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public enterprise

n
(Economics) economic activity by governmental organizations. Compare private enterprise1
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A survey of 18 to 34 year-olds carried out by Public Enterprise reveals anger at the incessant use of "white noise" advertising to sell products.
For decades, there has been a monopoly in telecommunications services controlled by a stable firm, a public enterprise in most of the world.
As per the Public Enterprise Survey (PES), which is laid every year in both the Houses of the Parliament by the DPE, certain statutory corporations and all government companies in which more than 50 pc equity is held by the Central government are classified as the CPSEs.
Commenting on last year's budget al- location to SOEs of more than N$4bn, public enterprise minister Leon Jooste said: "The return on assets of the PE (public enterprise) portfolio is negative/ loss-making (more than N$150 million per annum)."
Commenting on last year's budget allocation to SOEs of more than N$4bn, public enterprise minister Leon Jooste said: "The return on assets of the PE (public enterprise) portfolio is negative/ loss-making (more than N$150 million per annum)."
The Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector will finalise its textile sector reforms within 30 months with a total cost of EGP 21bn, the Minister of Public Enterprise Sector, Hisham Tawfik, said on Tuesday.
FILE - Minister Hesham Tawfik CAIRO - 10 December 2018: The Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector stressed its full support for the ongoing development process of Delta Steel Mill to boost its production capacity five to ten times, according to a statement issued on Monday.
He, however, explained that privatisation would not involve core government responsibilities such as safety and wellness of its citizens, but also involved the disposal of public enterprise assets or transfer of ownership of public enterprises to the private sector.
Litro Gas Lanka Limited has been gazetted under the Ministry of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development.
From the Public Enterprise for State Roads stress that this project was planned to start operating in April this year, but it is postponed for 2017, without presenting the reasons for the delay.
Dr Cable said: "The public will not understand why big bonuses and salaries continue to be paid out by a loss-making public enterprise, still under-performing in many areas.
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