81.   But ADB senior economist Christopher Walker said the regional currency crisis is showing signs of improvement.

82.   But Ken Chan, a senior economist at Nikko Securities said the timing was not right.

83.   But Ted Carmichael, senior economist at J.P. Morgan Canada, said those plans may be overtaken by reality.

84.   Christopher Low, senior economist with HSBC Securities, spent last week conferring with central bankers in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia.

85.   Focusing on economic reforms would help stabilize the rupiah, Mari Pangestu, a senior economist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said yesterday.

86.   Hashim Djojohadikusumo, son of senior economist Sumitro Djojohadikusumo and chairman of the Tirtamas Group, will be in charge of Europe.

87.   In a related development, senior economist and former cabinet minister Emil Salim said he would be ready if people wanted him to join the vice presidential race.

88.   Key economic ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi and Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda, and senior TDRI economists were present at the talks.

89.   Large foreign fundsA senior economist from Singapore is apprehensive over current long-terminvestment in the local stock market.

90.   Liu Shucheng, a senior economist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was quoted by Xinhua as saying a downward trend was beginning.