71.   Vice President Hamzah Haz is considering visiting Malaysia to persuade it to reverse a temporary ban on the intake on new Indonesian workers, a labour unionist said Thursday.

72.   Malaysia initially announced a temporary ban on the hiring of new Indonesian workers and said it would halve the number already in the country.

73.   Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Thursday defended the temporary ban on hiring new Indonesian workers and said the decision would not sour relations.

74.   Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will not bow to any appeals from Jakarta in reversing the temporary ban on hiring Indonesian workers, a report said Saturday.

75.   Malaysia had earlier announced a temporary ban on hiring new Indonesian workers.

76.   On Thursday, an Indonesian labour unionist said Vice President Hamzah Haz was considering visiting Malaysia to persuade it to reverse the temporary ban.

77.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Saturday he would not bow to appeals from Jakarta in reversing the temporary ban.

78.   The committee concluded that while there was no firm proof to suggest it was dangerous, there was sufficient evidence to justify a temporary ban on precautionary grounds.

79.   The disclosure has prompted two European countries, Belgium and Sweden, so far to slap a temporary ban on imports.

80.   The disclosure has prompted two European countries so far to slap a temporary ban on imports, following warnings by the Italian health authorities and the European Union.