21.   Asirwatham told reporters that they had not stopped privatisation plans for LECO but were merely awaiting a better offer.

22.   But privatisation plans have stalled over disagreements between the company, the aviation ministry and advisers on how to conduct the sale.

23.   But he had repeatedly insisted the economy was sound and privatisation plans would go ahead.

24.   But Alexander Livshits, a Yeltsin economics adviser, said Solzhenitsyn should realize that the privatisation plan is full of subtleties.

25.   But privatisation plans were scrapped over security fears.

26.   Credit Lyonnais chairman Jean Peyrelevade said Monday a privatisation plan for the troubled French bank would be ready by the end of the year.

27.   Dhaka has already agreed to harsh measures including the closure of loss-making bank branches, massive privatisation plans and a halt in government recruitment, he said.

28.   Ecevit, who has strong views on social questions, may look askance at the privatisation plans of the two free marketeers Yilmaz and Ciller.

29.   Electricity workers in Nigeria earlier this month threatened to plunge the nation into darkness if the government went ahead with the privatisation plan.

30.   Excluding Oman, the pace of reforms in GCC members has remained slow and most privatisation plans have not been implemented.