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THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2022 • ISSUE 171
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Bite the bullet: Chamber
boss calls for immediate
downsizing of civil service
MIA passenger
traffic topped
700,000 in
August
Euro area sees
Q2 increases
in employment
and GDP
PAUL COCKS
GOVERNMENT must bite the
political bullet and urgently im-
plement a rationalisation process
within the public sector to cut
down the government's payroll,
the president of the Chamber of
Commerce told BusinessToday.
Marisa Xuereb said that the
government must trim the public
sector if it is to be in a position to
continue to offer essential servic-
es, subsidies and carry out major
projects in the future.
"During the COVID-19 pan-
demic, government toted the war
chest it had available to offer sub-
sidies and introduce measures,
such as the wage supplement, to
mitigate the effects of the pan-
demic," she said.
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Marisa Xuereb says
private sector could
absorb workers
made redundant by
government
As businesses struggle to find people to fill vacancies, Chamber president Marisa Xuereb
calls for government to cut bloated workforce
