101.   Chinese consulates worldwide will begin issuing visas for Hong Kong on Monday, eight days before China resumes control over the territory, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

102.   Chinese Embassies last week reportedly were refusing to issue visas to several thousand women because of their political views.

103.   Chinese Embassies were reported last week to be refusing to issue visas to several thousand women because of their political views.

104.   Chinese authorities have stopped issuing tourist visas to foreign journalists in a bid to tighten controls on media, a newspaper reported Saturday.

105.   Chiu accused China, which regained sovereignty over Hong Kong in July, of stopping the Hong Kong government from issuing them visas.

106.   Dekkers said he relies on the U.S. State Department, which issues the visas, for that.

107.   Downer has denied speculation in a Brisbane newspaper, the Courier-Mail, that the government might refuse to issue a visa to Chen.

108.   Embassy employees who issue visas should be educated about the widespread problem of trafficking in women.

109.   Embassy employees who issue visas should learn about the widespread problem.

110.   Foreigners were ordered to leave Saturday, and the Taliban have stopped issuing new visas.