European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday May 23,1990 . Admiral in Philippines confident pact will be oked Manila Philippines apr the commander of . Forces in the Pacific said tuesday he is optimistic that . And philippine officials will reach a new agreement providing for a continued american military presence in the Philippines. Last Friday american and philippine negotiators agreed to hold further talks at an unspecified Date on whether to renew a lease on Clark a the Subic Bay naval base and four smaller installations that expires in september 1991. Rafael Alunan spokesman for the philippine panel said the next round could begin in three to four weeks. A i am very optimistic that we will reach an agreement with continued presence in the Philippines a adm. Huntington Hardisty told reporters after meeting foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus. Hardisty also said philippine proposals for joint .-filipino use of the bases was a very  the six bases arc nominally under philippine command but effectively run by the americans. The United states maintains about 40,000 troops s. Korean students dash with police Seoul South Korea apr hundreds of Radical students Yelling a drive out Yankees a clashed with police tuesday at two universities in the Southern City of Kwangju. Police in Kwangju also fired tear Gas to disperse dozens of students who burned a . Flag. In Seoul radicals vowed to stage a week of anti american protests and eight militant students were arrested after unfurling an anti american Banner in front of the . Embassy. In another development Union workers at Hyundai motor co. Rejected a proposed new labor contract tuesday dashing Hopes for a Quick end to a 7-Day-old strike at South koreans largest automaker. Recent labor unrest has compounded the troubles of president Roh Tae Woods government which has been beset by violent protests by Radical students. At Kwangju a Honnam University about 500 students hurled rocks and firebombs at riot police who responded by firing hundreds of volleys of tear Gas during a two hour clash. About 800 students at Cho Sun University lobbed rocks and firebombs As they fought police for hours on streets outside the Campus. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Since Friday Kwangju has been the scene of repeated clashes marking the 10th anniversary of a pro democracy uprising that was brutally suppressed by troops. In Seoul meanwhile about 100 students attacked a police substation in the Southern part of the capital with firebombs tuesday the South korean news Agency Yon Hap reported. The police drove them off by firing Blanks from automatic weapons. The National Council of student representatives sent the eight students to the . Embassy to deliver a letter demanding that the United states apologize for a condoning the military crackdown on the j Kwangju uprising. The United states has repeatedly denied the allegations. Defense department civilians and military dependents in the Philippines. Asked whether the United states would accept a reduced presence under a new agreement Hardisty said a i think Well have a reduced presence worldwide because of what a happening in Europe and what a happening worldwide with our defense budget but i also think Well maintain our Forward  on monday Hardisty met with president Corazon Aquino and discussed the strategic relationship. A from my personal opinion i think our government feels very comfortable with the recent exploratory talks a Hardisty said after the meeting. �?o1 think both agree that our future depends on a new relationship a new strategic  Hardisty was in Manila to attend a regular meeting of the .-philippine Mutual defense Board. After five Days of talks last week both sides agreed to continue discussions despite differences including the Philippines claim that the United states has failed to Honor previous commitments on the bases. Hot Ivory at Keelung Taiwan on tuesday officials prepare an estimated $100 million Worth of confiscated Ivory and lion skins to be burned in a crematory. The government has announced that it will begin the burning of confiscated Ivory and furs in an attempt to discourage trafficking in the protected items. World today Gold Supply and demand set world record in 1989 London apr Supply and demand of Gold in world markets broke records last year according to a Survey released monday. The total Supply of the precious Metal in Market Economy countries Rose 4 percent to an All time High of 2,723 metric tons according to the Survey by Gold Fields Mineral services a private research company. Fabrication demand which covers use in jewelry Industry and investment products like coins jumped 18 percent to a record 2,207 metric tons the report said. Total Gold Supply comes from production at Gold mines imports from the soviet Union and other no Market economies Central Bank sales and recovery from scrap. Actual production hit a record 1,653 tons. Growth in 1989 was dominated by the United states Australia and Canada the Survey showed. Jordan lifts ban on men working on women a hair Amman Jordan apr the government has rescinded its ban on male hairdressers owning or working in female Beauty Parlours. A the ban has been withdrawn and things will go Back to what they were before in a few Days a said an Interior ministry official who spoke on condition he would not be identified. The ministry a action followed a jordanian supreme court ruling that the ban was a a violation of constitutional provisions which stipulate equal rights for men and  the government had announced May 6 that it would no longer Issue permits for male ownership of Beauty Parlours and that male hairdressers could no longer work in Beauty shops. Islamic tradition dictates that men and women do not mingle in Public and that religious women keep their hair covered in the presence of strange men. Perfume Plant worker in France Dies in explosion Grasse France apr an explosion at a perfume factory monday killed one worker left two More slightly injured and opened a Gash in a tank containing toxic Ethyl alcohol firefighters said. The Accident occurred As workers were welding the tank at the Sima France perfume Plant in the Industrial zone of Grasse a French Riviera City Between Marseille and Nice. Switzerland reports record tourism take in �?T89 Bern Switzerland up a foreign tourists spent a record 11.5 billion Swiss francs $8.2 billion in  89 which was 10 percent up from 1988, the Federal statistics Bureau reported monday for the Ira part spent 9.53 billion trans $6.8 billion on holidays elsewhere which gave tourism surplus of 1.97 billion francs $1.4 billion. Is even larger counting the 7.1 billion trans $5 billion spent by Swiss on vacations in their own country. Kremlin a economic plan would double food prices Moscow apr the Kremlin which plans to Nroy int an my Moscow apr the Kremlin plans to double food prices As part of desperately needed economic reforms that will begin next year and not bring a turnaround until 1995, according to a document obtained monday. A preliminary draft of the economic program released to supreme soviet deputies and obtained by the associated press ended weeks of speculation Over whether the government would introduce polish style a Shock therapy or opt for a More gradual transition to a Market Economy. Premier Nikolai i. Ryzhkova a report to the supreme soviet legislature said the government chose five difficult years of transition Over two excruciating years of Shock measures. The plan came under immediate fire from a parliamentary opposition group which plans to present an alternative economic blueprint. A this is just another ploy to intimidate the people with the idea of a free Market and consolidate its own positions a said siberian economist Gennady filsht who developed the alternative plan for the inter regional group. He was interviewed by the Independent news service Post fictum. The soviet Economy is widely acknowledged to be in a shambles and president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a popularity has steadily declined As his cautious economic reforms fail to improve Peoples daily lives. The government report which Gorbachev a advisory Council was scheduled to discuss tuesday emphasizes the need to control inflation unemployment and other social ills but also outlines major Price increases and other reforms begin Ning in 1991, a the retail prices on food should on the average double increasing by 112 billion rubles $187 billion a said the report which is to be presented to lawmakers thursday. Affected foods will include such basics As bread meat and Oil. The plan provides for a Complex system of compensation and wage indexing to make sure the country a poor will be Able to survive. The 70-Page plan Falls far Short of the Market freeing measures in Poland that led to a spurt of rapid inflation. But it is tar More Radical than the government pro Grain presented in december to the soviet Congress the supreme soviets Parent Par lament. That plan essentially proposed three More years of a centrally planned Economy. 3 frightening figures on current economic performance explain the governments new readiness to take harsh  the first Quarter of this year Cash incomes swelled by 13.4 percent while the Gnu actually declined the report says. From january to april political stakes and inter ethnic conflicts led to the loss of 9.5 million Man hours com million Man hours lost during All of last year. The government plan foresees passage of All the Laws needed for the transition to a Market Economy by the end of this i ulc t says that a predictions show that in 1995 the country will be in a position to accumulate the real financial Means and ahead Ces Economy leap a try enter regional groups program Calls for a totally free Market disbanding ail government economic ministries and major cuts in investment in heavy Industry. J