71.   Many private firms have hired consultants to help them diversify, he said.

72.   The Philippines and Taiwan have reached an agreement allowing Taiwanese firms to directly hire Filipino workers, a Filipino official says.

73.   With a university degree and a two-year internship under his belt, he thought a big advertising firm would hire him.

74.   Currently, Hong Kong firms can only hire skilled workers from China under a strict quota system, drawing names from an approved list of university graduates.

75.   King Fahd last month appealed to private firms to hire Saudi workers and called for improvements to the education system to make Saudis more qualified for jobs.