1.   Rollins made the offending comment on Monday night at a San Francisco dinner for Speaker Willie Brown Jr. of the California State Assembly.

2.   Neither the regulator nor the radio station, the Mandarin-language broadcaster UnionWorks, elaborated on the offending comments.

3.   Relations had appeared to be improving after Lee apologized this month and promised to have the offending comments removed from papers filed in connection with a lawsuit in Singapore.

4.   The ruling effectively clears Huibregtsen of making the comments, although the offending comments were not mentioned in the brief written ruling.

5.   The offending comments were initially made by Godfrain last week, when US Secretary of State Warren Christopher was in the middle of his five-nation African tour.

6.   The offending comments which sparked the row were made by Godfrain last week, when Christopher was in the middle of his African tour.