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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN， Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Brunei government abolished the existing cement import quota policy effective from January 1， 2017.


Cement prices in the sultanate are set to fall with the government decision， a local cement distributor told Xinhua on Tuesday after Brunei's Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister's Office (EIDPMO) issued a press release late Monday regarding the abolishment.


"Brunei had maintained the cement import quota policy for many years in the name of protecting local manufacturer"， he said on condition of anonymity.


"This new policy is expected to open up the market for all types of cement， boosting construction activities in the country at a time when the country is striving to diversify its economy away from oil and gas".


Brunei's cement market was previously regulated under an import quota system where the quantity of imported cement was controlled and limited. A World Trade Organization trade policy review on Brunei issued in May 2001 stated that "there also appears to be a 'temporary' ban on imports of cement to protect local producers".


"The new policy will provide more opportunities in the construction and other sectors， create more spin-offs for our local micro， small and medium enterprises and benefit the people as a whole because an open market will result in competition which in turn will reduce prices of cement and the cost of construction，" EIDPMO said in the press release.


"This will also ensure that there will be sufficient cement supply. The cheaper price will also promote export opportunities for local producers."


"A Committee for Registration of Cement Importers has been set up to oversee and implement the new policy. It will work to protect the interests of the consumers by establishing standards of cement quality and endeavouring to maintain adequate supplies of cement，" the EIDPMO statement added.




OSLO， Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- In the last academic year， there were about 270 primary and secondary students in Norway who did not participate in education due to chronic fatigue syndrome， or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)， newspaper Aftenposted reported Tuesday.


The statistics， delivered by Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Service， refer to the cases in which the parents of the absent children named ME as the main reason for skipping school.


Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has expressed deep concern that hundreds of children and young people lose education opportunities because they are affected by ME.


Solberg said that there was a reason to believe that the numbers were higher because of the lack of reporting.


"As a parliament member I met many patients with ME，" she said， adding that many were sad and frustrated because they felt that the community did not take them seriously.


The prime minister believed that ME affects entire families with vulnerable patients who have different needs.


In total there were 1，877 absent students for more than three months in the previous school year. A total of 735 had other diagnosis than ME and 873 had unknown diagnosis.


Solberg believed both young people and their families need a better service so that they do not fall out of school and education.


"It is important that we learn more about the reason why they get sick and what can make them healthy again，" she added.


She said the government will give priority to three measures within the state budget: national and international research， close interaction during the treatment and better opportunity for nursing care through the new care benefit scheme.


The Norwegian government has given 38 million kroner (4.57 million U.S. dollars) to a pilot project that will look at how it can be avoided that ME patients get lost in the system and can get diagnosis and proper follow-up as quickly as possible. Enditem

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday addressed the Spanish Congress in the wake of the ""suspended"" declaration of independence made by Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont.

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