COALITION ACCEPTS CONCEPT OF TRANSFORMING PRIVATISATION PROCESS

ZAGREB, Jan 21 (Hina) - The heads of the five ruling coalition parties on Tuesday adopted a concept of transforming the privatisation process. The concept will enter government procedure by the beginning of March, after which it will be forwarded into parliament, Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) president Zlatko Tomcic said after a coalition meeting Tuesday. #L# He said the aim of the concept was to assimilate ownership shares and Croatian Privatisation Fund shares with other state-run property into a state property fund, while the law on bankruptcy should create conditions for the establishment of an agency for state claims. Tomcic believes the above solutions are good and in line with the HSS's wishes -- a more responsible approach towards the state's property. During the discussion on privatisation, the coalition's leaders also tackled the issue of the Suncani Hvar company, but Tomcic said the discussion was not completed and no conclusions had been made today. According to earlier announcements, the government should make a decision on selling the hotel company to Slovenia's Terme Catez company at Thursday's session. The five officials agreed in principle to forward a reform of the labour legislature into procedure, it was reported. The leaders of the five ruling parties, who were joined by the members of the Ivica Racan cabinet, also discussed the doctors' strike. According to information at hand, the health minister will hold talks with representatives of the Croatian Doctors' Union and its strike committee on Wednesday. The ruling coalition is scheduled to meet again tomorrow night after a session of the Economic and Social Council which will be attended by Racan, as announced. (hina) lml sb