RACAN: GOVT WILL APPOINT HINA'S ACTING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ON THURSDAY

ZAGREB, July 10 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan on Monday announced that the government would appoint the acting editor-in-chief of the Croatian news agency Hina on Thursday and that parliament would probably appoint Hina's acting director at its extraordinary session this month. "The Government will on Thursday appoint the acting editor-in- chief," Racan said after a meeting with the presidents of other parties making up the ruling coalition. He would not reveal the identity of Hina's acting editor-in-chief since consultations on the matter were underway. Racan said Hina's acting editor-in-chief and director would be appointed for a period of a couple of months, after which a new law, adjusting Hina to new conditions, would be adopted. After this, applications for the two posts will be invited. According to the Law on Hina of 1990, the agency's editor-in-chief is appointed by the government and its director by the parliament. The Prime Minister said the government would in the next two weeks hold an extraordinary session on the reform of the Croatian Railway and it planned to present its reform of the shipbuilding industry at the parliament's first autumn session. Racan gave this statement after an official lunch at the parliament restaurant with Parliament Speaker Zlatko Tomcic, who celebrates his 55th birthday today. (hina) jn rml