Speaker, government, as a facilitator, creates favourable conditions for the private sector to open up new businesses as well as to invest in partnership with the public sector in order to create the requisite jobs. This is done, for instance, through the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission, PICC, with its strategic infrastructure projects. There is room for the private sector to come in because most of those projects are megaprojects which require lots and lots of capital, and that can only be done in partnership with the private sector.
The thrust of government's approach towards employment lay-offs occasioned by distress still remains in place. Those companies that face challenges of job cutbacks can still appeal to government for assistance in order to ensure they retain the workers in their employ. Thank you.