Turkish energy officials said on Wednesday.
981007G Myanmar, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- パウンラウン水力，中国の雲南省が協力 -
YANGON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Myanmar and China have signed a $160 million deal for development of Myanmar's first underground hydroelectric power plant, Myanmar officials said on Wednesday. The deal was signed on Tuesday by Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE) and Yunnan Machinery & Equipment I & E Corp (YMEC) and witnessed by high-ranking government officials from both countries.
981007H Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ政府，２６５億ドル相当のガス火力，民間で -
ANKARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The Turkish government will sign agreements with two consortia this week to build four gas-fired power plants worth $2.65 billion which officials say will lessen the country's dependence on electricity imports. "The plants will be built on a build-operate (BO) basis," Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer said.
981007I Morocco, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 世銀，二つの水プロジェクトへ３億５千万ドル -
RABAT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Morocco said on Wednesday it signed two loan agreements worth $76 million with the World Bank to help finance water projects while talks were continuing on a package of other loans totalling $350 million. The finance ministry said in a statement sent to Reuters that the two loans - $56 million and $20 million -- were signed by Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou and the World Bank on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual assembly in Washington.

81008A Thailand, Bangkok Post
- EGCO，日本輸銀と世銀に融資要請 -
Electricity Generating Plc (Egco) is seeking funds from the Export-Import Bank of Japan and the World Bank so it can bid for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) power station at Ratchaburi.
981008B Bangladesh, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 過去２ヶ月の洪水被害は４３億ドル -
DHAKA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - More than two months of devastating floods have caused $4.3 billion worth of losses to impoverished Bangladesh, the Financial Express on Thursday quoted State Minister for Planning Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir as saying. This loss is 10 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), the daily quoted Alamgir as saying. Bangladesh's GDP is about $43 billion, officials said.
981008C Peru, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ペルー南部に強い地震 -
LIMA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit southern Peru, triggering landslides along the country's Pan-American highway but no deaths or injuries, authorities said on Thursday.
981008D Cambodia, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 中国の投資増える，発電計画も -
PHNOM PENH, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Approved investment in Cambodia was 33 percent higher in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period last year, despite the regional crisis and political problems, an official said on Thursday. Suon Sitthy, deputy secretary-general of the state Council for the Development of Cambodia, said firms from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were leading the way while Southeast Asian companies were more hesitant due to the financial crisis and worries about the country's political problems.
981008E 東京電力, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 東電と三菱総研，家庭省エネで協力 -
Mitsubishi Research, TEPCO Affiliate To Jointly Evaluate New Houses TOKYO --Mitsubishi Research Institute and an in-house venture business of Tokyo Electric Power Co. plan to jointly offer a home evaluation service for developers by fall 1999. [Nikkei English News, 192 words]
981008F China, Xinhua via Newspage
- ダヤバイ原子力で運転レコード達成 -
China's Nuclear Power Station Sets Safety Record SHENZHEN XINHUA - The Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station in south China's Shenzhen has been setting records for both safety and power output since the beginning of this year. [Xinhua, 157 words]
981008G China, Xinhua via Newspage
- 天津でパンシャン発電所２期工事準備 -
Tianjin Plans Second Phase of Power Project Construction TIANJIN XINHUA - The coastal city of Tianjin, the leading industrial base in north China, is preparing to begin second phase construction at the Panshan Power Plant which will be the largest plant in the region when completed. [Xinhua, 112 words]
981008H Brazil, Reuters World Record via Compuserve
- イグナスの瀧，発電で流量半減 -
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 8 (Reuters) - South America's Iguazu waterfalls were flowing at half-power on Thursday after a Brazilian electricity firm diverted part of the river feeding the falls to fill a hydroelectric dam.
981008I Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ，クルド地域でダム建設に大忙し -
BIRECIK, Turkey, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Turkish construction teams pressed ahead on Thursday with a dam project which, alongside a row over Kurdish rebels, is a long-term source of friction between Ankara and Damascus. A stream of lorries ferried sand to the construction site in southeast Turkey, part of a huge dam and irrigation development which Syria says threatens its access to vital water supplies.

981009A 中国電力, 共同通信ニュース via Niftyserve
- 島根原発，活断層問題なし -
中国電力（広島市）は九日、島根原子力発電所（島根県鹿島町）の近くで見つかった活断層について、「原発の耐震設計上考慮すべきものだが、耐震安全性に問題はない」とする活断層調査の最終報告書を国と島根県に提出した。
981009B APEC, 朝日新聞ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- ＡＰＥＣ，エネルギー相会議始まる -
アジア太平洋地域のエネルギーの安定供給策や経済危機からの克服などを話し合うアジア太平洋経済協力会議（ＡＰＥＣ）のエネルギー担当相会合が九日午前、沖縄県宜野湾市で始まった。加盟十八カ国・地域と十一月にＡＰＥＣに正式加盟するロシア、ベトナム、ペルーのエネルギー担当相らが参加する。議長は与謝野馨通産相。十日まで。
981009C China, Xinhua via Newspage
- Gansu Province，７月から８月に２２万ＫＷ追加 -
Gansu Power Industry Uses Foreign Investment LANZHOU XINHUA - Northwest China's Gansu Province was able to add 220,000 kw of generating capacity during the January-August period this year thanks to the introduction 420 million US dollars in investments and government loans from overseas. [Xinhua, 170 words]
981009D 中国, 新華社
- 安徽省，水利資金を入れて２６０億元追加 -
安徽省は水害後、資金を調達してインフラ建設に２６０億元を追加投資し、今年度の経済成長目標の実現を確保する方針。安徽省は約２億元の国家水利専門資金と融資を獲得し、省の財政部門も１０００万元の水利建設資金を追加した。

981008A Pakistan, Dawns
- 北西辺境州，ＷＡＰＤＡ州へ移管を要請 -
PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The NWFP Assembly Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the federal government to hand over WAPDA to the Frontier province as it was the major producer of electricity in the country.

981010A APEC, 時事通信ニュース via Niftyserve
- 通産相，環境円借款活用を提案 -
与謝野馨通産相は９日、アジア太平洋経済協力会議（ＡＰＥＣ）のエネルギー相会議開催地の沖縄県宜野湾市で一部記者と懇談した。その中で、途上国の支援策として、二酸化炭素（ＣＯ２）排出量の削減など環境対策につながる事業を対象とした超低利の円借款制度（環境円借款制度）を積極的に活用する意向を表明した。
981010B APEC, 共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- マレーシアに環境円借款 -
アジア太平洋経済協力会議（ＡＰＥＣ）エネルギー相会合に出席している与謝野馨通産相は９日、省エネルギーなど地球環境対策事業を対象にした環境円借款をマレーシアに供与する方針を明らかにした。
981010C APEC，毎日新聞ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- APECエネルギー相会議省エネ達成目標 -
１０日閉幕したアジア太平洋経済協力会議（ＡＰＥＣ）エネルギー相会合で、省エネ目標の達成を相互に検証しあう「プレッジ・アンド・レビュー」制度の導入が合意された。昨年１２月の地球温暖化防止京都会議で、二酸化炭素（ＣＯ２）の削減義務を負うことに猛反対したアジアの途上国が合意したのは、経済危機から脱却するため投資が欲しいとの思惑があるとみられる。
981010D APEC, 共同通信ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- APECエネルギー相会議共同宣言 -
沖縄県宜野湾市で開かれていたアジア太平洋経済協力会議（ＡＰＥＣ）エネルギー相会合は十日、エネルギー分野が経済の回復と成長の原動力、とする共同宣言を採択し、閉幕した。宣言は、域内経済活動の活発化や雇用創出に果たすエネルギー分野の重要な役割を強調。その上で「エネルギー分野における適切な政策改革を強力に推進することに合意」、規制見直しによるエネルギー投資環境の整備に取り組むことを表明している。　　　　　　

981011A APEC, 朝日新聞ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- アジア版石油備蓄制度 -
政府は１０日、石油が将来足りなくなる「油断」に備え、中東産油国での地域紛争などの緊急事態にアジア各国で協調して対処するアジア版石油備蓄制度を創設する方針を明らかにした。

981012A 中国, 朝日新聞ニュース速報　via Niftyserve
- ＪＩＣＡの百葉箱，スパイ容疑 -
【北京１２日時事】国際協力事業団（ＪＩＣＡ）が中国黒竜江省方正県で行っている牧畜振興支援事業で、日本人の畜産専門家が気象観測のため百葉箱を設置したところ、同省国家安全局と気象局から「勝手に気象データを集めている」とスパイ活動の嫌疑をかけられ、事情聴取を受けていたことが１２日分かった。
981012B Vietnam, Nikkei English via Newspage
- クインニン水力料金で政府譲歩 -
Vietnam Unlikely To Resolve Oxbow Power Tariff Dispute Soon OKINAWA, Japan --Vietnam's state-run Electricity of Vietnam is unlikely to come to any agreement with Oxbow Corp. on power tariffs for the latter's Quanh Ninh power project any time soon, Vu Van Thai, deputy director general at Vietnam's APEC Energy Office told Dow Jones Newswires [Nikkei English News, 376 words]
981012C India, Reuters via Newspage
- 東部の発電所事故，影響小と説明 -
>> Indian state sees little impact from cut in power The eastern Indian state of West Bengal will only see a marginal affect of a cut in power by the National Thermal Power Corp , a senior state government official said on Sunday. ``I think there will be very little shortage. [Reuters [WS], 499 words]
981012D India, AP via Newspage
- ５０万ＫＷ原発，着工へ -
India begins work on two 500 mw nuclear reactors India has begun work on two nuclear reactors that will generate 500 megawatts each in five and a half years, raising the current nuclear power yield of 1,840 megawatts generated by 10 existing smaller reactors. [Associated Press, 220 words]
981012E Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 世銀，ハブコＩＰＰ問題で政府に警告 -
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Monday urged the government of Pakistan to keep corruption charges against Hub Power Co. Ltd. (Hubco) officials separate from the firm's power-supply contract. A bank official declined to comment on legal action brought against Hubco (HPWR.KA) on Sunday for alleged corruption and a police raid on Hubco headquarters in Karachi on Monday.
981012E Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 警察，ハブコＩＰＰの事務所を急襲 -
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Pakistani police raided the head office of the foreign-backed Hub Power Company Ltd (HPWR.KA) (Hubco) in Karachi on Monday, a day after the government began legal action against it for alleged corruption, witnesses said.
981012F Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 政府，ハブコＩＰＰ問題で断固たる方針 -
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan's embattled foreign-backed power company Hubco on Monday denied all Pakistani government charges of corruption and over-charging and said it would defend itself. A spokesman for the company told Reuters it had received no letter from the government terminating parts of its contract and would fight all charges by the government's Ehtesab (Accountability) department of over-charging and corruption.
981012G India, AP & US via Compuserve
- 電気料金不払いで供給停止 -
NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- An electricity company owned by India's government shut off power to a province that was behind in paying its bills and similarly threatened two other states, newspapers reported Monday.
981012H India, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 西ベンガル，計画停電に踏み切る -
CALCUTTA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The eastern Indian state of West Bengal and its capital, Calcutta, are expected to face power cuts between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily as a result of a cut in power from India's largest electricity generator.
981012I Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ最初の原発入札，今月中に決定 -
ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A tender for Turkey's first nuclear plant, fiercely contested by major European, American and Japanese energy firms, may be concluded later this month, energy and consortium officials said on Monday. "The tender ought to be finalised this month," a senior consortium representative who wished to remain unidentified told Reuters.
981012J Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 政府，ハブコＩＰＰに刑事事件扱い -
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The Pakistani government on Sunday began criminal action against a major foreign-owned power company for alleged wrongdoing it denies and announced a popular cut in power rates for comsumers. The government launched the criminal proceedings against the internationally backed Hub Power Company (Hubco) for alleged cheating and scrapped agreements that had increased its power sale tariffs.

981013A Thailand, Bangkok Post
- 東北タイに渇水 -
A protracted drought in the Northeast has set the normally peaceful peoples of Khukhan and Phu Sing districts against one another as they fight for water.
981013B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- マニラ市で停電 -
A faulty power grid of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) yesterday put most of southern Metro Manila in the dark from 10 a.m. up to late afternoon.
981013C Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- 政府，未だ原発への転換をあきらめず -
The National Power Corporation (NPC) might still push through with the plan to convert the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) to serve as a "contingent plant" in case problems would transpire in the establishment of the Ilijan power plant.
981013D India, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- アッサム州，中国領への道路開発提案 -
GUWAHATI, India, Oct 13 (Reuters) - India's northeast state of Assam has asked New Delhi to reopen for the first time in 51 years a strategic road linking the country to Myanmar and China.
981013E Enron, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- エンロン社，ＩＰＰで大儲け -
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Enron Corp., one of the largest buyers and sellers of energy in the United States, Tuesday posted a 25 percent increase in third-quarter profits, paced by a surge in earnings from its fast-growing wholesale operations. Enron said net income rose to $168 million from $134 million. A higher tax charge and lower oil and gas earnings partially offset a 60 percent leap in wholesale profits.
981013E 千代田化工等，Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 千代田，川鉄，富士，中東北アフリカの発電機に挑戦 -
BEIRUT, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Three Japanese companies on Tuesday unveiled a joint plan to market turbine generators fitted to gas pipelines that could distribute electricity to underdeveloped rural areas in the Middle East and North Africa. Chiyoda Corporation (6366.T), Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.T) and Fuji Electric Co Ltd (6504.T) announced their plan to market the turbine generator units in the Middle East and North Africa at a Beirut oil and gas conference.
981013F Senegal, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- セネガル電力公社，民営化を目指す -
DAKAR, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Senegal's government has invited bids for a stake in the state electricity company SENELEC, offering at least 33 percent of shares to a suitably qualified strategic partner. Official announcements published Senegalese newspapers on Tuesday said international and local bidders were eligible and government officials said that bids should be in by the end of November 1998.
981013G Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ハブ社の電力料金，上げず -
ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pakistan's chief corruption investigator said on Tuesday the government would honour a power deal with the foreign-backed Hub Power Company (Hubco) but would only pay it the rates agreed before the contract was ammended.
981013H Middle East, Energy Daily via Newspage
- CMS社，中東で７億ドルの発電計画 -
CMS Wins Major Middle East Project CMS Energy Corporation last week announced it has reached agreement with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the privatization, construction and operation of a $700 million power plant and desalination project in the United Arab Emirates. [THE ENERGY DAILY, 403 words]
981013I 東京電力, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 東京電力，２００１年までに１兆３千億円投資 -
REPEAT/ Tepco Cap Spending To Average Below Y1.3T Until 2001 TOKYO --Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s annual capital spending plan for the next three fiscal years until fiscal 2001 is expected to average below Y1.3 trillion, Tepco officials said Monday. [Nikkei English News, 244 words]
981013J Zambia, Xinhua via Newspage
- ザンビア電力公社，料金値上げ -
Planned Electricity Price Increase Rejected in Zambia LUSAKA XINHUA - An application from Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation to increase electricity tariffs has been turned down, the country's Energy Regulation Board announced here Monday. ERB chairman Raphael Salesini said that following a public hearing held early this month ERB ... [Xinhua, 177 words]
981013K 中国広東省, 新華社
- 広東原子力発電, 好調 -
今年、広東原子力発電の生産発電、工事建設がともに順調に進んでいる。大亜湾原子力発電所は今年度１０月６日時点での発電量が１００億度に達し、完成４年来の最高記録となった。嶺奥原子力発電所の工事も順調に進んでおり、８．７１億米ドルが建設工事に投入された。
981013L 中国, 新華社
- 甘粛電力，外資で発電所建設好調 -
今年８月まで、甘粛電力は国外政府融資、外商直接投資などの形式を通じてアメリカ、日本から４．２億米ドルを調達し、２２万キロワットの発電力を新たに建設し、甘粛電力の投資不足、電力不足の難題を有効に緩和させた。

981014A Philippines, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 北フィリッピン，台風で停電 -
MANILA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Typhoon Zeb on Wednesday hit the northern Philippines with winds gusting to 295 km per hour (183 mph), plunging towns into darkness and ripping off rooftops, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, officials said. Relief agencies in Tuguegarao, capital of Cagayan province with about 110,000 residents, ordered families living near the banks of Cagayan river to evacuate, warning it might overflow. They advised others to stay indoors.
981014B China, Xinhua via Newspage
- 黄河の電源開発，５４０万ＫＷに達す -
China Enhances Power Generation on Upper Reaches of Yellow River XI'AN XINHUA - Seven large and medium-sized hydropower stations with a generation capacity totalling 5.4 million kw have been built along the 918-km Longyangxia to Qingtongxia section of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, according to official sources. [Xinhua, 258 words]
981014C China, Xinhua via Newspage
- 広東省，経済発展のため電力料金値下げ -
Guangdong Cuts Price for Power to Promote Economic Growth GUANGZHOU, October 13 -- Cities in south China's Guangdong Province are adopting measures to cut electricity prices to stimulate electricity consumption and promote economic growth. [Xinhua, 155 words]
981014D Thailand, AP via Newspage
- タイ，放射能廃棄物のセミナー開催 -
Thailand holds seminar on radioactive waste management Officials from nine East Asian countries on Tuesday began a two-day regional seminar on radioactive waste management to try to establish a future vision and management practices in the field. [Associated Press, 139 words]
981014E Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 英国ハブ社，ＩＰＰで法的手段へ -
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Pakistan's embattled Hub Power Company (Hubco) has started legal action which could force the government to buy out its mainly foreign shareholders, the company's chief executive said in an interview published on Wednesday.

981015A China, Xinhua via Newspage
- 中国，三峡ダム大会議開催へ -
Engineers Discuss Three Gorges Project YICHANG XINHUA - Over 180 Chinese engineers from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan gathered here today to discuss major technical issues concerning the ongoing Three Gorges Hydropower Project on the Yangtze River. [Xinhua, 118 words]
981015B China, Xinhua via Newspage
- Henan省，エネルギー大開発へ -
Central China's Henan Outlines Power Development Plan ZHENGZHOU XINHUA - Henan Province in central China will give equal emphasis to the upgrading of existing power plants and the building of power grids over the next five years. [Xinhua, 203 words]
981015C Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- パキスタンとＩＭＦ，ローンで合意未だ -
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 15 - (Reuters) Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the country had agreed in principle on a loan accord with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but had rejected several conditions. Sharif told a Karachi news conference that the government team, in talks with the IMF, had rejected demands that it devalue the rupee, liquidate frozen foreign currency accounts and raise power rates by 25 percent.
981015D Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ，シリアとの水協議，拒否 -
ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Turkey on Thursday rejected an offer by Syria to discuss the thorny issue of water sharing in a security dispute that has raised fears of a new conflict in the Middle East.
981015E Turkey, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- トルコ，エネルギー開発に全力 -
ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said on Thursday Turkey would give high priority to building up its energy sector to meet booming power demand. "The energy demand will be more than doubled in the next 12 years to 270 billion kiloWatt-hours (kWh) in 2010 from this year's 115 billion kWh," Yilmaz said.
981015F India, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- タミール州，１６００万ＫＷ開発へ -
MADRAS, India, Oct 15 (Reuters) - India's Tamil Nadu state is banking on substantial power capacity addition as the engine for future statal growth and is actively encouraging investments in the sector, its chief minister said on Thursday. "Power generation is most crucial as a basic infrastructure, so we plan to add 16,000 MW of capacity through 67 projects at an estimated cost of 600 billion rupees ($14.2 billion)," Muthuvel Karunanidhi told Reuters in an interview.
981015G China, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 中国，洪水のみならず渇水へ -
WANJIAZHAI, China, Oct 15 (Reuters) - While swathes of central China lie inundated after summer floods, vast stretches of the country are suffering a starkly different problem -- a water shortage. Some 100 cities on the north China plain, home to 45 percent of China's population but only 10 percent of its water resources, are classified by the government as "desperately short" of water.
981015H Thailand, Bangkok Post
- マモ火力，中国機器で公害論争 -
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand yesterday denied that three of six sulphur scrubbers for its Mae Moh power plant in Lampang, which malfunctioned in September, were bought as used items from China. Mae Moh residents recently alleged that the three flue-gas desulphurisation units were bought together with used power generators from China during Gen Chatichai Choonhavan's government, implying irregularities in the purchase deal.

981016A China, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 黄河，渇水がらみの環境問題 -
BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Chinese conservationists are drafting the nation's first river protection law in a desperate bid to save the once-ferocious Yellow River that is now running dry, state media said on Friday. Dubbed "China's sorrow" for its disastrous floods over the centuries, the nation's second-longest waterway is slowly dying, harmed by decades of excessive water use and pollution.
981016B Thailand, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- EGAT,値上げ以外に方策あり -
BANGKOK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - State-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) should consider asset sales or efficiency-boosting measures as alternatives to raising its base tariff, a top energy policymaker said on Friday.

981017A Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- IMF調査団遅れ，電力セクターへ懸念 -
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (Reuters) - An IMF mission negotiating a rescue package for Pakistan has postponed an October 21 visit and no new date has been set, a top government financial advisor said on Saturday. Hafeez Pasha, advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told Reuters in an interview that the mission had delayed its arrival for reasons which are "partly logistical in character" and partly because of outstanding issues linked to Pakistan's embattled power sector
981017B Vietnam, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- VEN，全国供給責任が重荷 -
HANOI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Vietnam's electricity monopoly faces a tough task satisfying power demand across the country because of a government-set tariff and devaluations of the dong currency, a senior official said.

981019A Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- サンロケ，ＮＰＣのボンドに慎重論 -
The National Power Corp. (Napocor) was warned anew yesterday not to act hastily in the release of $40-million government counterpart fund in the P42-billion San Roque Dam Project in Benguet and Pangasinan.
981019B 中国, China DAily
- 中国の高速増殖炉 -
日本の新聞報道によると、中国が来世紀のエネルギー源として独自の高速増殖炉開発に着手した。１５日の上海紙・報刊文摘によると、北京市近郊の房山で中国原子力科学研究院が総出力６万５０００キロワットの実験炉建設にこのほど着手し、今世紀中に完成の予定。これをベースに２１世紀初頭には商業用炉を導入した初の原子力発電所を稼働させるとしている。
981019C Nambia, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ナンビア，来年初頭にも電力危機 -
CAPE TOWN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Namibia faces crippling electricity shortages from as early as next year, Markus von Jeney, deputy director for energy in the Namibian ministry of mines and energy, said on Monday.
981019D Thailand, Business Day
- タイの電力民営化，順調 -
Thailand's energy sector is entering a new era with the Government's move to privatize several of its energy-related state enterprises. Business Day's energy reporter Donrudee Chaisombat talked to the National Energy Policy Office's Secretary-General Piyasvasti Amaranand about the changes.

981020A Pakistan, Reters via Newspage
- IMF, ローン協議を延期 -
IMF delays Pakistan talks until power row settled The International Monetary Fund has postponed loan talks with newly
nuclear Pakistan and a spokesman said on Monday that new talks would depend on the government resolving a row with independent power producers. [Reuters [WS], 81 words]
981020B Bangladesh, Xinhua via Newspage
- バングラ，ガスタービンへの資金協力を望む -
Bangladesh Seeks Help for Gas-Based Power Plants DHAKA XINHUA - Bangladesh is seeking assistance from western donors
to set up gas-based power plants and other industries, press reports said Monday. [Xinhua, 264 words]
981020C Chia, Xinhua via Newspage
- 中国，農村電化へ１兆４千億元投入へ -
China to Invest 136.8 Billion Yuan to Upgrade Rural Power Grids BEIJING XINHUA - China is expected to invest 136.8 billion yuan to build and upgrade rural power grids in the next three years, sources here said. [Xinhua, 228 words]
981020D Thailand, Bangkok Post
- タイ，雲南からの買電を繰り延べ -
Thailand will delay purchases of electricity from China by five to seven years from the planned schedule of 2008-2010, due to a slowdown in power demand.
981020E Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- 比政府，５から７年の電源に１５０億ドル必要 -
The Philippine government expects investments worth $15 billion in the power sector over the next five years to meet rising energy demand, energy secretary Mario Tiaoqui said yesterday.
981020F Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- ムーディズ，NPCのＩＰＰ買電単価は高すぎる -
US-based credit rating agency, Moody's said pressures on the NPC to renegotiate or buy out these high priced contracts would likely escalate as Congress takes the cudgel to fasttrack the passage of the Omnibus Electricity Bill.
981020G Cambodia, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- カンボディアの政権早期確立を望む -
PHNOM PENH, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Cambodia's main aid donors are awaiting the formation of a new government before meeting to decide on assistance for the impoverished country, officials said on Tuesday.
The Consultative Group, which includes various donors to Cambodia such as lending agencies and countries such as Japan, were hoping to meet in Tokyo in the months following Cambodia's July 26 election, possibly in November.
981020H Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- パキ，ＩＰＰハブ社の監査始まる -
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hub Power Company (Hubco) (HPWR.KA), at the centre of a standoff between the Pakistan and the IMF, said an audit of its books began on Tuesday after government charges of overpricing and corruption.
The company said that the audit was being conducted by accountants in the presence of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers.
981020I メコン，共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- メコン開発次官級会議 -
【ハノイ２０日共同】メコン川流域開発による経済発展を進めようと、ベトナムやタイなど流域６カ国と、日本やアジア開発銀行
（ＡＤＢ）などの支援国・国際機関による初の次官級会議が１１月４、５日に東京で開かれる。

981021A 電気料金, 共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 電気料金値下げ -
東京電力など電力１０社と東京ガスなど都市ガス大手４社は２１日、１月検針分からの概算料金変更額を明らかにした。液化天然ガス（ＬＮＧ）の値下がりに伴う変更。
981021B Xinhua via Newspage
- 黄河に更に中規模水力１０新設へ -
More Power Stations on China's Yellow River XI'AN XINHUA - China will build 10 medium-sized hydro-electric
power stations on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the second longest river in China, bringing the total to 25. [Xinhua, 139 words]
981021C Pakistan. Reuters via NewsPage
- IPPハブ社の監査始まる -
KARACHI, Pakistan, Reuters [WS] via NewsEdge Corporation : Hub Power Company (Hubco) (HPWR.KA), at the centre of a standoff between the Pakistan and the IMF, said an audit of its books began on Tuesday after government charges of overpricing and corruption.
981021D Congo, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 内戦終了後１２ＧＷをエジプトへ -
KINSHASA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The Congolese government says it plans to revive a vast energy export plan that will include countries as far away as Nigeria and Egypt when civil war ends in the Central African nation.
Energy Minister Eleko Botuna told Reuters in an interview that he would travel to Cairo later this year to firm up plans to sell Egypt 12,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

981022A アフリカ会議, 朝日新聞ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- アフリカ開発会議終わる -
五年ぶりに東京で開かれた第二回アフリカ開発会議が閉幕した。　貧困や飢餓、民族紛争など、アフリカ諸国が置かれた現実はいまなお厳しい。　森林破壊や砂漠化、エイズ禍にも歯止めがかかっていない。人々も自然も国家も、それぞれが傷ついている。
　会議で採択された「東京行動計画」は、初等教育の普及や輸出振興への支援とともに、アジアとアフリカの「南南協力」の推進を打ち出した。
981022B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- バターン原子力機器購入へ４社視野 -
At least four companies are eyeing to buy one of the two turbines of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that the National Power Corporation is planning to bid out soon.
981022C Srilanka, Nikkei English via Newspage
- ５万ＫＷ火力，日本企業と交渉中 -
Sri Lanka Plans $50M Japanese Power Project In Jan 1999 COLOMBO --Sri Lanka's state electricity monopoly is negotiating with a Japanese contractor for a 50 megawatt thermal power project, a senior official of the Ceylon Electricity Board said Wednesday. [Nikkei English News, 283 words]
981022D Pakistan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ＷＡＰＤＡ財政，破局近し -
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan's state Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), at the centre of a tariff row with independent power producers, is close to financial bankruptcy, a government minister said on Thursday.
WAPDA's row with independent power producers (IPPs) has led an IMF team to cancel a visit to Islamabad to discuss a support programme, which Pakistan badly needs to avoid debt default

981023A 関西電力，毎日新聞ニュース速報
- イヌワシとクマタカ -
関西電力の国内最大級の「金居原揚水発電所」（２２８万キロワット）予定地である滋賀県木之本町の藤田市治町長（７０）が２２日、発電所準備工事安全祈願式典のあいさつで、予定地に生息する絶滅危ぐ種の猛きん類、イヌワシとクマタカを着工を遅らせた「天敵」と表現した。イヌワシ、クマタカの補足調査で環境アセスメントが手間取ったことを指した発言だが、全国的な保護活動に逆行した内容で、波紋を広げそうだ。
981023B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- MERALCO, 台風停電に緊急対策 -
The country's largest power distributor, Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has set contingency measures for it to readily address problems of power outages and interruptions which might be caused by supertyphoon "Loleng".
981023C Mekong, Kyodo via Newspage
- 日本，メコンに対するタイの奮起を促す -
Kyodo via NewsEdge Corporation : BANGKOK, Oct. 22 (Kyodo) _ Japan on Thursday urged Thailand to play an important role in the Greater Mekong subregional economic cooperation.
981023C 中国，新華社
中国、世界最大の峡谷、「ヤルザンブ大峡谷」に命名
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先日、国務院は世界最大の峡谷であるヤルザンブ江の大曲り峡谷を「ヤルザンブ大峡谷」に命名することを決定した。深さ５３８２メートル、全長４９６キロのヤルザンブ江の大曲り峡谷は、１９９４年に中国科学者によって世界最大の峡谷と確定された。ヤルザンブ江の大曲り峡谷をさらに調査するために、中国科学探検協会は今年春、ヤルザンブ大峡谷と周辺地域の予備調査を実施。現在、世界最大の峡谷の徒歩横断を目指す科学探検隊員と新聞記者５０数名が、ヤルザンブ大峡谷に集結している。
981023D Bangladesh, PR Newswire via Newspage
- エルパッソ，バングラの電力開発へ -
HOUSTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- El Paso Energy International Company, a business unit of El Paso Energy Corporation (NYSE: EPG), along with partners Ogden Energy Group and Wartsila NSD North America, Inc., commenced construction on a 115-megawatt oil and gas-fired power generation facility in Haripur, Bangladesh.
981023E India, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- グジャラート州，２００３年までに電力倍増 -
GANDHINAGAR, India, Oct 23 (Reuters) - India's western province of Gujarat is planning to nearly double its installed capacity of power generation to 15,000 megawatts from 7,721 by 2003, a senior official said on Friday.
Fifteen mega power projects, under various stages of implementation, will go on stream within the next five years, the state's joint secretary for power, Sanjay Gupta, told Reuters in an interview in Gandhinagar, the state capital.
"Most of these projects are being undertaken by the public sector corporations and private companies with a total investment of about 245 billion rupees ($5.79 billion)," he said.

981025A USA, AP via Compuserve
- 米国，ダム撤去の構想 -
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Environmentalists and Clinton administration officials believe the time has come to sacrifice some of the dams that helped build the Pacific Northwest to the needs of endangered salmon.
To do it, however, they must overcome the opposition of Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., and that's proved awfully difficult so far. Again in the congressional session that just ended, Gorton proved he is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to tearing down dams.

981026A India, Xinhua via Newspage
- インド，パキスタンより買電の意志 -
India Likely to Buy 2,000 MW Power from Pakistan NEW DELHI XINHUA - Indian Power Minister P. R. Kumaramangalam said
Friday that the country was likely to purchase about 2,000 MW from Pakistan. [Xinhua, 136 words]
981026 China, Xinhua via Newspage
- 中国のエネルギー投資大幅伸び -
China's Investment in Energy up BEIJING XINHUA - China invested 181.3 billion yuan in its energy sector in the first eight months this year, a year-on-year increase of 11.9 percent, according to the latest figures from the State Statistics Bureau. [Xinhua, 62 words]
981026C 北海道, 共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 松倉ダム，建設中止へ -
長期間停滞している事業や政策を見直す「時のアセスメント」を進めている北海道は二十六日、アセスの対象になっていた函館市の松倉ダム建設計画について「中止が適当」とする評価結果を発表した。知事らによる政策会議で最終決定する。アセス対象の九事業のうち、中止・凍結されるのはこれで五事業となる。
981026D 山梨県, 共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 山梨県，三ダムの再評価実施へ -
山梨県は２６日、国の実施要領に基づき県内の深城、芦川、笹子の３ダムの事業継続について、学識経験者らで構成する再評価委員会で検討することを決めた。年度内に方針を決定する
981026E 原子力円卓会議，毎日新聞ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 原子力政策第２回円卓会議 -
２回目の原子力円卓会議　さまざまな立場から原子力政策について提言し合う原子力政策円卓会議の第２回会合が２６日「今、なぜ原子力問題か？」をテーマに東京都内で開かれた。市民グループの原子力資料情報室共同代表、西尾漠さんら６人が招かれて意見を述べ、環境問題や経済成長を考慮したうえで今後のエネルギー消費はどうあるべきかを中心に議論した。
981026F パキスタン，時事通信ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- パキスタン，経済制裁解除 -
日米両国政府は２６日までに、核実験を行ったパキスタンに対する経済制裁を１１月にも解除する方針を固めた。
981026G Jordan, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ヨルダンとイスラエルが水開発 -
ADASSIYA, Jordan, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Jordan and Israel marked four years of peace on Monday by starting work on a project to divert scarce water to Jordan from the Yarmouk River flowing along their border.
981026H Arab, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- アラブ諸国もＩＰＰへ -
DUBAI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Racked by low oil prices and eager to boost efficiency, Gulf Arab states are looking to the private sector to try to keep up with fast-rising electricity demand.
981026I Algeria, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- アルジェリア，電力開発に１２０億ドル必要 -
ALGIERS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Algeria's state-run electricity and domestic gas monopoly said on Monday it was seeking foreign partners in a $12 billion plan to expand its power generation capacity.
981026I Indonesia, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ＰＬＮ，ＩＰＰからの買電取りやめ -
JAKARTA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Indonesian state-run energy company PLN will not buy electricity from independent power producers (IPPs) coming on stream in 1999, the Bisnis Indonesia daily reported on Tuesday.
PLN's President Director Adhi Satriya was quoted as saying consumption on the grid on Java and Bali had declined because several factories closed.　

981027A 渇水ダム，共同通信ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 渇水ダム，緊急対策へ -
建設省は二十七日、この十年間で二回以上の渇水が起きている地域でダムなどの工事を急ぐ緊急渇水対策費二百八十四億円（事業費ベース四百十八億円）を景気特別枠に盛り込んだ。十七地域を候補に挙げており、一九九九年度内の水供給を目指す。　　　　　　　981027B 円借款, 読売新聞ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- ひも付き円借款 -
通産省は二十六日、政府開発援助（ＯＤＡ）の一環として開発途上国に供与される円借款を景気対策として活用するため、設備や機材の調達を日本企業に限定する“ひも付き”円借款（タイドローン）の適用条件を大幅に緩和する方針を明らかにした。現在は
環境保護関係の一部案件に限定されているが、道路や橋、ダムの建設などの一般公共事業の一部も対象に加えられるよう政府内のルールを変更し、経済協力と企業支援を両立させたい考えだ。
981027C Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- サンロケダム，地元より不満 -
The P48-billion San Roque Dam project in Benguet and Pangasinan will be reviewed and reevaluated by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in the wake of reports that the project proponents, the company that was awarded the contract, and the government agencies involved had not fully complied with the conditions for projects of this magnitude.
981027D Philippines, Nikkei English via Newspage
- 東芝，比で６０億円水力機器 -
Toshiba (6502) Wins Power Plant Deal In Philippines TOKYO --Toshiba Corp. has landed a 6 billion yen supply contract
for one of the largest-ever hydroelectric power projects in the Philippines, company sources said Monday. [Nikkei English News, 205 words]
981027E Cambodia, Associated Press via Newspage
- カンボディア野党，ＡＤＢに援助するな -
Cambodian opposition urges ADB to stop loans to government Cambodia's two-party opposition asked the Asian Development Bank Monday to stop providing loans to the incumbent government, which it calls illegal. [Associated Press, 446 words]
981027F 中部電力, 共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 中部電力，ミャンマーに協力 -
中部電力は２７日、ミャンマー電力公社と研修生の受け入れや現地での技術セミナー開催などで交流を始めると発表した。
981027G 中部地建, 共同通信ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 中部地建，ダム再評価 -
建設省中部地方建設局は二十七日、事業の効率性や実施する過程の透明性を高めるため、学識経験者らでつくる事業評価監視委員会を名古屋市内で開き、手始めとして管内のダムについて再評価する事業の選び出しを検討した。
981027H 電気事業連合会，共同通信ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 小売り部分自由化の具体化 -
電気事業審議会（通産相の諮問機関）基本政策部会の専門委員会は二十七日、電力小売り（供給）の部分自由化の具体化に向けた中間報告をまとめた。
981027I Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- 東芝，サンロケで５０億円契約 -
TOKYO, Oct 27 (AFP) - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said yesterday it won a Phillipine power plant contract, securing six Asian hydroelectric plant projects in a row since late last year. Japan's second largest comprehensive electrical machinery maker will provide power generation equipment worth ･6billion ($50million), it said. The Phillipine project for the hydroelectric power plant is undertaken by an independent power producer, SanRoque Power Corp., set up by US and Japanese companies including Marubeni Corp. and Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. Six contracts the firm won in the Asian region since October 1997 are worth ･ 28.5 billion.
981027J China, China Daily
- 豪，中国の水計画を支援 -
AUSTRALIA is expected to assist China in water resources management with its considerable experience gained in this sector. The assistance will be carried out through a technical project, part of a long-term programme with a series of studies on water-related issues challenging China today, including floods.

981028A Indonesia, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- ＩＰＰs，再交渉に了承 -
JAKARTA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Indonesia's state electricity utility PLN said on Wednesday several private power producers had agreed to renegotiate contracts that PLN was forced to sign during the rule of former President Suharto.
981028B Vietnam, Reuters World Report via Compuserve
- 今年中に油田開発に合意 -
HANOI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Ho Si Thoang, head of Vietnam's state oil and gas monopoly, said on Wednesday that a long-awaited agreement with a foreign alliance over pricing the country's largest gas reserves could be concluded by the end of the year.
981028C Indonesia, Indonesian Observe
- ＰＬＮの負債を政府肩代わり -r
JAKARTA (IO) ? The president director of state electricity utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), Adhi Satriya, said that the government has taken over its obligation on debt payments, so it could not be claimed that PLN was bankrupt.

981029A Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- 水供給に２００億ペソ投入へ -
The government will invest a total of P19.8 billion this year and in 1999 to ensure the availability of adequate and safe water supply in the country.
981029B Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- 米ＩＮＴＥＲＧＥＮ社，発電計画に食指 -
US power firm Intergen is keeping an eye on the proceedings of the National Power Corporation's (NPC) privatization, as it expressed interest to participate in buying one of the generating companies (gencos) that the power firm wants to sell.
A company source said Intergen
981029C Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- ＮＡＰＯＣＯＲ，料金値上げ凍結 -
President Joseph Estrada ordered yesterday state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) to put on hold its plans to raise power rates. Napocor, the country's biggest supplier of electricity, announced on Tuesday that it was raising power rates in all of its five grids due to increases in fuel cost and a weak peso.
981029D China, Wuhan Xinhua via Newspage
- 長江上流水力建設順調 -
Power Project Proceeds Smoothly in Central China WUHAN XINHUA - The Qingjiang River, one of the tributaries of the
Yangtze River in the middle reaches, was dammed on Monday to facilitate second stage construction of the Gaobazhou Hydropower Station. [Xinhua, 159 words]
981029E Bangladesh, Xinhua via Newspage
- 堤防工事，来月にも着工 -
Construction of Dhaka Embankment to Start Soon DHAKA XINHUA - The construction of a 38-kilometer-long Dhaka Flood
Control-cum-Eastern Bypass Multipurpose Project involving an estimated cost of 30 billion taka is expected to start next month, a newspaper reported Wednesday. [Xinhua, 266 words]
981029F Vietnam, Xinhua via Newspage
- 今週ベトナム調査団，世銀を訪問 -
WORLD BANK/ High level Vietnam delegation to visit World Bank Improving portfolio quality and partnership programs The World Bank's Vietnam Country Team is meeting with a visiting delegation from Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment this week, October 27 ... [M2 PRESSWIRE, 1307 words]
981029G India, Reuters via Compuserve
- オリッサ州，配電自由化へ -
BHUBANESWAR, India, Oct 29 (Reuters) - India's eastern state of Orissa cleared the last legal hurdle left in order to privatise power distribution in the state, a government official said on Thursday.

981030A Brazil, South American Business via Newspage
- イタイプー水力負債，解決へ -
Treasury launches Itaipu debt titles The Brazilian Treasury is soon to issue titles based on the receivable= credits of the bi national hydroelectric utility Itaipu, hoping to raise between R$10bil - R$12bil. Itaipu debts is tied to the USDollar and= institutional investors are familiar with its assets. [South American Business Intelligence, 89 words]
981030B China, Economist Intelegence Unit via Newspage
- 中国の電力料金 -
Pricing electricity in China/ Price is wrong For power developers, the equation used to be simple: China's minuscule per capita electricity use equalled boundless opportunity. These days, consumption rates remain low compared to those of the developed world. [The Economist Intelligence Unit, 996 words]
981030C China, Zhengzhou Xinhua via Newspage
- 黄河水力開発，世銀支援で順調 -
Construction of Xiaolangdi Multi-Purpose Dam Proceeds Smoothly ZHENGZHOU XINHUA - Construction of the World Bank financed Xiaolangdi Project has been proceeding well since it cut the water flow in the main stream of the Yellow River, China's second longest river, on October 28 last year. [Xinhua, 324 words]
981030D メコン，共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- メコン開発実務者会議 -
外務省は３０日、メコン川流域開発の在り方を検討する実務者会議を１１月４、５の両日、都内の外務省飯倉公館で開くと発表した。
日本政府の主催で、タイ、カンボジア、ミャンマー、ラオス、ベトナム、中国の流域６カ国代表と、援助国側のオーストラリア、フラ
ンスの担当者らが関係国間の一層の協力などについて意見交換する。
981030E Thailand, Bangkok Post
- タイの原子力地点 -
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has "quietly" acquired land in Chumphon province for construction of a nuclear power plant, an anti-nuclear activist claimed yesterday.
981030F Thailand, Bangkok Post
- MEA従業員賃金値上げに批判 -
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) is drawing public criticism for deciding to give its staff wage increases averaging six percent.
981030G Philippines, Manila Bulletin
- ＮＰＣ，料金値上げ断念 -
This after the National Power Corp. (NPC) decided to defer pending power rate increases which it plans to implement for the months of November and December upon the instruction of President Joseph Estrada.
981030H 電気事業連合会, 共同通信経済ニュース速報 via Niftyserve
- 電力部分自由化３年後 -
電気事業審議会（通産相の諮問機関）の基本政策部会は３０日、電力小売り（供給）の部分自由化が実施されてから３年後に、自由化効果や小売り事業への新規参入状況などを検証することを決めた。

981030I India, Reuters via Compuserve
- インド政府，大規模電源開発で州間送電 -
NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - India's cabinet approved a policy on Friday for setting up large capacity power plants for the distribution of electricity to different states, Power Minister P.R. Kumaramangalam said.

981031A Turkey, Reuters via Compuserve
- シリア，トルコとの紛争全面解決望む -
DAMASCUS, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The Syrian government has said it hopes to solve all remaining problems with Turkey after the signing of an agreement that ended a row over alleged Syrian support for Kurdish rebels.
The Baath-led National Progressive Front (NPF), grouping heads of seven political parties, said after a meeting chaired by Vice-President Zuheir Masharqa on Saturday that all pending problems with Ankara could be solved through dialogue and diplomacy.