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980901A 中国洪水，ChinaDaily
大洪水、「経済的好影響」論が台頭 日本の新聞報道によると、長江を中心とする歴史的な大洪水は中国経済に甚大な被害を与えているが、一方で「大規模な災害復興は内需拡大につながり、経済振興の契機になる」としてプラスの作用に着目する論調が目立ち始めた。政府が今春掲げた８％成長の目標達成は、アジア金融危機の影響でかなり苦しくなっており、洪水の「災いを転じて福となす」見方には、前途に何とか好材料を見いだしたい期待がにじんでいるようだ。
980901B Jordan，NewsPage
Jordan/ Candidates Earlier this year the government announced that it would
press ahead with privatisation. A revamped electricity law has opened the
door for private investment in power generation and distribution. [The
Economist Intelligence Unit, 125 words]
980831C Nile, Reuters via Cis
KHARTOUM, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Sudan's water minister said on Monday any
changes to Nile water-sharing accords should not encroach on the rights
of "priority" users Sudan and Egypt. "Sudan, especially
north of Khartoum, and Egypt have built all their civilisation and agriculture
on the Nile for 7,000 years or more, so these people have priority,"
Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Sharif al-Tuhami told Reuters.
980831D China Flood, Reuters via Cis
BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) - China on Monday announced a rescue package
of up to one trillion yuan ($120 billion) in bank loans to help agriculture
and industry rebound from devastating floods. Commercial banks would boost
lending by between 900 billion yuan and one trillion yuan over the next
four months, state television quoted Shang Fulin, vice governor of the
People's Bank of China, the central bank, as saying. Banks could "appropriately
lower" interest rates on such loans to within limits set by the central
bank, the official Xinhua news agency said without elaborating.
980902A India, NewsPage
Power in India More guarantees issued. The government has issued counter
guarantees to two more of the eight fast-track power projects. [The Economist
Intelligence Unit, 238 words]
980902B Thailand, Kyodo
Thailand agrees to privatize state-owned enterprises BANGKOK, Sept. 1 _
Thailand's cabinet approved Tuesday a plan for privatizing 59 state-owned
enterprises, a government spokesman said. [Kyodo, 230 words]
980902C 通産省, 共同通信ニュース
通産省・資源エネルギー庁は二日、大口需要家向け小売り電力の自由化が実現した際に、自由化に伴う大口料金値下げが家庭向けなど小口需要家の料金算定に連動する制度の導入を検討していることを明らかにした。
980902D China Yantze, Reuters via Cis
BEIJING, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Li Peng, China's leading proponent of the massive
Three Gorges Dam project along the Yangtze river, said in a speech that
the dam was necessary for flood control, a state-run news agency reported
on Wednesday. The project would play "a major role in reducing floods
on the Yangtze by the year 2003," Xinhua news agency reported parliamentary
chief Li as telling a group of hydrologists.
980902E Indonesia, Reuters via Cis
JAKARTA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Indonesian state power utility PT Perusahaan
Listrik Negara (PLN) said on Tuesday it cannot pull itself out of the red
before 2003 without raising current tariffs. "It's impossible for
PLN to make a profit if the current tariff continues; PLN needs independence
in term of finance," Adhi Satriya, chief of the utility, told a news
conference.
980909A 中国洪水, 新華社
中国国家計画委員会は水害復旧工事建設と水利建設資金調達を急いでおり、洪水が退く前から復旧作業を始める予定。中国国家計画委員会は今年洪水対策の需要に応じ、数回にわたって水利建設投資を増やしている。今年追加発行された１０００億元の国債の多くは水利建設に投入され、年始計画の投入を加えれば、年間水利建設投資は３５８億元で従来投資の５倍以上に当たる。
980908B 中国三峡ダム, ChinaDaily
日本の新聞報道によると、三峡ダム建設に伴う水没で約百二十万人が立ち退きを強いられている中国の長江（揚子江）流域で、新たに十万人以上が洪水対策で移住することになった。ダム下流の輪中などの住民が対象で、大都市を洪水から守るための人為的な堤防破壊で家屋・田畑を水没させられた農民らも含まれており、反発も予想される。
980908C 中国洪水, ChinaDaily
日本の新聞報道によると、八日付の中国英字紙チャイナ・デーリーは、長江（揚子江）流域で約三千人の死者を出した大洪水について、森林破壊や乱開発による保水力の低下が原因ではないかと指摘、「今後の開発では目先の経済利益より長期的な環境計画を優先すべき」と訴えた。
980907D 中国, 新華社
鞍鋼「九五」計画重点技術改造プロジェクトである鞍鋼第二発電所改造工事（重油から石炭へ）が着工された。この鞍鋼初の融資方式を利用した技術改造プロジェクトの総投資額は３．５億元で、完成後、生産コストを年間２億元以上も削減できる見込み。
980909E Vietnam, Reuters via Cis
HANOI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Vietnam will relocate 103,000 people including
ethnic minorities to build a reservoir for a giant hydro-electric power
plant, the Communist Party's newspaper said on Wednesday. The Nhan Dan
(People) daily said the people of Son La province, a remote area in mountainous
northwestern Vietnam, had long been waiting for the 3,600 megawatt power
project.
980909F Zaire, Reuters via Cis
KINSHASA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Congolese authorities said electricity was
restored to the capital Kinshasa on Tuesday after completion of repairs
to the distribution network damaged by rebels nearly a month ago. Energy
Minister Christian Eleko told Reuters power from the Democratic Republic
of the Congo's main Inga hydroelectric dam in the west was restored to
Kinshasa at 8 p.m. (1900 GMT) at 60 percent. The city was to receive full
supplies two hours later.
980909G Bangladesh, AP via Cis
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- More than half of Dhaka was under knee- to waist-deep
water Tuesday after heavy monsoon rains, and floodwaters were threatening
to submerge the entire Bangladeshi capital of 9 million. Thousands of government
workers and local residents piled up cement and sandbags Tuesday to reinforce
Dhaka's dam and protect the city from the surging Sitalakhoia River.
980911A 中国洪水, ChinaDaily
日本の新聞報道によると、長江（揚子江）洪水に見舞われた中国湖北、湖南両省当局は、流域に散在し計約二百万人が居住している「輪中（わじゅう）」が水位を高め、洪水の遠因になっているとして、多くの輪中の破壊と住民の大量移住の方針を固めた。
980913B Indonesia, Reuters via Cis
JAKARTA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - At least 43,000 Indonesians in greater Jakarta
are living without power after state-run electricity company PLN cut supplies
because of bills unpaid during the country's economic crisis, Merdeka newspaper
reported on Sunday.
980912D Uganda, Reuters via Cis
KAMPALA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Organisers of an international white water
rafting event in Uganda said on Saturday the race was threatened by a proposed
dam on the river Nile. Nile Independent Power Ltd plans to build a 250-megawatt
dam at the Bujagali Falls which has been earmarked for the 1999 Camel White
Water Challenge, a ten-day event televised to millions of viewers worldwide.
Uganda, which suffers from a power shortage, sorely needs the dam to attract
foreign investment and revive a slumping economy.
980911E World Dam Commission, Reuters via Cis
CAPE TOWN, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The World Commission on Dams said on Friday
it would postpone the first South Asia public hearing on large dams due
to be held later this month in India after a request from that country's
government. "The commission believes that an opportunity has been
lost to hear from the people of South Asia on their vast and valuable experience
in the field of large dams and their alternatives," the Cape Town-based
body said in a statement.
980911F Bangladesh, Reuters vis Cis
DHAKA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of Bangladeshi troops and volunteers
worked on Friday to shore up a vital embankment in the capital threatening
to collapse under the pressure of surging flood waters. Many families have
already evacuated to safer places and the rest are preparing to move at
short notice in case the dike falls through.
980910G Sudan Nile, Reuters via Cis
TUTI ISLAND, Sudan, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Residents of Tuti island, cut off
from Sudan's capital Khartoum by the Nile river, closed their shops and
stacked sandbags on Thursday to prepare for more of the country's worst
flooding in years. Officials at Sudan's Ministry of Irrigation and Water
Resources said on Wednesday the Blue Nile was due to rise in the next two
days from torrential rains in the Ethiopian highlands.
980909H Ghana, Reuters via Cis
ACCRA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ghana's Volta River Authority (VRA) and South
Africa's Eskom Ltd ESCJ.CN have signed an agreement for joint power generation,
transmission and distribution. VRA said on Wednesday that the agreement
would enable the companies to collaborate, among other things, in research
and development of new energy sources, the use of fibre optic technology
and commercial services.
980915A Bangladesh, NewsPage
>> Coastal Power Acquires Equity Interest in Bangladesh Power Plant
The Coastal Corporation today announced that a subsidiary of Coastal Power
Company has acquired a majority equity interest in a 110-megawatt fuel
oil-fired power plant located in Khulna in southwestern Bangladesh. [PR
Newswire, 297 words]
980916B China, NewsPage
China Launches Large-Scale Hydropower Construction BEIJING XINHUA - China
is launching a vigorous drive to develop hydropower projects by utilizing
foreign funds totaling 4 billion US dollars, and has so far built 23 hydropower
stations with a total generating capacity topping 18.84 million kw. [Xinhua,
315 words]
980917A Turkey, NewsPage
Mitsubishi Heavy (7011) Wins Order For Turkish Power Plant TOKYO --An international
consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has won a 1.5 billion
dollar order to build a thermal power plant for Turkish power company TEAS,
sources at the Japanese manufacturer said Wednesday. [Nikkei English News,
117 words]
980917B China, NewsPage
East China Province Upgrades Power Facilities NANJING XINHUA - East China's
Jiangsu Province will spend at least 48.8 billion yuan over the next three
years to increase power output to meet the growing demand for electricity.
[Xinhua, 226 words]
980917C China, NewsPage
Henan Province Set to Upgrade Urban Power Grids ZHENGZHOU XINHUA - Central
China's Henan Province plans to allocate 5.3 billion yuan over the next
three years to upgrade power grids of 18 major cities. [Xinhua, 91 words]
980918A Zimbabwe, NewsPage
Energy in Zimbabwe Currency devaluation and government delays in approving
a 37% hike in power tariffs that should have taken effect in July may lead
to rationing, according to the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority .
Zimbabwe is currently importing 40% ... [The Economist Intelligence Unit,
82 words]
980916C Thailand, Reuters via Cis
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A state-owned Thai power company is set to
tap the international bond market just weeks after the deepening Asian
financial crisis forced Thailand's government to abandon borrowing plans.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) hopes that a World
Bank guarantee on repayment of principal will persuade investors to buy
the $300 million of bonds despite fears of escalating turmoil in financial
markets. Interest payments on the 10-year transaction will be guaranteed
by the Thai government.
980920A China, Reuters via Cis
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will invest $7.23 billion to build five major
hydroelectric power plants by 2010 to seek cleaner ways to meet expanding
electricity demand, the China Daily said Sunday. Facing a sharp rise in
air pollution from traditional coal-fired plants, the State Power Corp.
aims to tap the country's vast but under-exploited hydropower potential,
the newspaper said.
980921A China, NewsPage
>> China Accelerates Hydropower Development BEIJING XINHUA - China
has drawn a blueprint for constructing four large hydropower projects by
2010, and four big power firms are to be organized to run them by the State
Power Corp, said today's China Daily. [Xinhua, 285 words]
980921B China, NewsPage
Tibet's Yamzho Yumco Power Station Operational LAHSA XINHUA - The Yamzho
Yumco Lake pumping power station in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous
Region has passed state examination and was transfered to the local people
after one-year trial operation at a ceremony here Friday. [Xinhua, 187
words]
980921C Ethiopia, NewsPage
Power Projects Underway in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA XINHUA - Twenty-seven power
projects are under construction in Ethiopia to raise the country's electric
power generating capacity. [Xinhua, 174 words]
980923A Cameroon, NewsPage
HYDRO-QUEBEC INTERNATIONAL LANDS $1-MILLION CONTRACT IN CAMEROON Hydro-Quebec
International has signed a contract worth close to $1 million with the
Societe Nationale d'Electricite du Cameroun to conduct behaviour studies
of the impounding reservoirs of the Song Loulou hydroelectric development
in Cameroon. [Canada NewsWire, 287 words]
980923B Cambodia, Reuters via Cis
PHNOM PENH, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A Cambodian-Thai venture is to invest up
to $55 million to mine coal in northern Cambodia for export to Thailand
for power generation, the Cambodian partner said on Wednesday. Cambodian
businessman Mong Rethy said he would invest about 30 percent of the total
and his Thai partner, who he identified as mining firm S. Sussay Company,
would invest the remainder.
980922A China, Reuters via Cis
BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Under Secretary David Aaron
said on Tuesday that China could tap vast U.S. private sector capital to
develop its energy sector if it implemented investment policies that offered
attractive returns. "To fulfill its energy needs, China must be open
to the use of the vast financial resources available in international capital
markets in order to supplement the limited resources available through
multilateral development banks, official export credit agencies and other
traditional sources," Aaron said.
980921D Nigeria, Reuters via Cis
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - State-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) on Monday said Mobil Corp. had been given approval to build a wholly
owned 350 megawatt power plant in southeastern Nigeria. NNPC Managing Director
Dalhatu Bayero said the approval was given to build the plant at Bonny
but gave no other details of when the project had been agreed or when Mobil
planned to begin work on the project.
980921E World Dam Cimission, Reuters via Cis
CAPE TOWN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A global commission probing controversial
large dam projects said on Monday it would study 150 dams in at least 10
major river basins around the world. "The commission resolved to conduct
independent reviews in at least 10 of the world's major river basins with
significant dams," Kader Asmal, World Commission on Dams chairman
and South African Water Affairs Minister, told a news conference. The independent
commission was set up earlier this year with support from the World Bank
and the World Conservation Union to try to find solutions to the heated
issue of dam building around the world by bringing together activists opposed
to dams and the companies which build them.
980921F Srilanka, Reuters via Cis
COLOMBO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's main power company said on Monday
it feared a national electricity shortage if opponents of a new generating
project succeeded in delaying it. The Ceylon Electricity Board, the state-owned
generator, predicted a crisis if the first stage of the coal-fired project
in the island's northwest was not operating by 2004.
980924A China, NewsPage
China Looking To Use Geothermal Energy Resources BEIJING XINHUA - China
is paying close attention to geothermal energy resources and plans to build
medium-sized geothermal power stations in the southwestern part of the
country, according to a senior State Development Planning Commission official.
[Xinhua, 185 words]
980924B, NewsPage
Hub Power files lawsuits against Pakistan government Hub Power Company,
Pakistan's largest private power company, which is mired in a bitter dispute
over power purchase rates with the government, has filed three lawsuits
against the government, a company spokesman said Wednesday. [Associated
Press, 216 words]
980925A 中国洪水, ChinaDaily
国連、中国洪水で１９０億円の緊急支援を要請 日本の新聞報道によると、国連は、中国の大洪水で五百八十万人が被災し、仮設住宅や食料など、日本円でおよそ百九十億円に上る緊急支援が必要だと国際社会に訴える緊急アピールを行った。 国連では、大洪水に見舞われた中国最大の河川・長江流域と、東北部の松花江流域をこのほど現地調査した。
980925B 中国洪水, China Daily
大洪水は環境破壊も一因と中国政府 日本の新聞報道によると、中国政府の国家発展計画委員会は二十三日、長江（揚子江）や松花江流域で猛威を振るった夏の大洪水について、「主な原因は異常気象だが、環境破壊も関係している」との見解を明らかにした。
980925C Morocco，Reuters via Cis
CASABLANCA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Morocco has agreed to raise the stake of
French and Spanish electricity firms in a planned $350 million power plant
to 80 percent, Mines and Energy Minister Youssef Tahiri said. But Driss
Benhima, chairman of the state-run electricity authority (ONE), promptly
cast doubt on the new deal, saying it ran counter to undertakings already
settled.
980924C Ghana, Reuters via Cis
ACCRA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ghana's electricity generating body, the Volta
River Authority (VRA) said on Thursday it had signed an $18 million contract
with General Electric (GE.N) of Canada and Austria's Voest Alpine (VAST.VI)
for the renewal of six turbine runners at its main Akosombo power generation
plant.
980925D タイ，共同通信経済ニュース
【香港２５日ＡＰ・ＤＪ＝共同】タイ国営タイ電力公社（ＥＧＡＴ）が来週、償還期間１０年、３億ドルの債券を国際市場でローンチする。今回の起債はタイ政府に加え、世銀が元利について保証していることが特徴。このため同国のソブリン格付けを大きく上回る格付けを取得している。
980927A Tibet, Reuters via Cis
BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter
scale struck the Chinese Himalayan region of Tibet near the border with
Bhutan on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. There were
no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Cona County, a sparsely
populated area in southern Tibet, Xinhua said.
980928A Morocco, NewsPage
Foreign stake up in Morocco's $350 mln power plant Morocco has agreed to
raise the stake of French and Spanish electricity firms in a planned $350
million power plant to 80 percent, Mines and Energy Minister Youssef Tahiri
said. [Reuters [WS], 425 words]
980928B Vietnam, NewsPage
M'bishi Heavy (7011) Wins Vietnam Power Plant Deal TOKYO --Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries Ltd. has won a contract to design and build a 1,100-megawatt
thermal power plant for state-run Electricity of Vietnam, it was learned
Sunday. Construction is to be completed by the end of 2000. [Nikkei English
News, 108 words]
980928C Egypt, NewsPage
Egypt, Jordan test first link in proposed Mideast power grid When someone
switches on the TV in Jordan these days, the image on the screen may be
powered by electricity generated in Egypt. [Associated Press, 682 words]
980928D Africa, NewsPage
Africa power producers to discuss connecting grids Members of the Union
of African Electricity Producers and Distributors are to meet from Sept.
29 to Oct. 2 in Niger's capital, Niamey, to discuss management and distribution
problems and cross-border connection of national grids. [Reuters [WS],
51 words]
980928E India, Rueters World Report via Csi
ー インドガス公社の発電参入 ー
NEW DELHI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - State-run Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL.BO)
(GAIL) on Monday outlined plans to invest heavily in power generation and
cooking gas ventures, and expanding existing pipelines and gas bottling
facilities. "We expect to invest 70 billion rupees ($1.65 billion)
over the next five years in expansion projects, joint ventures and new
capacity," J.K. Jain, GAIL's finance director, told reporters.
980929A China, Xinhua via NewsPage
ー 中国高速増殖炉 ー
Construction Starts on China's Fast Neutron Power Station BEIJING XINHUA
- China began construction today on its first fast neutron reactor power
station, which is scheduled to be completed by 2003, according to Li Zhongping,
deputy director of the China Fast Reactor Engineering Headquarters. [Xinhua,
293 words]
980929B China, Nikkei English News via Newspage
ー 東海銀行，中国電源へ融資 ー
Tokai Bank Heads Loan Syndicate For Chinese Project SINGAPORE --A syndicate
of 17 private and public-sector banks, led by Tokai Bank and three other
banks, has signed an agreement to provide 526 million dollars in project
financing for the construction of an electricity-generating plant in China's
Fujian Province. [Nikkei English News, 120 words]
980929C China, Xinhua via Newspage
ー 世銀，中国貧困問題へ融資 ー
World Bank Loans Helping Ease North China Province's Poverty BEIJING XINHUA
- Poverty alleviation project of north China's Shanxi Province has been
funded by the World Bank since 1995, and local farmers have begun to benefit
from 1.74 billion yuan in spending, with 100 million U.S. dollars in World
Bank loans. [Xinhua, 265 words]
980929D Turkey, Reuters World Report via Csi
ー ユーフラテスの水問題 ー
DAMASCUS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Syria and Iraq have invited Turkey to resume
attending regular meetings to solve problems related to the sharing of
the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, officials said. The invitation is open
in terms of place and timing. "We want to have dialogue on problems
related to watersharing," one official said, adding that Turkey, which
used to regulary attend these gatherings, had been boycotting the meetings
for several years. He said the invitation had been made at the end of talks
between Syrian and Iraqi technical experts in Baghdad on September 23.
980930A Indonesia, AP via Newspage
ー 米政府要人，インドネシアにＩＰＰ契約尊重要求 ー
U.S. official calls on Indonesia to honor power plant contracts A senior
U.S. trade official added weight Monday to calls for crisis-ridden Indonesia
to honor contracts with independent power producers or risk damaging the
prospects for future foreign investment. [Associated Press, 498 words]
980930B Bnagladesh, Xinhua via Newspage
ー アジ銀がバングラの貧困対策融資 ー
Bangladesh Gets ADB Loan for Microfinance Services MANILA XINHUA - The
Asian Development Bank said Tuesday that it has approved a 42.6-million-U.S.-dollar
loan to support the Bangladeshi government's efforts to reduce poverty
by providing microfinance services to the poor. [Xinhua, 145 words]
980930C World Bank, Reuters via Newspage
ー 世銀がアジアに低利融資制度 ー
World Bank seeks lower Asian rates to boost growth@ (Adds details, quotes)
The World Bank Tuesday urged Asia's crisis-hit countries to let interest
rates fall and deficits rise to pull the region out of recession, a big
shift in policy from when the crisis took hold a year ago. [Reuters [BR],
538 words]
980930D Malaysia, Presswire via Newspage
ー世銀，マレーシアへの支援延期を否定 ー
WORLD BANK/ Malaysia and the World Bank The World Bank today denied reports
that its lending program to Malaysia had been suspended as a result of
Malaysia's decision to impose capital controls. [M2 PRESSWIRE, 286 words]
980930E, Canada，Presswire via Newspage
ー カナダ水力基金，環境対策への強調 ー
THE CANADIAN HYDROPOWER ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE BEST ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
TO CURRENT ENERGY ISSUES The newly founded Canadian Hydropower Association
will be in operation as of September 29. [PR Newswire, 247 words]
980930F Thailand, BangkokPost
ー SahaUnion，ＩＰＰ主役へ ー
The economic crisis has put a brake on Saha Union group's plan to become
a major player in Asia's power industry. Saha Union had delayed all its
investment, especially in power projects in Thailand and China, group president
Kamol Khoosuwan said yesterday. Two years ago, the company announced it
would expand its power business in Burma, Laos, Vietnam, China and Thailand.
980930G China, Reuters World Report, via Compuserve
ー アジ銀，中国の水供給計画に融資 ー
MANILA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved
a $102-million loan to expand water supply in Fuzhou, China and enable
the city to meet the demands of its growing economy, the bank said on Wednesday.
The project involves building facilities to pipe in water from the Ao river
near Fuzhou and a new sewerage system which will include a wastewater treatment
plant with a capacity of 200,000 cubic metres a day, an ADB statement said.