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F O C U S
 
Yard's downsizing way off target
The number of shipyard workers that have so far applied
for the early retirement scheme stands at only just over one quarter
of what the government had originally estimated. Approximately 520
workers from the Malta Drydocks and Malta Shipbuilding have applied
for the early retirement scheme, which is well off the 1,900 that
the government was looking for initially.
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Inflation up, up and away
The rate of inflation may have spun out of control with
the figure for February reaching an all-time high of 3.48 per cent,
0.21 per cent higher than the January average, which had broken
the three per cent barrier for the first time since August 1998..
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French tourism down but not alarming
By
Ray Abdilla
Although Malta’s leading tour operator responsible
for incoming French tourists has experienced a drop of around 7.5%
following the 11 September attacks, he is confident that the sector
is already showing signs of picking up. READ
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INTERVIEW
The importance
of being informed
He is entrusted with informing the Maltese public on the European
Union but at the same time he dislikes politics. He is the
Labour party’s favourite punching bag, even though he
won’t tell people how to vote in a referendum. The head
of the Malta-EU Information Centre, Simon Busuttil,
found time in his busy schedule to talk to KURT SANSONE about
the EU and related controversies. |
OPINION
Relieving the world’s
poor
Finance Minister John Dalli last weekend addressed the International
Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico. Following
are extracts from his speech, in which he called for the implementation
of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and for the enhancement
of trade capacities of developing countries.
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