11.   Foreign bankers strongly disagreed.

12.   Foreign bankers complain that the government is undermining the fiscal SWAT team it recently created to save or dispose of the most troubled companies.

13.   Foreign bankers in Jakarta have said that Bank Indonesia, the central bank, needs to take a key role, acting as a clearing house to guarantee settlement.

14.   Foreign bankers in Jakarta said Bank Indonesia, the central bank, needs to take a key role, acting as a clearing house to guarantee settlement.

15.   Foreign bankers, who cautiously welcomed the announcement, stressed the urgency of being allowed to do business in renminbi.

16.   Gone are the days when foreign bankers could rely on political connections as a substitute for proper credit-risk analysis.

17.   How well the new regulations work, foreign bankers said, may depend on the willingness of local banks to comply, and on other unforeseeable factors.

18.   However, foreign central bankers will be barred from adding to their bill holdings at the auctions.

19.   In an effort to delay reaching the debt limit, foreign central bankers were prohibited from purchasing any notes exceeding the maturing notes they already held.

20.   Indonesian central bank officials met with foreign bankers earlier today to talk about the negotiations and explain its efforts to ease the financial crisis.