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Local News | 20 December 2000 Businesses fear Frosch repercussions The President of the Malta Hotels and RestaurantsĖ Association might have lauded his members yesterday for putting up a united front against Frosch TouristikĖs proposal to have its pre-contracted rates reviewed, but whether that feeling of solidarity will be expressed throughout the rest of the island is far from guaranteed. By Miriam Dunn British High Commissioner gets economic deja-vu Having witnessed the major economic restructuring that Britain went through during the 1980Ės, the British High Commissioner, Howard Pearce, admits to having experienced a sense of Îdeja-vuĖ when he arrived in Malta 16 months ago Central Bank react to Dr SantĖs allegations Insists it is not infringing International Monetary Fund Regulations Confined Space Apparatus A conference on Confined Space Apparatus organised by Suiga Ltd. was held at the Westin Dragonara Resort in November, 2000. BOV branches awarded incentive scheme awards During Bank of Valletta GroupĖs Christmas Staff Party held at the San Gorg Corinthia, 30 BOV branches were awarded the Annual Incentive Scheme Awards by the GroupĖs Chairman Mr Joseph F. X. Zahra 'Encounters with Malta' - a millennium project of Vodafone As the first year of the new millennium comes to an end, Vodafone is celebrating the launching of a prestigious book specially commissioned for the year 2000 - a year which also marks the 10th anniversary of the company's operations in Malta Hoteliers call for reversal of tourism trends Worrying trends in tourism that were evident last year have once again shown up in the Malta Hotels and Restaurants AssociationĖs survey for July to September 2000. By Nadine Brincat Six-year high for Euro-zone inflation The EU annual rate of consumer price inflation jumped 0.2 percentage points to 2.9 per cent in November, aided by a 0.8 percentage point rise in energy prices to 15.3 per cent. | ||||||||