For similar reasons, Suez is also thinking of quitting Jakarta, though its co-concessionaire, Thames Water, is hoping to stay.

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This is more or less made explicit in the agreement between the State and the investor, known as the concessionaire.

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Financial backing has not yet been secured, but DLR Ltd is in the process of selecting a private sector "concessionaire", which would pay the immediate infrastructure costs.

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Once upon a time, a local beer distributor could hook up with a stadium concessionaire like Aramark or Levy and get his brand added to the mix.

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The concessionaire makes a mint, and Sydney makes more.

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Its one foray into enforcing its claim to land formerly administered by foreign rulers came in 2005, when it issued 3, 000 hectares (7, 400 acres) of coffee lands to a foreign concessionaire.

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Most of the 500 people who live in Death Valley year round are connected in one way or another to Death Valley National Park and its major concessionaire, a company called Xanterra.

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Even when such guarantees are not explicitly given, the profound transformation of the land and the heavy investments made by the concessionaire are such that the host government often has no option but to keep the land in the hands of the concessionaire or transfer it to another investor under similar contractual terms.

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