1.   After three reserves went down with injuries, the conventional wisdom was that it actually helped, because Montgomery was forced to use his best players more.

2.   He said the currency reserves will likely go up towards the end of the year in line with the pre-Christmas rise in remittances from overseas Filipinos.

3.   He said government financial reserves have gone up and the Kuala Lumpur stock market has improved, while house and motor vehicle sales are up.

4.   Indirectly, this means that there will be no increase in paid-up capital since Saran says that reserves are not going to be capitalised for bonus issues.

5.   Water reserves are going down rapidly.

6.   China appealed Friday for increased foreign cooperation in its offshore oil and gas sector, saying vast mineral reserves were going untapped.