91.   Poor salaries and deteriorating economic conditions in Jamaica and Guyana, among others, have prompted hundreds of teachers and nurses to decamp for Britain and the United States.

92.   Reports on his deteriorating condition after his collapse Friday made page one news for five days and were carried in hourly radio news bulletins.

93.   Since then, the North has been hit with floods and rapidly deteriorating economic conditions, and has continued to call for international food aid to offset its problems.

94.   The China desk editor of the Ming Pao newspaper, Zhang Xu, said his paper had heard rumours of the deteriorating condition of Deng from Chinese sources.