The timeline

TOMORROW Neophytou will begin contacts with the trade unions to set a framework by which the labour issues would be discussed.

The minister said that the final drafts of the BOT requirements were ready and would be send to the House of Representatives for feedback.

He added that he expected to hand the conditions to the five consortia before the end of the year and then to give them around three months to submit their final proposals.

By September 2002 the winner will be announced.

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