1.   Polish banks can still take two or three weeks to clear a cheque.

2.   This will afford the opportunity to clear the cheque, and indeed to make sure that there are no problems caused by postal delays.

3.   A friend undertook to clear the cheques for him at the BBC.

4.   Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Affifuddin Omar said with this system, all local cheques will be cleared within the same day and outstation cheques in five working days.

5.   He said with this system all local cheques would be cleared within the same day while the process for outstation cheques would be shortened to five working days.

6.   Business sources said the NBC had temporarily stopped clearing cheques from both First Overseas and Cambodia Asia Bank.