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He has promises to keep,And Miles To Go Before He Can SleepMahmoud Mohieldin is one of those people you either love or hate there's no gray zone, no safe middle ground. As the brashest and most outspoken of the Nazif Cabinet's Economic Team, where he joins Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid and veteran Minister of Finance and Insurance Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Mohieldin has been working overtime since July 2004 to kick-start the nation's ailing economy. Two years into the job, he is routinely lauded in international circles for both his vision and the bluntness with which he implements it. It's gotten to the point where he seems almost invariably described in the foreign press as "Egypt's tough-minded investment minister." Those same attributes have won him little other than attacks here at home, particularly in the local press, and he knows it: Mohieldin has no illusions about his popularity with the majority of Egyptians who are staunchly opposed to his fast-track privatization program, but he says he's determined to remain focused on "ensuring the Egyptian people their right to a better future." Two years on, the statistics are promising and the programs are working, but the Economic Team still lacks credibility on the street. read more. Indian MP calls for Bahrain-India shipping serviceDubai - An Indian MP from Kerala has called for the resumption of a shipping service between Bahrain and India for the benefit of low-paid Indian workers in that Gulf country. Pannyan Ravindran of the Communist Party of India (CPI) has said that he will submit a petition signed by 20 MPs from Kerala to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking resumption of the services, according to a report in the Gulf Daily News newspaper. Ravindran, according to the report, has said that the shipping services were necessary as the present airfares between India and Bahrain are almost the same as those on the India-Europe sector, which the low-paid workers cannot afford. Though a passenger ferry service was launched between the Gulf and India in 2001 by a Bahraini firm, it had to be subsequently cancelled as the vessel could not get a sea-worthiness certificate from India's Mercantile and Marine Department. read more. Emiratisation of secretarial positions a hurdle for UAE nationalsEmiratisation of secretarial positions is a hurdle that will come between UAE national students and realizing their true potential and success concluded Eng. Yahya Bin Saeed Al Lootah in a meeting with participants in S.S. Lootah Group's UAE national students summer training program in Dubai yesterday. . read more. Work at Romanian zoo takes one step forward, two backEditor's note: John Wright, general curator for Hattiesburg Zoo, is using his two-week summer vacation to travel to Buhusi, Romania, as part of "The Lions Roar" project, started by American storyteller Laura Simms, which is lending aid and technical support to the Buhusi Zoo. He also spent time in Buhusi last year. . read more. Work starts on IT PlazaFatima International has started preliminary work on its $68m commercial tower, IT Plaza, located at Dubai Silicon Oasis, according to Gulf News. The main building contract will be awarded shortly, with the 15-storey tower due for delivery in Q3 2008. . read more. Gridskipper Interview: Secret Dubai DiarySecretdubai of Secret Dubai Diary is a blogger in Dubai who specializes in the intrigue and adventure of the United Arab Emirates, regularly prodding its dark and seedy underbelly. You've been writing Secret Dubai Diary since 2002, which is forever in blog time, let alone Dubai blog time. What got you started? When I first lived overseas, I had an email newsletter that I sent to friends and family, and it turned into a useful record of my travels, which I later put onto a website. This was before blogging had arrived. After I'd been in Dubai for nearly a year, I realised it would be useful to have some sort of record of my time here -- of all the intrigue and adventure in the UAE -- and by then blogging was available, so I thought that would be a useful method. Why a secret (i.e. read more.A great deal of research has been invested learning the material that we are bringing to you. Welcome to my top website, that is loaded with research that you are welcome to eyeball and eyeball. We have searched through the info and presented it so that it will be displayed for you. While quite a bit of the research you may have gone through has been helpful, we're confident that a little more researching will be rewarding. This top Dubai Job Opportunities Legal information is gathered in a reasoned manner.
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