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In an area with a population of about 150,000, there is only one amusement centre, in Fujairah Tower, and two indoor play areas.
These will include an awareness drive at Fujairah City Centre mall and a film showing the negative effects of drug abuse.
The initiative is part of the 'your summer is our responsibility' campaign by local authorities to help its workers cope with the soaring temperatures.
Fujairah Municipality are planning to run a survey across the emirate to see how many would use creche facilities.
The renovation will start after Ramadan and expected to be completed within a year.
More than 100 sculpted and bronzed bodies from seven countries – the UAE, Syria, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Nepal and the Philippines – were present.
The municipality is to stop issuing new tenancy contracts for Asian workers in residential areas where workers are concentrated, including Merashid, Al Fusail, Al Bidya, Al Bithna and Masafi.
The free testing is part of an initiative to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease – the number one killer of women in the UAE and across the globe.
Residents in Fujairah say soaring rents are taking a huge financial toll, that wages are not keeping pace and that the situation is getting worse.
The Fujairah Career Fair was a three-day event to connect local and regional companies, and thousands of Emirati job seekers and students attended.
Traffic lights, roundabouts and road junctions are being built and while residents say the work is vital, there is also concern about the time it is taking.
