21.   Hun Sen last week announced the closure of the Taiwanese representative office here for its alleged involvement in terrorist activities.

22.   In announcing the closure and restructuring program, Finance Minister Fuad Bawazier appealed for calm.

23.   It also has announced plant closures, the sale of peripheral businesses and the loss of thousands of jobs.

24.   It was the first time he had met with the union leaders since the closure was announced.

25.   Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. announced the closure of its other mobile phone plant in Great Britain, in Portsmouth, earlier this year.

26.   Prime Minister Sam Hinds, who announced the closure Sunday in a statement, said top executives of Guybus Ltd. had informed him of their decision on Friday.

27.   Renault, partly owned by the French state, definitively announced the closure of the Vilvoorde factory on Saturday.

28.   Renault, which is partly owned by the French government, definitively announced the closure of the factory last Saturday.

29.   The car company initially announced the closure of the Aichi plant in February.

30.   The government statement announcing the closure gave no reasons.