1.   He has proposed some looser standards of his own, relaxing a few pollution-control regulations and hastening the approval of some drugs and medical devices.

2.   That approval was undoubtedly hastened because of the uncertainty as to when major league teams might play again.

3.   He said should government incur a huge deficit, it would have to hasten the approval of a new oil deregulation law.

4.   Some of the loan applications had notes written by Marcos or other high officials that hastened their approval.

5.   Speaker Jose de Venecia urged Senate to hasten the approval of the budget to pave way for its signing into law before Christmas.

6.   Labour-starved Malaysia on Monday simplified procedures for expatriates to apply for work permits as part of efforts to hasten approvals following complaints from local industries.