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White House Releases Latest Y2K Report

In its latest report on preparing for the Y2K problem, the White House has said failures are all but certain in some foreign countries because of their late efforts to fix systems.

According to a story run by the Nando Times, John Koskinen, head of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, predicted the greatest threat to America from the Year 2000 glitch could come from computer failures overseas.

Koskinen was addressing 150 experts from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum who gathered for a two-day conference on the millennium bug.

"We need to focus in depth on specific problems," such as transportation, energy, telecommunications and financial services, he said.

In another speech at the Singapore gathering, Takeo Shiina, a Y2K expert from Japan, said it is "very important" for governments and businesses as well as individuals to make contingency plans for Jan. 1.

As one of the first countries to enter the year 2000, experts in New Zealand are worried they will be jammed with inquiries from around the world on how things went Jan. 1.

Source: Nando Times

DATE: 4/23/99

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