81.   The federal budget does not include defense spending, which is mainly supported by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the federation.

82.   The mini budget included two years of advance payments of taxes on sums put aside by companies to pay compensation to workers leaving employment.

83.   The new budget includes steep bureaucratic job cuts, increased corporate and gasoline taxes, and a major privatisation programme.

84.   The leading business daily said the supplementary budget would include countermeasures to rapid rises in the yen and reconstruction for the quake-ravaged Kobe area.