Governor Mr Michael C. Bonello in an interview appearing on The Times of May 10, 2007 calls for policies to promote productivity growth, to raise the quality of human capital and to attract even more high-value added foreign direct investment. The Governor also stresses the need to reorder priorities in public spending to align them better with the Lisbon Agenda goals; a more cost-effective delivery of support services to exporters by both public and private sector suppliers; the adoption of more efficient work practices; and policies to raise the labour participation rate, especially for women. On the euro, the Governor reiterates that no advantage is to be gained by converting Maltese lira assets into euro before the changeover date.