European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages thursday june 16.1988 Vietnam to expand base on disputed islands a Thailand up i Vietnam plans to expand a a Vilary base in the disputed spratly islands where its Forte battled chinese Navy ships earlier his year an reported. The Saigon Giai Phong run the communist party of to Chi Utah City god Iso construction workers were being Diskint Cutlo the tiny Island Chain in he South China Sci according to a translation made available Tuc adj the newspaper Kyd the workers would build two houses on tru Ofsa Island combatants who arc on duly to Pray Fol the Island China Juks Ilso reported plans build a permanent Bate i nyc spralls a group of a lowly uninhabited Island and Low lying reefs about 250 Rowes East of the Nam Csc coast and 600 Miles South of Hina s Hai Nan Island. The islands believed to contain Petroleum deposits Are claimed by Vietnam. China Malaysia Taiwan and the Philippines. Japan plans to become largest foreign Aid giver Tokyo a Japan will double its Forcio development Aido about j50 billion in the next five years surpassing to United Stales As the Weld s biggest donor of Suc Aid the foreign mjg Fry announced monday. A foreign Milt Elry official Jird the new five year program approved at a cab Fol session monday will More than double is Fli illion Japan gave in the past five years. Prime minister a Bov Tak Shila will explain the Aid plan at the Torinto sult Tiit of seven major Indus trial countries life 19-21, a i the official who spoke on condition the aids Llyd official do pm Cal assistance totalled ims billion in 1987, up a3 percent in Dollar terms from the previous year and is percent higher on a yen basis the official said cording to the latest . Figures the United slate gave j 9. 56 billion in 1 9s6 As foreign Aid. Excess workers costing China billions annually Beijing a chinese factories and offices have at least 20 million excess workers and the situation is costing the government billions of Dol Lars each year the official Xinhua news Agency said monday. The news Agency quoted an official in charge of personnel affairs As saying that overstating costs the state about is 6, 2 billion a year equal to half the total Revenue the state receives from enter Prises each year. Me said Many employees spend working hours playing cards or watching television. At one 800 person factory in Shijiazhuang Northeast China employees were found to work Only four hours Dur ing an Cihi hour shift he said. Outstanding unit award goes to 625th ii pain torsion a Spain the 625th Airlift support to roup re cantly was awarded the air Force Oul snurling unit award. The awarded to col Jack or. By maj men. Paul a. Harvey 322nd Airlift div at Ramstein a West Germany. % the 625tj?v Luppov ranged from . From flt anti terrorist actions in the medi Terrane Anisto supporting no sanitarian Relief efforts in Africa Kutler said. The 625th participated in port of rations Orfie 1985 Achille Lauro in Leril for . Actions against Libya for the magical evacuation of victims of an Athens greedy restaurant bombing and for the Relief of Volcano victims in Cameroun in West Central Africa. Aquino declares poverty perilous violation of rights Geneva a poverty and chronic Underd Csc loom Cal Are human rms abuses that impede democracy and threaten to Igenie anarchy in developing countries philippine prudent Corazon Aquino said tuesday. In a speech id the abortion s annual conference Aquino said the linkage of debt development and dam ovary is undeniable and is the most pressing Issue this Bob must she said chronic is the most systematic abuse of human rights and she challenged the Iso nation 1lo to find irresolution to this threefold some 1,800 government labor cd employer delegates reeled Aquino with a Standow ovation As she entered the crowded Hall and again w in she departed after delivering her speech. The philippine president said inc dbl Burden of developing countries threatens to end a Prosam of their recovery and growth and equally threatens to create the anarchy and despotism where hug Ian rights Are the first she called for a narrowing of the scope Torvi in the world which she said operates in the fre spa cof the attraction of democracy is also its weal for it must Accord the same constitutional Safe gods to the perpetrators As o the victims of human she said Aquino said the revolution which ousted Ferdinand Marcos and brought her to Powen Fen Rumary 1986 reaffirmed the principle that if Protection of human rights is the first duly of she said the deliberate and systematic i Lalion of1those rights Fay their governments impost on the peo ple the sacred obligation to overthrow the Aquino government has been afe used by Tom philippine Trade Union officials of committing human rights abuses. Crispin Bellman a haitian of the May first movement labor Center a urged in a press statement in Geneva that since mates ouster human rights violations in the Philippines Piave increased. Another statement from Bedpan banded to Chepress after Aquino s speech said Osbe has betrayed the people s mandate and turned fill Circle into the ways Aquino Speaks at labor conference tuesday. Of the past dictatorship in her speech Aquino said her administration has consistently expressed a preferential option for the she quoted from the philippine Constitution put into effect after she came to Power and said it reflected the lesson which dictatorship had seared incur minds that we will nol accept Progress at inc expense of the workers or by exacting the Price of their said she would take the necessary Steps to gel the supreme court to approve inc rules for a Newl philippine writ of Amparo a special constitutional Emedy to enforce human social and economic rights trough a speedy and inexpensive she did by elaborate also said she has strengthened the philippine omission on human rights to answer fears that Den Cracy has proved inadequate in protecting inc Aisno s speech was the first highlight of her euro Pean to Ftp which will also take her to Bern Switzer land s foil Al and Italy spy coach a Cru for Nof p Conn no sequel Sydney Australia author Peter Wrigh says he has much Mora to Tell about Britain s mis intelligence service but Loans no sequel to spy catch or the memoirs the British government failed to sup press Here there arc 10 maw stories which i have not put in and probably other vol thought Bard enough Wrigh told the corp monday. It was the firs time Wright had spoken publicly since inc High Airt ruled against the British govern ment on june x ending a three year court Battle lob lock Australia publication of his Story Wright said it was inc stories he had not told chatted the Gordh Mcnol to fight so hard to suppress the Book. They by Etc always been frightened of what i know and what might say publicly and they still Are he said. / spoof Cher describes Wright s 20-year career inthe service. It alleges that the Security service eavesdropped on foreign embassies burglarized offices stole documents plotted assassination attempts and discussed How of bring Down Harold Wilson s labor party gov can Cal in the 1970s. Of Rizal said he had not decided what to do with the unpublished material but doubted he would write a sequel. I m too Trad at the moment. Well have to recover from All this lad i think that perhaps i have done my bit he said. \ Wright s i Galois commented there will be sequel to spy Catther Over my dead Wright who rtt red to Tasmania in 1976, said the court Battles in a Thalia helped make Spye Alcher a bestseller. \ i thought initial la we might gel a print run of about50,000 at most. No we Are looking at More than i million copies sold Invie .a. Alone he said. So far More than 111 million copies have been Soldin 40 countries induct in the United states despite the government s Contin cd ban in Britain and Hong Kong. \ the Book is into Britain an excerpts have been published in British newspaper. The British government Haf fought to Clamp Down on these As Well prompting oui jes Over Freedom of the press. The government maintains Tinas pursued the Case to uphold the principle that form Security officers rebound by a lifetime oath of Silen Cabout their work. The australian High court Sal. Australian court shave no jurisdiction to enforce a Brush Security regu lation. Greece Turkey to resume meetings Voul Ijagmeni Greece a the greek an turkish premiers on tuesday failed to make headway on major disputes dividing the two nato allies but agreed to resume their dialogue later this year in the turkish capital of Ankara. Spokesmen for premiers Turgut Ozal of Turkey an Andreas Papandreou of Greece were careful to stress thai the five Moth old rapprochement was Lili on s useful to continue this dialogue turkish for eign minister Mosul Yilmaz two premiers met in private for More than an hour and then dropped plans for a Lete a Tete seafood dinner. Instead each Leader invited his foreign min ister and a senior aide along for the meal. No Dale was set for Papandreou s Turkey visit but officials said it probably would Lake place in october. Continuing stalemate Over the Aegean sea and Cyprus problems also was reflected in the last minute postponement of a joint venture banking agreement Between greek and turkish Banks. Greece s ionian Bank and Turkey housing ban were ready to sign a s20-million joint venture on tues Day but the ceremony was called off apparently be cause of greek reluctance to be seen making any con Cessions
