91.   Jeha said the union would take further action unless the government met demands for higher pay scales, increased pension, health and education benefits, and housing loans.

92.   Laem Thong Bank has told its customers that it has stopped lending to home buyers and Union Asia Finance has closed its housing loan department.

93.   Last week domestic banks embarked upon a new round of interest rate increases which consequently pushed up housing loan rates.

94.   Many investors retreated to the sidelines to watch a televised Parliamentary debate on the controversial government-led bailout for housing loan companies with bad debts, dealers said.

95.   Market sentiment in Japan has greatly improved since the announcement Tuesday of a government plan to bail out beleaguered housing loan companies.

96.   Mr Lee said the advent of various housing loan packages for sandwich-class home buyers also had boosted property deals.

97.   No freeze on housing loans for civil servants, NEW STRAITS TIMES-

98.   Nomura Research cited the lingering housing loan company issues, as well as the continued fall in land prices as barriers for full-fledged upward mobility.

99.   One of its roles is to help buyers of low-cost units who have hitherto faced the problem of raising housing loans from banks.

100.   Proceeds from the new bonds will be used to finance the purchase of housing loans from financial institutions, other corporations and the Government.