FREEZE ORDER - Economist urges routine cost-cutting exercise as Gov’t tightens purse strings
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An economist has suggested that the Government should make identifying cost-saving measures a routine exercise, regardless of how much revenue it collects. The suggestion follows a new set of directives from the Government instructing public-sector entities to put on hold the acquisition of assets and entering into new lease arrangements. Public-sector entities have also been instructed to pause hotel retreats, as they were put on notice that a directive on annual end-of-year activities “will be
