61.   Numerous officials in the economic sector have been sacked for incompetence and the government has taken a series of measures to alleviate the strain on average Bulgarians.

62.   On foreign policy Simitis said Greece would push for closer cooperation with its Balkan neighbors, especially in the economic sectors.

63.   Portugal also sought assurances of compensation for its textile industry after EU nations agreed last year to give it additional subsidies to modernize its key economic sector.

64.   The amendments also formally recognized for the first time the role of the private economic sector as an important integral part of the national socialist-oriented economy.

65.   The basic concept of various corporate governance needs to be adopted and enforced while problems in the financial market and certain economic sectors must be cleaned up.

66.   The focus of such a bilateral initiative would be on mission-critical economic sectors and issues.

67.   The energy corporation will be rationing the supply of electricity to each household, and also regulating consumption in the economic sector for more than a month.

68.   The economic reforms and reorganisation of economic sectors are on going process to make Bangladesh more business friendly than its neighbours in the region.

69.   THE economic slowdown, spurred by the regional currency crunch since last July, has dampened activities in certain key economic sectors.

70.   The index will be released four times a year, with each quarterly report containing scores for two to three economic sectors and corresponding industries.