Japan has drawn up draft proposals for an "APEC Y2K Week" to help the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, especially developing members, cope with the Year 2000 computer bug problem.
According to the proposals, presented to other APEC economies earlier this week and obtained Friday by The Japan Times, each member is to select one week in the second half of April to be APEC Y2K Week.
In addition, Japan proposes holding an international symposium on the dreaded problem in Singapore for two days of the designated week.