News in Brief ����*Cotton Going to Be Given a Lowered State Guiding Purchasing Price This Year ����*State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Water Conservancy Construction Map out Plans for Water Conservancy Construction on the Yellow River ����*Repairs on Flood Breached City Wall Formally Started in Jiujiang City ����*Tourists to Go on a Visit from the Mainland to Hong Kong Reach an All Time High ����*"On-line Banking Service" Rising in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province ���� Economicnews 1999-01-12 Page2 Full Story in Chinese