1.   A Japanese government advisory panel urged the government to revise the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law to allow Japanese companies to begin foreign exchange transactions.

2.   A government panel urged that the state-controlled bank be required to shed its holdings in either Koor Industries Ltd. or Clal Israel.

3.   A federal health advisory panel on Wednesday urged first-year college students to consider being immunized against bacterial meningitis, an extremely rare but potentially fatal infection.

4.   A state AIDS panel is urging leaders in Albany to spend more money on AIDS and H.I.V. programs and services aimed at minority groups.

5.   But a draft leaked to the New York Times and reported Tuesday indicates the panel will in fact urge the government to require higher fuel efficiency in autos.

6.   But last week an FDA panel urged the agency to say no, saying people should not be encouraged to waste money on a drug with limited effectiveness.

7.   Emphasizing a theme advanced by Dr. Bernard N. Fields of Harvard before his death last year, the panel urged a rededication to initiatives in basic research.

8.   If the strike is disruptive enough, the panel could urge Clinton to appoint a Presidential Emergency Board to seek a settlement.

9.   In an interim report, the panel urged the government to establish a formal system for handling bank failures.

10.   In addition, the panel urged that samples be taken in each of the five boroughs every day, a practice the department began in May.