41.   Hashim Mohd Ali, a Malaysian government sports official, said Thursday the Olympic Council of Malaysia would do the bidding.

42.   He added that the Malaysian government is mindful of problems of its neighbours and will handle the problems of legal foreign workers carefully.

43.   He expressed hope that the Malaysian government would deal with the problem of its citizens sneaking into the country.

44.   He is being accompanied by senior Malaysian government officials including Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Rais Yatim, the de facto law minister.

45.   He added that the TBA had not looked into the details of the Asean payment system proposed by the Malaysian government.

46.   He said that the Malaysian government inspired confidence in investors compared to South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia.

47.   He said his only regret is that the Malaysian government has ignored his feat.

48.   Heid has said he also expressed concerns to Petronas, the national oil company that owns the towers, and to the Malaysian government.

49.   He said the Malaysian government has twice in the past assisted in returning illegal Indonesian workers.

50.   In a measure to bolster its battered currency, the Malaysian government has barred all civil servants from spending their holidays abroad, a local newspaper reported Friday.