They form this country's largest non-Muslim minority, maintaining 33 churches, 16 schools, several hospitals and a variety of other institutions.

Aside from nearly free housing, Vaz maintains five free clinics and several hospitals; only prescription drugs must be paid for.

"It doesn't make sense to maintain all these medical schools and hospitals in a period of retrenchment."

It maintains several large "high-tech" hospitals and provides health insurance for its employees worldwide.

The Corporation, through the borough committees, maintains government-aided schools, hospitals and municipal markets and partakes in urban planning and road maintenance.

By means of the standing committees, the corporation undertakes urban planning and maintains roads, government-aided schools, hospitals, and municipal markets.

Scouts also participate in helping to build schools, and help maintain public places and hospitals.

In the light of significant budget cutbacks at the Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans groups are starting strong lobbying efforts to maintain hospitals for veterans.

To construct, maintain dispensaries and non-teaching hospitals thereof by mobilizing resources from the financial institutions.

Most of the roughly 850,000 Palestinians there hold Jordanian passports, and Jordan has been responsible for many municipal functions including maintaining schools, hospitals and Moslem religious sites.