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PARA 16 SECOND SENTENCE TO READ: ''APPLICATIONS FOR THE 43,250 PLACES UNDER THE FIRST TRANCHE WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO THE END OF FEBRUARY!!

PARA 25 FIRST SENTENCE, SECOND HALF, TO READ: ''EIGHT MILLION POUNDS WHICH WILL MEET HALF THE COST, WILL BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1991''.

PARA 32 PENULTIMATE SENTENCE: INSERT ''SHORT-LIVED'' BEFORE THE WORDS ''OIL PRICE RISES''.

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PARA 42 SECOND SENTENCE, SECOND HALF, TO READ 'THE WHITE PAPER IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED IN MARCH 1991''.

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