The Business Times Malta



Issue No. 182	25 April - 1 May 2001

Interview
Interview with FOI secretary general, Edwin Calleja

Editorial

The credit pinch
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Evarist Bartolo is quite right

Feature
Maltacom Training College bridging the communications divide
The Maltacom Training College is breaking new ground in the training of hi-tech staff, sorely needed by the country

Focus
EMU not on Malta’s cards for now
If Malta is to join the European Union, membership of the European Monetary Union has been confirmed as a more distant prospect

Opinion
Luring investment away from the competition
Economic Services Minister Josef Bonnici, last week inaugurated a new administrative building at the Mosta Technopark, he laid praise on the high-performing manufacturing sector, despite increasing competition from central and eastern Europe and certain North African countries.

News
Another supermarket falls victim to bankruptcy
In the latest wave of misfortune to hit the supermarket sector, Savemart in San Gwann was closed down yesterday

Non-committal
Labour Party spokesman Leo Brincat told The Business Times that nobody knows how the benchmarking exercise is going to work

Demands will cost Lm1 million
Nobody is willing to reveal the extent of the financial package being demanded by the GWU and UHM for employees in government corporations

BoV shareholder profit down 38%
The Bank of Valletta Group yesterday released its financial results for the last six months, which reveal a decline in most aspects of its business compared with the same period last year

Mario Cutajar promotes ‘Irish model’ for MCED
The General Workers’ union has moved with the times, recognising the importance of social dialogue, accepting that globalisation is part of progress and acknowledging that the concept of a job for life is a thing of the past.

Home working made easier by ADSL
DataStream CEO, Godfrey Vella, talks to KURT SANSONE on the potential of high-speed data services

AD appeals for importation of cleaner fuel
| Alternattiva Demokratika in a statement has appealed to the Government to authorise the importation Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) fuel for use in Malta

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