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Agenda 21 Update Start of the tourist season sees fall in unemployment In the Comunidad Valenciana the number of unemployed decreased by 12,067 people last month and 42,960 over the previous year, to a total of 438,663. The sector where the lowest unemployment last month was services, with 8,143 fewer unemployed, followed by industry (2153), construction (1,107) and the group without previous employment (-760), Nine out of ten jobs are temporary. From Las Provincias Spanish peaches and plums for China The Chinese Government has sent officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to Spain review the conditions of production, harvesting and packing of stone fruits, to organize the fulfillment of the established phytosanitary protocols and prepare the first shipments to that country. Last April the governments of Beijing and Madrid signed an agreement that opens the doors of China to stone fruits (peaches, nectarines, plums) as they have already been doing for citrus for some years. The first fruits to be authorized to export to China have been peaches and plums, Spain is the first country in the world authorized by the Executive Beijing to send peaches. From Las Provincias Christine Betterton Jones Xaló and Lliber drinking water crisis Xálo has potable water in only 30% of its supply network, and in Lliber it’s only on the pueblo. A couple of months ago both locations had