[' ', 'OF', 'NOTE...', '®', 'Indonesia:', 'Gudang', 'Garam', 'announced', 'thal,', 'pending', 'approval', 'from', 'regulatory', 'authorities,', 'it', 'intends', 'to', 'open', 'a', 'plant', 'in', 'India', 'because', 'of', 'the', 'country’s', 'large', 'market', 'potential', '(Reuters', '9/23).', 'Singapore:', 'At', 'the', 'International', 'Consultation', 'on', 'Youth', 'and', 'Tobacco', 'Derek', 'Yach', 'from', 'the', 'World', 'Health', 'Organization', 'accused', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry', 'of', 'targeting', 'children', 'as', 'potential', 'consumers', 'due', 'to', 'a', 'drop', 'in', 'the', 'adult', 'consumption', 'of', 'cigarettes', '(Business', 'Day', '9/29,', 'AP', '9/28).', '*', 'Philippines:', 'Fortune', 'Tobacco', 'Chairman', 'Lucio', 'Tan', 'acquired', 'three', 'board', 'scats', 'in', 'the', 'semi-private', 'Philippine', 'National', 'Bank', 'during', 'the', 'bank’s', 'stock', 'rights', 'offering', 'ending', 'September', '17', '(Busincssworld', '-', 'Philippines', '9/30).', '¢', 'Ukraine:', 'Philip', 'Morris', 'has', 'simultaneously', 'halted', 'cigarette', 'imports', 'to', 'the', 'country', 'and', 'launched', 'production', 'of', 'L&M', 'and', 'L&M', 'Lights', 'cigarettes', 'al', 'the', 'Kharkiv', 'Tobacco', 'Factory', '(Easter', 'Economist', 'Daily', '9/27).', '*', 'Spain:', 'Tabacalera', 'affiliate', 'Aldeasa', 'SA', 'announced', 'that', 'it', 'will', 'pay', 'its', 'shareholders', 'a', 'gross', 'interim', 'dividend', 'against', '1999', 'results', 'of', '28', 'pesetas', '(USS', '0.18)', 'per', 'share', 'on', 'October', '6', '(AFX', 'News', '9/24).', '¢', 'France:', 'Seita', 'has', 'signed', 'an', 'agreement', 'with', 'ComOne', 'telecom', 'producer', 'to', 'allow', 'cigarette', 'vendors', '10', 'place', 'delivery', 'orders', 'on', 'the', 'Internet', 'via', '@max', '(Reuters', '9/27).', '©', 'Argentina:', 'Congress', 'passed', 'bill', '25.157', 'to', 'support', 'tobacco', 'production', 'to', 'the', 'tune', 'of', 'USS', '60', 'million.', 'Lawmakers', 'passed', 'the', 'law', 'even', 'though', 'the', 'Executive', 'branch', 'vetoed', 'a', 'similar', 'law', 'the', 'previous', 'day', '[El', 'Cronista', 'Comercial', '9/23},', '¢', 'Puerto', 'Rico:', 'At', 'a', 'five', 'day', 'health', 'conference', 'in', 'San', 'Juan,', '30', 'Health', 'Ministers', 'and', 'other', 'senior', 'health', 'officials', 'from', 'all', 'the', 'Western', 'Hemisphere', 'countries', 'agreed', 'to', 'support', 'the', 'World', 'Health', 'Organization’s', 'proposed', 'Convention', 'on', 'Tobacco', 'Control', '(AP', '9/28).', ' ', 'Rebecca', 'Swissler', 'Issues', 'Analyst', 'E-mail:', 'rebecca@tma.org', '14', '«E>', 'P.O.', 'Box', '8019;', 'Princeton,', 'N.J.', '08543;', '609-275-4900;', '609-275-8379', '(fax);', 'tma@tma.org', 'WA', '99-40', 'RJRO000001523067848', '70037', '0455', 'cO7l', '8262S', ' ']