Even many opponents of privatisation admitted that the level of service from utility companies often seemed to improve once ownership passed out of public hands.
That the royal family also benefited from big private-sector investments including ownership of the mobile-phone industry, cable television, a brewery and the electricity utility increased public disquiet.
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