London, November 7. According BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, "The government of the Tibet Autonomous Region has adjusted its economic growth to an annual speed of ten per cent to catch up with interior parts of the country. A regional official said this was another adjustment since last year, when the region revised its annual economic growth from the annual speed of 5.8 per cent to eight per cent. To accomplish the objective, Tibet has encouraged people in the major river valleys to grow grain while planting trees and growing fruits and vegetables; people in the semi-farming and semi-pastoral areas to expand the proportion of livestock breeding so as to be self-sufficient in grain, meat and milk; those in pastoral areas to concentrate on domestic animal breeding and processing to supply more meat and butter to other parts of the region; and those in forest and border areas to develop forest products and border trade. In addition, the regional government has stressed overall agricultural development, accel

eration of the study and popularization of agro-technology, and diversified economy so as to increase the income of farmers and herdsmen". (EuroTibet News nr.5)