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The Minister of Finance went one step further by stating that in many cases, government-owned companies should more closely follow the direction and policies set by government.Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Directors, Mr. Rafael Boasman, said the meeting was fruitful and he was especially pleased that management and board were able to make their presentations to the wider Council of Ministers and receive immediate feedback in the form of questions asked."Management and board would like to thank the Shareholder Representative and the Council of Ministers for responding quickly to our request for the Annual General Shareholder's meeting which was cancelled late last year for a number of reasons and for hearing what we had to say. It is a very positive development for us moving forward," said Mr. Boasman.Similar sentiments where shared by TelEm Group, Chief Financial Officer, Mrs. Helma Etnel. She said one of the highlights was an undertaking by the Shareholder Representative to encourage brother and sister government-owned companies to work closer together."It was an excellent start in bringing the Ministers up to date financially and operationally in the company as well as how monies are being earned and spent. We now look forward to more meetings with the Ministers and the Shareholder to discuss some of these matters further," said Mrs. Etnel.
