23 - 29 December 1999

• John Cassar White to be appointed chairman of both shipyards
• Investment peak unlikely to last
• Millions expected from US Navy agreement
• Businesses, party-goers feel there's nothing to celebrate
• Restrictions on free movement of capital should end in three years
• Avantech appointed official representatives for OKI in Libya
• Consistency on EU membership, liberalisation and privatisation
• Lombard chairman says Malta's people are its greatest asset
• Malta well prepared for the millennium bug
• 48% of shops report increased sales
• Middle Sea considering future of its international reinsurance business
• President and GWU hold talks on criminal charges against the union
• FOI and Chamber welcome Helsinki decision on Malta
• While GDP per capita in Malta and the EU are miles apart, prices are almost the same