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F O C U S
Italian style Qala Creek project
launched
The Qala Creek project, the newest development sensation to hit
the headlines, was yesterday launched to the general public. The
architects and owners of the project presented an exhibition at
the Qala Primary School, in co-operation with the Qala Local Council
and as part of the public consultation process. READ
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Vassallo replies to land scheme
criticism
Economic Services Parliamentary Secretary Edwin Vassallo yesterday
replied to criticism over the newly launched scheme that would
see land freed up for industrial use, confirming that no arable
land is included among the sites involved in the scheme. READ
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Maltacom announces financial
results
• Intends publishing results on half-yearly basis
• Turnover up
• Profits after tax slightly down
• Vodafone divestiture ongoing
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INTERVIEW
Solving the great
land debate
David Lindsay speaks to Parliamentary Secretary in the Economics
Services Ministry Edwin Vassallo and discovers the
recently launched industrial land allocation scheme is far
more than a mere question of freeing up land for small industry |
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OPINION
The role of the euro
in global capital markets
Ms Sirkka Hämäläinen, Executive Board Member
of the European Central Bank, addresses the sixth European
Financial Markets Convention 2002. Ms Hämäläinen
speaks about the importance of the euro as a financing, investment
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NEWS
5 star land at negligible prices
The leases paid for use of prime government land by big development
projects appear to defy logic, with ground rents being charged with
apparently no fixed criteria in mind. They vary widely and it is
impossible to justify the disparities by looking at area and location
IPSE launches new Enterprise Loan
Guarantee
With a view to the increasingly competitive market environment,
increasing business risks and tighter market opportunities, the
Institute for the Promotion of Small Enterprises yesterday launched
a new Enterprise Loan guarantee grant start ups better access to
banking finance, which has become an increasingly complex issue
for Malta’s Small to Medium Size Enterprises
Wine Intergroup's visit to Meridiana
Six members of the Wine Intergroup toured Meridiana Wine Estate
at Ta'Qali on the eve of Santa Maria as part of an official fact-finding
Study of Maltese vineyards and wineries
Planning guides for the retail
sector
The Malta Environment & Planning Authority has published
a Public Consultation Draft - ‘Interim Retail Planning Guidelines’
for the retail sector
MTA to implement MEPA tables and
chairs policy
Tourism Minister Michael Refalo and George Pullicino, Parliamentary
Secretary in the Ministry for Home Affairs and the Environment,
on Monday spoke about MEPA’s change of policy which favours
a more liberal official attitude to the placing of tables and chairs
on public land abutting catering establishments and bars. The new
policy does not apply to fixed and mobile kiosks
Miss Bikini World 2002 for Bay
Street
"The final of the Miss Bikini World 2002 contest will be
held at Bay Street Hotel Complex on Saturday 26th October 2002.
The event will be staged by Miss Tourism World Organisation, the
largest producers of beauty pageants and modelling competitions
in the world in conjunction with locally based Catwalk Productions
International," Paul Chetcuti, Operations and Event Director
of Catwalk Productions International, said
Maltese Students participate in
International Scientific Experience
Last month, sixth-form students Reuben Borg, Dion Scerri, Tessa
Bugeja, Keith Vella, Kristian D’Amato and David Borg Bartolo,
set out to Slovakia, together with their group leader Sandra Scicluna
on a flight kindly sponsored by Air Malta
Maltese delegation joins Sustainable
Development Summit
Yesterday saw the addition of the Maltese Delegation to the already
13,000-strong summit for Sustainable Development
Abela Fitzpatrick re-elected MIM
President
In the first meeting of the newly elected Council, Joe Abela
Fitzpatrick was unanimously confirmed as MIM President through a
secret ballot. The re-election marks Mr Abela Fitzpatrick’s
10th year as President of the Institute – 1985-6, 1989-93,
2000-2 – evidence of his relentless determination and continued
commitment toward the Institute, its members, and the management
profession
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