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MDD, Ship Building in three-year safety partnership Malta Drydocks and Malta Ship Building have joined forces with the Swiss-based internationally-renowned safety company - Du Pont Safety Resources - to implement a major safety improvement programme involving all levels of employees throughout each business. Maltese football hit by financial woes By Ray Abdilla Nothing much exciting would be happening this summer in the Maltese football transfer market as the Malta Football Association has slapped most of the premier division clubs with a ban for overdue payments to players Hyzler rebuts Labour allegations on Qormi health centre Parliamentary Secretary George Hyzler has denied that the application to build an elderly people’s home above the Qormi Health Centre was made behind the health minister’s back as claimed by the Labour Opposition Trade Fair 2002 kicks off today amid high expectations The 2002 edition of the International Fair of Malta kicks off today amid expectations of catalysing consumer spending. This will be the 45th edition of the Fair and will feature 334 exhibitors covering a wide range of products and markets. 66 new exhibitors will be presenting their products this year - proof that the Trade Fair is enjoying steady popularity, both with the general public as well as with prospective exhibitors themselves Credit Management Association members represent Lm242 million in turnover The Malta Association of Credit Management reports that over its first year of operations, leading companies selling on credit and operating in different commercial sectors of the Maltese economy had joined the Association Five-month visible trade gap shrinks by Lm17.4 million Between January and March this year, Malta’s the visible trade gap had contracted by Lm17.4 million to Lm130.3 million down from the Lm147.7 million registered over the same period last year Year on year 1.4% real GDP growth Over this year’s first quarter, the Maltese economy had pulled itself out of a virtual recession according to figures released on Monday by the National Office of Statistics Investors’ corner Central Bank money market 17-21 June - record low 91-Treasury bill rate IHI holds AGM, shareholder commitments met International Hotel Investments plc (IHI) - Malta's leading public hotel company - has met its first major commitment to shareholders by acquiring a further two five-star properties in Europe during 2001 giving the company a portfolio of four luxury hotels in prime locations
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