1.   Some ministries are being merged, while others are being done away with altogether.

2.   Some ministries would be merged, for example a new transportation ministry may be created from the Railways and Communications ministries.

3.   The bill, they say, will only merge existing ministries without significant downsizing.

4.   He is also expected to merge the ministries of the navy, army and air force.

5.   In the new cabinet lineup, the transport and science ministries have been merged, as were the environment and family ministries.

6.   Brazilian newspapers reported Tuesday that Cardoso planned to merge some ministries and scrap others.

7.   Certain ministries could be merged in a bid to cut down bureaucracy, he stressed.

8.   The SLD wants the economic ministries merged into two super-ministries, those of the economy and the treasury, and wishes to run both of them.

9.   Under the reorganization, four key economy related ministries were merged into two separate organizations to hone competitiveness in financial and economic sectors.

10.   Under the reorganization, four key economy-related ministries were merged into two separate organizations to hone the competitiveness in financial and economic sectors.