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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (83)	10/21/1998 8:45:00 PM
From: Charles A. King	of 89

China in uphill fight against millennium bug 11:05 a.m. Oct 21, 1998 Eastern BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese government agencies and government-owned enterprises are scrambling to tackle the millennium bug in order to meet a September 1999 deadline imposed by Beijing, the China Economic Times said Wednesday. The State Council, or Cabinet, decreed last month that all government computer systems must be revised by March and millennium bug tests must be completed by September 1999. Those that fail to meet the deadlines will be punished. infoseek.com:80/Content?arn=a0601LBY530reulb-19981021&qt=china&sv=IS&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486 How do you punish a computer system? Oh, maybe it means the people responsible for not meeting the government imposed deadline will be punished. Humm, I can think of reasons for having that policy in the USA. Charles

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