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This Clinton Presidential Library folder holds NSC cables from January 1999 to December 2000, filed under the heading "Flying Saucer or UFO". A withdrawal sheet lists eleven cables that were withheld in full or in part under Presidential Records Act and FOIA restrictions. The released cables include an FBIS summary of a Bogota TV newscast, which notes that a UFO photograph printed by El Espectador was a hoax. They also include a US Embassy Beijing report on Quanzhou, Fujian, and a Vladivostok cable on Governor Yevgeniy Nazdratenko.
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PERSONAL INCOMES WOULD IMPROVE IN THE COMING MONTHS. HOUSING BENEFIT MONETARIZED ON OCTOBER 1, 1998 - REAL UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 09 BEIJING 000475 WHITE HOUSE FOR OSTP/DBEHRING AND OVP DEPT FOR EAP/CM AND PRM/POP/MARGARET POLLACK DEPT PASS USAID/POPULATION/BARBARA CRANE USDOC PASS CENSUS USDA FAS FOR CMP, ARS, AND ERS STATE PASS USTR FOR CASSIDY AND POPOVICH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV, SOCI, ECON, EAGR, PGOV, NTDB, UNFPA, CH SUBJECT: QUANZHOU, FUJIAN -- A TRAVELER'S TALE ESTATE BOOM, BUT FINANCING A HOME IS DIFFICULT 4. QUANZHOU CITY ON OCTOBER 1, 1998 ENDED THE ASSIGNMENT OF HOUSING AS A JOB BENEFIT FOR WORKERS. THIS BENEFIT HAS BEEN MONETARIZED SO WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO RENT OR PURCHASE THEIR OWN HOUSING. ACCORDING TO THE NOVEMBER 11, 1998 QUANZHOU WANBAO, SALES OF RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE IN THE URBAN DISTRICT OF QUANZHOU CITY DOUBLED DURING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1998 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD OF 1997. THE VALUE OF PERSONAL HOUSING LOANS FROM THE TWO BIGGEST QUANZHOU BANKS, THE QUANZHOU CONSTRUCTION BANK AND THE QUANZHOU INDUSTRIAL BANK, INCREASED SHARPLY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1998 TO A COMBINED TOTAL OF 120 MILLION RMB [1.0 USD EQUALS 8.3 RMB]. EVEN SO CONSTRUCTION HAS OUTPACED DEMAND AND IT HAS BECOME A BUYER'S MARKET. THE INCORPORATION OF SOME OF THE SURROUNDING RURAL LAND INTO URBAN QUANZHOU IN 1997 HAS MADE MORE REAL ESTATE AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION. LACK OF ADEQUATE HOUSING LOAN FUNDS, THE LIMITED RANGE OF LOAN PRODUCTS, COMPLICATED APPLICATION PROCEDURES, AND INADEQUATE LOAN RISK INFORMATION SHARING AND RISK EVALUATION ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HOLDING BACK PERSONAL HOUSING SALES. MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY HOMES AND SO THE CHANGE FROM LARGE LOT HOUSING PURCHASES BY ORGANIZATIONS TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSING PURCHASES WILL TAKE SOME TIME, ACCORDING TO THE QUANZHOU WANBAO. 5. OVERCHARGING FOR RURAL ELECTRICITY IS A COMMON PROBLEM, SAID THE QUANZHOU WANBAO. THE CITY PRICE BUREAU AND ELECTRICITY BUREAU SET THE PER KILOWATT-HOUR PRICE FOR RURAL RESIDENTIAL USE AT 0.53 RMB, AGRICULTURAL USE AT 0.24 RMB AND INDUSTRIAL USE AT 0.71 RMB. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ORDERED THAT THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY MAY IN NO CASE EXCEED 1 RMB PER KILOWATT-HOUR. [COMMENT: CAMPAIGNS TO STOP PEOPLE FROM STEALING ELECTRICITY AND TO ELIMINATE SPECIAL LOW PRICES FOR "FRIENDS OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY" [QINGDIAN] HAVE BEEN COMMON IN RURAL CHINA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. ONE CHINESE SCHOLAR WHO HAS DONE FIELD WORK ON ENERGY ECONOMICS SAYS THAT DOOR-TO-DOOR SURVEYS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO DETERMINE WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY PAYING FOR ELECTRICITY. ELECTRIC COMPANY OFFICIAL
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 64 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.