BRIEFING - ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE - OCT 10, 2005.

(From Asia Pulse)

An executive briefing on infrastructure for Oct 10, 2005, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.

WB ANNOUNCES US$20 MLN AID FOR PAKISTAN RECONSTRUCTION

ISLAMABAD - The World Bank has provided Pakistan with an amount of US$20 million for earthquake reconstruction to help Pakistan manage the damage to infrastructure and livelihoods of its people suffered during Saturday's earthquake.

This amount will be made available immediately by reallocating resources from existing projects, according to a World Bank press release here Sunday. Additional resources of this or greater magnitude can be made available as damage assessment is carried out and requested by the government.

CHINA TO BUILD FOUR SUPER-LARGE POWER PLANTS ON YANGTZE RIVER

WUHAN - China will build four more super-large hydropower plants in the upper reach of Yangtze River in the next 5-10 years, according to the …