31.   Last month, the government increased salaries of several categories of state employees, including public school teachers.

32.   Mahjoub said he told bin Laden he would resign unless his salary was increased, and quit a month later.

33.   Nearly all the council members reported that labor market conditions remained tight and many said that they were increasing salaries to retain workers or boosting benefits.

34.   The bill also would increase the salaries of judges.

35.   The government has been gradually phasing out subsidies, devaluing the Sudanese pound and increasing salaries to make up for the continuous price hikes.

36.   The government pledged to increase salaries for government workers, replenish social welfare funds and increase transfers to rural areas.

37.   The report did not say by how much the salaries were increased.

38.   The report said it had no plans to increase salaries, except those of sales personnel, or its workforce.

39.   Witholding the subsidy would encourage students to pay more attention to their studies as well as increase the salary and moral of lecturers, he added.

40.   At the same time, salaries had been increased and the social conditions in the country had improved while the Lebanese pound had found strength and stability,