2 - 8 December 1999

• Private sector concerned civil service and 'yard collective agreements will drain government finances
• White Paper on Information Practices Act expected early next year
• Insurance firms inundated with claims
• Reduction of tax on property sales largely unexpected
• Malta lacks behind in health and safety at work
• EU finance ministers fail to agree over savings tax
• S.F. Cody preparing for expansion
• Setting the right scenario for e-commerce
• The need to regulate e-commerce
• Liberalisation - A holistic approach use required
• Going directly to job seekers via the Internet
• GWU ends industrial action at Enemalta, but GRTU threatens trouble
• PricewaterhouseCoopers launch new human resources capability
• More consultations needed over EU bid - Malta Business Bureau in Brussels