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According to tradition, the holiday is announced after a panel of experts makes a sighting of the new moon after sunset.
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Mohammed Shawket Oudah, Head of the global Islamic Crescent Observation Project, told UAE news agency Wam that it was originally thought that the sighting would be made on July 30. However, on that day, the moon will set before sunset, making it virtually impossible to sight its crescent.
The crescent will be clearly sighted on the evening of Sunday, July 31, meaning that Ramadan will fall on August 1, he said.
What is the definition of an SME?
SMEs in the UAE are defined by the number of employees, annual turnover and sector. For example, a “small company” in the services industry has six to 50 employees with a turnover of more than Dh2 million up to Dh20m, while in the manufacturing industry the requirements are 10 to 100 employees with a turnover of more than Dh3m up to Dh50m, according to Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development.
A “medium-sized company” can either have staff of 51 to 200 employees or 101 to 250 employees, and a turnover less than or equal to Dh200m or Dh250m, again depending on whether the business is in the trading, manufacturing or services sectors.
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