The federal government
issued new regulations for labour camps
after reports earlier this year of low quality conditions in some accommodations, The National reports . The regulations require each camp have a full medical clinic, grant religious and national holidays and have no more than 10 people in a room. Jessica Hume
talks to some of the labourers
to get their thoughts. Xpress gives some
more details of the law
, known UAE Cabinet Decision No. 13 of 2009.
A very interesting interview
with
Mohammed Binghalib
, director of
Sokook Investment Group
, who is having trouble convincing buyers to pay the next instalment of their payment plans for the
Ivory Tower
. "People just don't want to pay," he says. "There are some people who are genuine buyers and pay without any
problems, but there are others without any proper finances. Maybe they
were earning Dh10,000 (US$2,723) a month and bought six apartments.
They're now fighting us."
Amlak Finance
has negotiated with developers to pay them on new payment plans that are linked to construction milestones, Parag Deulgaonkar reports in Emirates Business 24/7. The move reduces the company's liability by letting it pay for what it gets, so to speak.
The planned 1.4km
Nakheel
tower is
being delayed now until next June at the earliest
, Jamie Stewart at Arabian Business reports. The company said the delay is part of its changing business plans.
A look at pricing
in Abu Dhabi by Emirates Business 24/7, which shows strong demand for small apartments and homes and predicts stable rents throughout the rest of the year because of the psychological impact of the global financial crisis.
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India Test squad
Kohli (c), Dhawan, Rahul, Vijay, Pujara, Rahane (vc), Karun, Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ashwin, Jadeja, Kuldeep, Pandya, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, Bumrah, Thakur
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COMPANY PROFILE
Founders: Sebastian Stefan, Sebastian Morar and Claudia Pacurar
Based: Dubai, UAE
Founded: 2014
Number of employees: 36
Sector: Logistics
Raised: $2.5 million
Investors: DP World, Prime Venture Partners and family offices in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Bert van Marwijk factfile
Born: May 19 1952
Place of birth: Deventer, Netherlands
Playing position: Midfielder
Teams managed:
1998-2000 Fortuna Sittard
2000-2004 Feyenoord
2004-2006 Borussia Dortmund
2007-2008 Feyenoord
2008-2012 Netherlands
2013-2014 Hamburg
2015-2017 Saudi Arabia
2018 Australia
Major honours (manager):
2001/02 Uefa Cup, Feyenoord
2007/08 KNVB Cup, Feyenoord
World Cup runner-up, Netherlands