31.   But he gave assurances that the domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry would ensure that all parties involved in the chicken trade kept prices low following the ban.

32.   But a spokesman for the Dutch economic affairs ministry, Luuc van Zijp, denied that negotiations had been completed.

33.   Civil Defence Director Park Kwon-Sop of the home affairs ministry blamed human error.

34.   The police affairs ministry pledged last Thursday to meet the demands of the disgruntled officers to prevent the strike.

35.   The religious affairs ministry said no concrete decision has been made yet.

36.   The social affairs ministry which laid on visits to landmarks and other places of interest said very few people had taken advantage of the trips.

37.   They added that Klima would do away with the health ministry for economic reasons and would fold it into the social affairs ministry to be headed by Eleonore Hostasch.

38.   They complain about the dominance accorded by the state to Sunni Islam and perceived attempts by the religious affairs ministry to assimilate them.

39.   Two weeks earlier, a bomb killed an official of the religious affairs ministry.

40.   Under Indonesian law, all socio-political organizations have to be registered at the home affairs ministry.