1.   I am saying this in a letter because I am sorry to say I can not get to the next liaison meeting.

2.   Ghapur, who is Tawau Umno division chief and Merotai Assemblyman, did not attend the State Umno liaison meeting last night.

3.   He said Indonesia and PNG had discussed the boundaries in their annual border liaison meetings, but had not talked about land ownership.

4.   He said this after chairing the State Bumiputera Steering Committee and State Umno liaison committee meetings today.

5.   The men presented a joint statement drafted Wednesday at a liaison commission meeting of the two parties.

6.   The liaison group meeting, which was the first since the handover, was in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday.

7.   The two rival governments then planned regular liaison meetings on smuggling, intellectual property rights, repatriation of illegal immigrants crime prevention and fishing disputes.

8.   Israeli radio reported that Shehabi had rejected confidence-boosting measures, including regular liaison meetings and a telephone hotline to avoid misunderstandings over troop movements.

9.   They also agreed to set up regular working liaison meetings, with the first meeting to be held in mid-August.

10.   Last March a joint liaison group meeting in Lisbon signed an agreement in principle on the application of various conventions on human rights in the enclave.