This set of media advisory notes is the outcome of a series of media forum held from 1994-1995 on various policy issues and programs of government. The following topics are included in the discussion: the build-operate-transfer scheme of the government infrastructure development, the expanded value-added tax in the light of the proposed tax reforms, the impact of foreign exchange movements on the Philippine economy, the human resource development program in APEC and the GATT-WTO adjustment measures for labor.