1.   Republican leaders in the Senate are circulating for consideration a draft revision incorporating the Southern California landscape-wide concept of plant and animal preservation.

2.   The weeks ahead are quite likely to see draft revisions as other council members try to add or remove provisions.

3.   A working committee of the ministry completed the draft revision on Wednesday.

4.   Ruling party legislators are working on a draft revision before negotiations with a conservative opposition.

5.   The draft revision also liberalises securities brokerages, futures and forward trading in line with the executive decree on financial reform, which was passed earlier.

6.   The Foreign Ministry is waiting for a counterproposal to the draft revision it drew up.

7.   The Law Committee is putting the final touches to the draft revision before publishing it in state-controlled media this week to seek citizen suggestions.

8.   Draft revisions would be drawn up in meetings in Seoul and Washington, he said, without speculating on when the review process would be completed.

9.   The requirement was included in an amendment to a draft revision of the regulations governing foreign students studying here.

10.   Under the draft revisions, a violator will face up to seven years in jail.