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Issued by Bank of Valle a p.l.c., 58, Triq San Żakkarija, Il-Belt Valle a VLT 1130 Celia Borg Cardona A Retrospective Exhibition 1 February - 4 March 2020 National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta Monday to Sunday (including public holidays) 09:00 to 17:00 (last admission 16:30) WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 WEDNESDAY • 19 FEBRUARY 2020 • ISSUE 675 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY EDITORIAL • PAGE 9 ANALYSIS 'Politics pollutes policing' Abela's tightrope walk between continuity and change Simon Busuttil bids farewell to Maltese politics to take up European role RAPHAEL VASSALLO PAGE 10 PAGES 6 & 7 PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 24 Malta must provide evidence it is fixing shortcomings this year, HSBC CEO says MASSIMO COSTA IT is crucial that Malta starts providing evidence and clear outcomes in its efforts to ad- dress shortcomings in its finan- cial sector, HSBC Malta's CEO Andrew Beane said. Beane, who was speaking to MaltaToday after announcing HSBC's financial results for last year, said that 2020 is a critical year for Malta to fix its damaged reputation and ensure its finan- cial system operates according to the rules of the international economy. "Plans and good intentions are important, but ultimate- ly - if we take Moneyval as an example - it is an evidence and outcomes based process," he said. Government and Opposition at loggerheads over police chief appointment method MASSIMO COSTA THE government and Op- position have failed to see eye to eye on the method for appointing the police commissioner, as the de- bate in Parliament on the matter kicked off. The House started on Tuesday debating the government's proposal for a new way to appoint the police chief, with Home Affairs minister Byron Camilleri saying that this would set the stage for more changes within the police force. The government is proposing that the next police commissioner be chosen after a public call, with the appointment on- ly being finalised after a grilling by MPs. Government and Opposition fail to see eye to eye on which how police commissioner should be appointed Andrew Beane Beppe Fenech Adami Byron Camilleri