1.   Reformed systems of direct support, aimed in particular at helping family farms and crofts.

2.   They were to retain a commitment to sessional work at Powick, with the elderly population, under the reformed system.

3.   The essential line of argument is that a reformed electoral system could constitute a greater threat to the maintenance of political authority than any defects of the existing system.

4.   In a temporary break for salaried workers, the government will suspend plans to increase the financial burden of company employees in a reformed medical insurance system.

5.   But the reformed financial system will cover financial institutions, markets and financial supervision, Xinhua said.

6.   Officials hope the reformed system will save the EU budget millions of dollars.