11.   Chuan rebuked the top labour bureaucrat, saying he could not use office hours as an excuse for his failure to keep abreast of important labour developments.

12.   Diplomatic passports are issued to parliamentarians and top bureaucrats as a privilege.

13.   Despite predictions that India will produce enough sugar this year, the import was ordered by Surinder Singh, a top bureaucrat, the Financial Express newspaper said Wednesday.

14.   Hamilton Wanasinghe, a former army chief, was appointed by the previous United National Party government as the top bureaucrat in the ministry.

15.   If the government does go, the top bureaucrats in the ministries will keep the EU apparatus chugging along.

16.   L. Mishra, a top bureaucrat of the federal labor ministry, said the fault lay with the state governments.

17.   Maccanico, a former reform minister and top bureaucrat, met with party leaders through the morning.

18.   One way he is doing this is to attend, as often as possible, farewell lunches for top bureaucrats leaving the service.

19.   Relief Secretary I.U. Malik, the top bureaucrat in the ministry, did not say how many houses were damaged.

20.   Several top bureaucrats were present at the meeting, which also criticized Mrs. Zia for deploying the army in the capital to maintain law and order.