11.   Kuo cited Taiwan as an example of a once successful economy which used SMIs as the backbone but which stagnated at present due to the lack of flexible policies.

12.   Many Russian immigrants had sought more flexible religious policies to help integrate non-Jewish spouses.

13.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted Sunday at a more flexible policy in Lebanon if the Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas stopped their campaign against Israeli troops.

14.   The Central Bank has adopted a flexible monetary policy, embarked on gradual deregulations, and encouraged the consolidation of the banking system through mergers and acquisitions.

15.   The measures, according to Mr Lo, would enable developers to establish a flexible sales policy.

16.   The report recommended using a flexible policy to direct supplies from countries that are meeting their minimum consumption targets with domestic resources to more vulnerable areas.

17.   The two indicated that a flexible monetary policy would be maintained.

18.   Yang said more flexible policies have been introduced that allow farmers to freely choose what form of contraception they use.

19.   Commerzbank economist Peter Pietsch said that the Bundesbank move came at an appropriate time and showed that it wanted to adopt a more flexible monetary policy.

20.   Earlier this week Takenaka had said he wanted to attend the meeting to request that the central bank take a flexible policy stance.