31.   All the companies have halted or drastically scaled down their operations and retrenched hundreds of workers.

32.   Last week the company voluntarily halted digital trading after the SEC requested time to study the practice.

33.   Managing director Peter Botten said that at one stage, the company had halted non-essential travel in the country and run its Port Moresby operation with a skeleton staff.

34.   On Thursday, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns in Washington had urged Hanoi to ensure the local company did not halt supplies.