17 December 2003

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We are at war against bureaucracy – Edwin Vassallo
- reiterates he will reconsider his position if he doesn’t deliver
By Kurt Sansone
There is no mistaking the tone of Edwin Vassallo’s voice. He is an angry parliamentary secretary wanting to streamline bureaucracy for small businesses but he faces a mentality problem that gives little priority to efficiency. READ MORE >>

Protection logic - GRTU and Chamber defend pharmacy threshold
By Matthew Vella
The champions of the free market are up in arms following the proposed lowering of thresholds in the distribution of pharmacies per number of inhabitants, proposed to be lowered from 3,000 inhabitants per pharmacy to 1,600. .READ MORE >>

Government enterprises chairmanships reshuffled
By David Lindsay
Government yesterday announced sweeping changes to the chairmanships of a handful of its corporations, apparently spurred by the decision taken by Joseph F.X. Zahra to resign from his chairmanship of national telecoms carrier Maltacom so as to retain his much longer standing chairmanship of Bank of Valletta. READ MORE >>



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