1.   At the Interior Department, five officials have been nominated, and one appointee has been announced.

2.   A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mr Tung would nominate principal officials to the central Government for appointment.

3.   The proposed constitutional reform also allows the president to legislate by decree if the national assembly is not sitting and extends his right to nominate senior officials.

4.   The proposed constitutional reform allows the president to legislate by decree if the national assembly is not sitting and extends his right to nominate senior officials.

5.   The reform will also allow the president to legislate by decree if the national assembly is not sitting and extends his right to nominate senior officials.

6.   It further allows the president to legislate by decree if the national assembly is not in session and extends his right to nominate senior officials.

7.   The IRA nominates an official to negotiate with the body overseeing disarmament headed by General John de Chastelain.