41.   Only four percent of COSATU respondents were positive about privatisation plans, the survey found.

42.   Privatisation plans, announced by King Fahd last year, cover airport services and the national airlines, water and electricity and other sectors.

43.   Thai Airways has been plagued by internal conflicts, and a change in government last year also delayed privatisation plans, the paper said.

44.   The Berov administration has been heavily criticised by on all sides for the limited success of its privatisation plans, the restitution of farmland and the soaring crime rate.

45.   The government is planing to sell its stake in IBP to the private sector as part of its ongoing privatisation plans.

46.   The Labor opposition and the centrist Democrats oppose the partial privatisation plan.

47.   The government would need parliamentary approval for its privatisation plans, and union leaders said most members of parliament, irrespective of their affiliation, were against the moves.

48.   The protesters believe the privatisation plan would make education more costly and hurt the poor.