Policies & Regulations
•  Thailand¡¯s Biosafety Guildlines in Genetic Engineering ¡ª Part II
•  China to Improve Health Care for its Ethic Population by 2000
•  Singapore Government Issues Warning on Chinese Medicines

Major Event
•  Malaysia Encourages Use of Locally Manufactured Drugs
•  Kumho Life and Environmental Science Workshop
•  Vista Healthcare to Set Up New Day Surgery Centre
•  China Hopes to Take Advantage of TCM¡¯s Popularity -- Part I

Research News
•  A New Technique for Faster Fish Growth
•  Transgenic Fish Research in China
•  Genetically-Engineered Interleukin-2 Goes into Production
•  Nisin as a Natural Food Preservative
•  Clinical Trials for Human Neutrophic Factor
•  Insect-Resistant Transgenic Poplar Trees -- A Success in China
•  China Cultivates Improved Strains of Sea Buckthorn

Traditional Chinese Medicine
•  American Ginseng Made in China
•  Chinese Herbs Available in Granular Form

Company Profile
•  China Aerospace Ventures into Biotechnology
•  Big Changes for Singtech
•  STIC Ventures into Thriving Health Care Business in China
•  Large-Scale Feed Corporation Established in Beijing
•  Rhone-Poulenc to Strengthen Base in China

General Information & Statistics
•  The ¡®Blue Drugstore¡¯
•  Malaysian Palm Oil Becomes More Competitive in China
•  Symposium on Agricultural Technology
•  China¡¯s Science and Technology Investment for 1996
•  Challengers Faced by the Indian Food Industry

Education
•  Beijing University Sets Up Institute for Natural Drugs
•  International Panel Advise on How to Make Singapore Universities World-Class

What We Hear
•  Professor Richard Johnson Appointed as Director of Singapore National Neuroscience Institute

Patents
•  Chinese Drug Patents