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F O C U S
Government 2001 expenditure
well below budgetary estimate
According to the National Statistics Office’s long-awaited
results of government’s financial performance last year, government’s
expenditure was found to be well below its budgetary targets and,
in fact, accounted for 94.6 per cent of the estimate.
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Unions want parking concessions
or else …
Unions are still raising red flags over an issue which may soon
turn into a national farce. The MUMN – the union representing
nurses – are up in arms over the request that their members
will have to pay a parking fee in a car park. READ
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Dalli stresses confidentiality
on fund registration scheme
Finance Minister John Dalli yesterday reiterated that government
was not going to divulge any details on the fund registration scheme
to respect the confidentiality that was promised to investors when
the scheme was launched. READ
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INTERVIEW
When six becomes
eight
Marika Azzopardi speaks to Joseph Cuschieri - Chief
of Operations Manager at the Malta Communications Authority
– about the MCA’s long bid to modernise the numbering
of Malta’s telephone systems, the results of which are
to cemented on 1 May when the new numbering plan becomes effective |
OPINION
The interdependency of competition
Economic Services Minister Josef Bonnici addressed of the
Malta-Commonwealth Third Country Training Programme: Training Workshop
on Competitiveness Strategies for Small Nations on Monday. Prof.
Bonnici dwells on the topics of competition and government efficiency
NEWS
MIA privatisation expected
to come to a close
It is expected that the Government will be announcing its conclusions
on the privatisation programme for the Malta International Airport
sooner rather than later
FIMBank becomes world leader in
ship scrapping
First International Merchant Bank Chairman Najeeb Al-Saleh announced
at the company’s recent annual general meeting that the Malta-based
bank last year had become the world’s leading bank in the specialised
ship scrapping industry
Home owners set to benefit from
HSBC's home credit
HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c. has launched a new lending product called
Home Credit
Mosta Technopark thriving under self- management
At the official inauguration of the new CCTV Security system at
the Mosta Technopark, the Minister for Economic Services, Prof.
Josef Bonnici said that the tenants’ association at the Technopark
can look back and sense the difference attained by all through self-management
Complettion of repairs on oil rig
‘Actinia’
The Transocean Sedco Forex semi-submersible oilrig "Actinia"
has sailed from Malta Drydocks on completion of repairs
Investment losses considered in
bonus declared by Middle Sea Valletta Life
“In deciding this year’s bonus declaration, as in previous
years, the Board of Middle Sea Valletta Life Assurance had to consider
the impact of unrealised investment losses on the Life Fund
Female employment rises 1.93%
over 2001
The Economic Policy Division within the Economic Services Ministry
reports that over last year the country’s labour supply, including
both the full-time employed and the registered unemployed, rose
by 913 (0.63%)
Hi-tech firm celebrates first anniversary
This week Economic Services Minister Josef Bonnici paid a visit
to FAL Malta Ltd. on the occasion of the first anniversary of the
company’s presence in Malta
Hotel San Antonio Lm2 million
bond subscriptions open tomorrow
Hotel San Antonio has announced the issue of 20,000 bonds of Lm100
each. The bonds carry an interest rate of 7.5%, with interest payable
semi-annually and hold a maturity date of May 2012
Cisco Systems to appoint Melita
Cable official regional demo site
As part of the recent agreement to appoint Melita Cable Data Services
as a member of the Cisco Powered Network, Cisco Systems has selected
Melita Cable Data Services as their official demonstration site
for Cisco MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) VPNs (Virtual Private
Networks) for the region
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