41.   The commission will issue licenses to futures brokers and futures traders not acting as brokers, said commission chairman Zhou Daojiong.

42.   The Aerflot worker, Vladimir Gurdzhiyants, was convicted of high treason, said the chairman of the Moscow Military Court, Alexander Beznasyuk.

43.   The confidence stems from its resourcefulness and the determination of its management team, says chairman Ng Geok Tian in his latest statement.

44.   The festival board decided Friday to ask Barenboim, the orchestra and tenor Placido Domingo to consider playing music by other composers instead, said board chairman Dan Halperin.

45.   The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. said the chairman and chief executive officer of its stores division will leave the company by year-end.

46.   The Japanese Labor Camp Survivors Association said its chairman, Arthur Titherington, was summoned urgently to the Japanese Embassy on Friday night and told of an imminent announcement.

47.   The jewelry retailer said its chairman and chief executive has resigned, and it will delay the release of its latest quarterly financial results.

48.   THE Liberal Party worked very hard to secure a reasonable Budget for the people of Hong Kong, said party chairman Allen Lee Peng-fei.

49.   The money should instead be spent on providing the anti-AIDS drugs AZT to victims, said Democratic Party chairman Douglas Gibson.

50.   The recent collapse of Peregrine Investment highlighted the need for a change in the disclosure rules, said SFC chairman Anthony Neoh.