51.   The dealer said reforms in areas of interest rates, privatisation and labour laws have been announced in the finance bill, but were now being sidelined.

52.   The German minister later told reporters that the discussions had focused on mutual co-operation in the field of labour law reform and on the promotion of work place democracy.

53.   The new labour law makes it easier for management to fire workers and outlaws multiple unions for at least three years.

54.   The ministry was studying the labour laws and regulations of other developed countries to serve as guidelines on the recruitment of security guards, he added.