51.   The government has extended the pre-sale period for uncompleted apartments from nine months to a year.

52.   The government will also extend a tax deduction to businesses that set aside funds for preparing for earthquakes and similar disasters, the official said.

53.   The government has extended by three months its amnesty offer to Buddhist tribespeople fighting for autonomy in south Bangladesh, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.

54.   The government has extended its deadline for a Thai-Cambodian airline to shut down to make way for the new national carrier, a government official said Friday.

55.   The government has extended the expiration date for its new offer several times, and it is slated to expire on Friday.

56.   THE government is extending a hand to financially troubled companies under a proposed bankruptcy law that shields them from creditor actions for up to six months.

57.   The government may extend those privileges to U.S.-based AT-and-T, Spanish Alcatel and German Siemens for another three years, the newspaper said.

58.   The government on Wednesday extended a curfew on a frontier trading town with India following clashes between Hindus and Muslims, home ministry officials said.

59.   The government then extended it another two months.

60.   The Malaysian government on Friday extended from three to five years the validity of work permits for foreigners employed in construction, manufacturing, hotel and restaurant sectors.