1.   The company was privatised with a fanfare of publicity.

2.   Gandois said that he had tried to place half of the capital of the group with big French investors before the company was privatised.

3.   A section of stock dealers said the sustained efforts of the government to privatise state companies would act as a positive driver to the market.

4.   Berg said business requirements had dictated the need to privatise the company.

5.   Dini said that the Agip oil company would be privatised.

6.   The Zambian government says it is still working on a comprehensive study on how the company should be privatised.

7.   Vietnam is planning to begin by trading bonds and then expand the market as a way to privatise companies and boost capital in the private sector.

8.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad last year said the government hoped to revive Perwaja and was considering privatising the company.

9.   The budget would also aim to stabilise prices, stimulate investment from the private sector and from abroad, and commercialise and privatise public sector companies.

10.   The bindings were introduced when the two companies were privatised to protect them from being taken over by foreign bidders.