1.   The panel is expanding upon the outlines for financial sector reform to make the industry in Japan competitive on a scale more like that in international financial markets.

2.   A package of finance sector reforms is expected to be unveiled Saturday after consultations with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

3.   Although not excluding social issues, these packages have tended to target macroeconomic and banking sector reforms.

4.   But analysts speculate that the IMF may be insisting on more economic and banking sector reform before approving any further measures to prime the pump of the economy.

5.   De Tray said they also discussed the need to move banking sector reforms forward very quickly and on how to resolve the corporate debt problem.

6.   Financial sector reforms and modifications of the exchange system were also introduced, but at a slow pace, the IMF said.

7.   Half of the loan will be used for power sector reform.

8.   Health sector reforms introduced in January were intended to bring market rules to the formerly government-run industry.

9.   In making the latter remark, however, he was referring exclusively to capital account liberalization rather than to the broader menu of both financial and real sector reforms.

10.   In return, the Indonesian government could more effectively reassure the international community of its commitment to real sector reform.