101. Until Malaysia imposed capital controls in September, the Stock Exchange of Singapore handled a lively over-the-counter trade in Malaysian issues. 102. When Mahathir imposed the controls, he said they would give the country desperately needed breathing space to repair its economy. 103. White House officials said that Clinton would not try to impose federal controls on drug prices. 104. Over the centuries, Russian governments have periodically tried to impose tighter controls over the alcohol industry to balance their budgets. 105. Press freedom is notoriously limited by most Middle East governments, which impose explicit controls or rely on self-censorship to keep journalists in line. 106. Philippine Central Bank Governor Rafael Buenaventura told Dow Jones Newswires that he has not discussed with Arroyo the possibility of imposing currency controls to boost the peso. 107. Philippine President Fidel Ramos and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong both implicitly rejected calls by Mahathir to impose controls on international currency trading. 108. A group of farmers recently rallied at the Muang district hall demanding the authority to impose strict control of the waste water released from the farms. 109. A U.N. fisheries conference Friday adopted a treaty to impose tighter controls on high seas fishing to conserve straddling and highly migratory fish stocks. 110. After victory was announced, Chavez sought to assure investors that he would not impose exchange controls or other radical economic measures, as his opponents had charged. |