European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes of state Warsaw Poland apr lawmakers Friday voted to sell off Poland a state owned industries a major step in the Solidarity led government s 7-Monlh-old Radical Reform program. More than 80 percent of the country s Industry is government owned including steel Mills Coal mines and factories. Government officials said no sectors of the Economy would be off limits to privatization. The Sejm or the lower House of parliament passed the legislation 328-2, with 39 abstentions. The vote came one Day after the Long delayed measure reached the floor. The privatization measure still needs Senate approval but with 99 of 100 senators elected from the no communist Solidarity movement it was not expected to have any difficulty. Companies in the Best financial shape would be put on the auction Block first. "1 think this is the most fundamental Bill Ever passed by the polish parliament said Deputy prime minister Leszcak Balcirowicz. A this is a foundation of the new economic system in introducing the Bills a Day earlier bake Row ice told lawmakers that the ownership changes must come quickly. A without a decisive change in the ownership of the Economy further Progress of the reforms is not possible a he said. Poland whose communist party regime was replaced by the Solidarity government of prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki in August embarked in january weary Buton Brindisi Italy apr two shipload of tired but joyous albanians reached this Adriatic port Friday As ferries began evacuating Oyer 4,500 Asylum seekers from three Western embassies in Europe a last Hartline communist country. The mass evacuation aboard West european ships was expected to ease one of the albanian regimes worst crises in decades which began late last month when albanians frantically climbed Over or crashed through embassy fences to seek Asylum. The first ship the italian chartered espresso Grecia arrived at the Southern italian port of Brindisi around 9 . After a seven hour trip across the Adriatic sea from the albanian port of Durris. The first person off the ship was a Newborn baby wrapped in an Orange Blanket and rushed to an ambulance by a red Cross nurse. A i feel so Many emotions so much Liberty Quot said a Beant ing Young woman in italian As she got off the ship. Police whisked her away before she could give her name. The second ship to arrive pulled in about 90 minutes later the italian news Agency Ansa reported. It said the Appia carried 1,098 albanians the espresso Grecia. About 950. Three other ships also went to Albania on thursday to pick up most of the thousands of refugees who have packed the italian French and West German embassies in the capital Tirana during the last two weeks. At the poorly lit docks in Durris there were no police in sight when five buses arrived carrying the French embassy a 545 refugees to be boarded on the Orient Star according to a French reporter. The Appiar a Captain in a ship to Shore Telephone conversation with Ansa also said the boarding in murres was orderly. A it Only took us an hour and one Quarter and As far As i can loll the other four ships were also loaded quickly Quot Sergio Degli Ivanisevich was quoted As saying. An italian foreign ministry spokesman said earlier in the week there was concern that other albanians seeking to flee their country would try to mob the ships so exact details of the operation were not released in Advance. Hungary a official news Agency reported that 40 albanians who sought Refuge in the hungarian Mission in Tirana would be put aboard a special flight for Budapest on Friday night. Other refugees already have been evacuated from the czechoslovak embassy. The albanian government of communist Leader Ramiz Alia agreed to let the refugees leave the embassy compounds after supplies of food and Medicine ran Low and health conditions deteriorated. The refugees were transported from Tirana to murres. 20 Miles to the West then Pul aboard the Fer on a Radical economic Reform program. The first goal was to stabilize runaway inflation the program whittled inflation Down to 3.4 percent in june compared to 600 percent to 1,000 percent inflation in 1989, but the social Cost has been High a real incomes have dropped by 30 percent. The privatization measure bogged Down for some time because of disputes Over How to proceed. Many people feared foreign investors or the former communist elite would be the Only ones with the capital to buy state property. But the government promised that a a part Vati nation coupons a which could be used toward Purchase of state owned property would be issued to All citizens. A in this Way the idea of citizens Stock ownership will be put into practice a said Balcerowicz he also promised that polish citizens would be allowed to buy shares on an instalment basis and in some cases on favourable credit terms. Employees of enterprises would be allowed to buy up to 20 percent of the shares of their companies on preferential terms. Foreign investment will be at the discretion of the government Agency overseeing the transactions. Although the government wants to sell off state companies As quickly As possible it will take time. Krzysztof Lis who Heads the privatization office estimates that even after three years less than 50 percent of Poland a 7,600 enterprises will be in private a father carries his children after arriving at Brindisi. Ries for the 85-mile trip to Brindisi. The port is in the Heel of Italy about 330 Miles Southeast of Rome. As the espresso Grecia pulled into the Brindisi Harbor hundreds of albanians lining the decks clapped and cheered. One Man hoisted a baby in a White sweater up and Down. A woman punched the air in Victory. Other albanians shouted Quot italia Quot Many of the albanians boarded trains for West Germany after a Quick breakfast of hot milk and croissants provided by the local government. The five ships were to carry about 3,200 people from the West German embassy More than 800 from the italian embassy and about 540 from the French embassy. The first arrivals consisted of hundreds of Young men and Many families with Young children. The exodus was reminiscent of the Rush on foreign compounds in Eastern Europe by East germans before the collapse of their country a communist government. World today greek police lock out teachers during Boycott Athens Greece apr police cordoned off state schools around the country on Friday to forestall sit ins by teachers who refuse to supervise University Entrance exams. The monthlong Boycott for higher pay has endangered the chances of 130,000 students who have applied to enter greek and foreign universities for the 1,990-91 academic year. Police arrested a teachers Union official in the capital Friday for alleged contempt of authority after a Brawl near one of the police cordons said a Union member who declined to be identified. The two week exam period originally set for june 14, has been rescheduled to begin next monday. The government ordered the lockout after a court ruled thursday for a second time that the walkout by the country a 60,000 High school teachers was illegal. It said non strikers would supervise the Pilot 2 climbers killed at French resorts Paris apr a hang glider Pilot on his second flight Ever and two Mountain climbers were killed in separate accidents at French Mountain resorts police said Friday. One of the climbers was a former French National Champion in the 800-meter run Andrew Lavie and the other was identified As a Young englishman Mark Bolton of Nottingham. His age was not Given. Lavie 31, fell to his death thursday while climbing in the pyrenees. Bolton was killed thursday in a Rock slide on part of the Mont Blanc Massif in the French Alps. The hang gliding Accident of cited at the Alpine resort of Annecy. Romain Giry 17, fell to his death when his glider collided with another during a practice flight at a hang gliding communists to help legalize party in Turkey Istanbul Turkey apr the Leader of the greek communist party arrived thursday in Istanbul to help the United communist party of Turkey become legally established a greek party official said. Grigoris Farakos Secretary general of the greek communist parly was accompanied by Spiros Seal Hakim member of the party scentral committee and Kostas Kalitsis director of the press Bureau. The greek communists invited by their turkish counterparts were welcomed at Istanbul a Ataturk International Airport by Haydar Kutlu Secretary general of the turkish group to adopt new British safety rules London apr the main contractor of the Channel Tunnel said thursday it would implement government recommended safety measures on the British Side of the project where six workers have died in 16 months. The move follows a safety audit of the 31 mile rail Tunnel Between England and France being built by contractor trans Manche link for the private sector consortium eur Tunnel pc. The audit was carried out by the government department the health and safety executive. Its inspectors issued a report that criticized an a underlying weakness in safety in a letter to the government trans Manche link s chief executive Jack Lemley said a the report contains some very helpful advice and i am pleased to be Able to Tell you that we intend to implement its specific recommendations As quickly As
