31.   Investments in priority areas get various incentives such as tax holidays and reduced duties of capital equipment.

32.   Amnuay said a top priority area would also be the sluggish property market.

33.   Apart from the government procurement talks, which also cover computers, supercomputers and satellites, other priority areas are automotive trade and access to the Japanese insurance market.

34.   At their sixth annual meeting in Jakarta last year, APEC ministers adopted a standards and conformance framework which includes mutual recognition as one of four priority areas.

35.   Automobiles and auto components, government procurement and insurance are priority areas in which the United States is demanding greater market access to Japanese markets.

36.   Blunkett also highlighted five police priority areas in a bid to tackle the inner-city areas with the highest crime levels.

37.   But railways and communications were the priority areas, senior officials said.

38.   EU machine standards and food standards should be priority areas for the rolling review, he added.

39.   The statement gave a general outline of the cooperation that was expected and did not list any priority areas.

40.   The statement said South Africa had identified a number of priority areas on which it plans to focus over the next three years, when it chairs SADC.