111.   The establishment of the National Higher Education Fund, a government initiative, is designed to assist cash-strapped students in obtaining loans.

112.   The difficulty in obtaining study loans means many students may not be able to pursue higher education, both overseas and locally.

113.   The company, Thai Melon Textiles, announced earlier this week it was shutting down operations because it could no longer obtain loans from banks to buy raw materials.

114.   The court also accused former Legislative Speaker Liu Sung-fan of using his business connections to help Tseng obtain loans from Taichung Commercial Bank.

115.   The court also prohibited Daewoo from obtaining fresh loans and recruiting new employees.

116.   The government has also warned that the failure to obtain the loan could interfere with efforts to reform the economy.

117.   The developments put severe strains on overseas branches of South Korean banks in Japan, the United States and Hong Kong, creating difficulty for them in obtaining loans.

118.   THE difficulty in obtaining bank loans is affecting the industrial development of Penang, State Industrial Transformation Committee chairman Datuk Dr Kang Chin Seng said yesterday.

119.   The finance companies had been shut down by the central bank after obtaining huge loans from the Financial Institutions Development Fund.

120.   The higher price was used to obtain a loan, which was used to buy the property as well as for other purposes, authorities said.