As a result virtually all formal non-farm jobs are in the former canal zone.

ECONOMIST: The Panama Canal

In 1954, Britain and Egypt initialled an agreement to end British occupation of the Suez Canal Zone.

CNN: Monday,

In the former Canal Zone, meanwhile, another diplomatic tiff concerned Panama's decision to award a contract to run the ports of Cristobal and Balboa to Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. in a deal that Ambassdor Hughes said was unfair to American bidders.

CNN: The Canal Cronies

The agency responsible for building the canal and administering the Canal Zone, the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC), had no alternative but to provide them with such American necessities as iceboxes and porcelain baths as well as such perks as home leave and houses with wide verandas.

ECONOMIST: American canal building

Businessmen and investors are needed, for instance, to develop the 150, 000 hectares (370, 000 acres) of canal-zone land that have just been handed over by the United States.

ECONOMIST: Colombia and its neighbours