1.   A government spokeswoman said the new laws would protect vulnerable children.

2.   A new law to prevent the export of rare birds is to be introduced.

3.   According to the new law local parliaments would be empowered to conduct inspection and auditing of local governments.

4.   Additionally, the new law has symbolic functions.

5.   As well as streamlining procedures to expel illegal immigrants, the new law curbs their rights to demonstrate and strike.

6.   Because of the new laws, food companies are complaining about meddling government.

7.   Besides tougher legal standards, there are several procedural reasons to go slow under the new law, legal experts say.

8.   Both sides have agreed on a new electoral law which guarantees secret balloting and an immediate count.

9.   But it recently forced the government to promise new laws banning sales of alcohol.