1.   Ground troops meanwhile stormed the beaches in tanks and amphibious landing craft, established a beachhead and moved inland causing substantial damage to local farmland as they went.

2.   It said Chen had complained for several years about heavy taxes imposed by the local village committee and about local farmland diverted to commercial development.

3.   Local farmland was also flooded.

4.   The provincial highway, passing through local farmland between the two cities, is paved and in good condition, and traffic on Christmas was light, said police.