51.   The parliament is scheduled to debate Thursday a second bill reducing a securities transaction tax, which the KMT said it was also determined to prevent.

52.   It was the second time in eight months that South Korea had lowered the stock transaction tax.

53.   It was the second time in eight months that South Korea has lowered the stock transaction tax.

54.   The finance ministry had proposed that the capital gains tax on securities transactions be enacted in tandem with the reduced securities transactions tax.