Are property values going up or down or are they remaining static? Very few advertisers like to mention the price of their property indicating perhaps that many people are not sure of property values in different areas, values have gone up in certain places but there does not seem to be an appreciable increase in price in many places. In the meantime, many construction companies are advertising rather heavily these days. Ginger wonders how good the response has been.

There are many reasons why the response could be rather poor for both forms of advertising. With the stock market dipping to rock bottom, many people who had tied up their money in shares would find it difficult to get back their investments. The cost of living has shot up to such heights that many young working couples will not have the cash to pay for housing loans. In fact, the younger employees in the public sector would find it tough getting through the day with the price of food, electricity, gas and travelling as they are. A lull is but to be expected.

Use of pill can be dangerous
Was the pill as safe in every respect as we thought. Now medical research suggests that we could have been a little mistaken and that there could have been certain dangers in certain instances. The pill could have affected a certain type of individual.

They say that those who popped the pill before 1975, should be a little careful. They say that those who had family histories of breast cancer should be careful as it raised the chances of getting breast cancer and should be a little wary about getting mammograins if your close relatives have the disease.

Suharto family in trouble
The Suharto family has been badly discredited in the recent past. Now the focus is on Tommy Suharto, the son of the former President. He could go to jail for corruption. He had asked president Wahid for a pardon but the request had been turned down.

However, he will not be taken in according to officials in the Attorney General's Department till his request goes through the normal process but his lawyer, say they have fresh evidence of his innocence and the decision would be considered. Such back door deals are common anyway and that may account for the tardiness in carrying out the sentence.