71.   The new law makes it easier for companies to lay off workers and extend working hours.

72.   The plan of the stock exchange to extend trading hours starting Wednesday, has also fuelled confidence in the economy.

73.   The task team co-ordinating the election acknowledged there had been delays and problems in certain areas, but there was no need to extend voting hours.

74.   The unions charge that the law gives employers a freer hand to fire workers and extend working hours.

75.   Unions have organised mounting strikes against a law passed in virtual secrecy which they say makes it easier for companies to lay off workers and extend working hours.

76.   Unions here say the law gives employers a freer hand in firing workers and extending working hours.

77.   Unionists say the new law, which in January triggered violent clashes between police and workers, makes it easier to extend working hours or to sack staff.

78.   Unions charge that the law gives employers a freer hand to fire workers and extend working hours.

79.   Unions charge that the law gives employers a freer hand to fire workers and extend working hours as South Korea lacks social safety net, including unemployment insurance.

80.   Unions here say the law gives employers a freer hand to fire workers and extend working hours.