In Muscat, strike is banned in national level. To sort out labour related issues, an organization similar to our Centre of Administrative Tribunal exists. But that organization is not empowered to discuss wages or working conditions.
There is a Wages Protection System in the country. In this system, the firm employing workers, after registering with Ministry of Labour, makes an agreement with an authorized bank which credits the wages to the accounts of the workers .and issues them with ATM cards to enable them draw money. The commission for this if applicable will be borne by the company and not by the workers. By this there is a record of the payment of wages to the workers and this is under surveillance or regulation.
Exploitation of workers, underpayment etc are avoided by this system.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Fire Safety in Residences
When the fire alarm sounded in their residential apartment in Abu Dhabi earlier this month, Thomas Plant, an American military adviser for the Abu Dhabi Apache helicopter programme, wife Renata and their 15 year old son struggled through a jumble of obstacles littering the three flights of stairs down to the building’s fire exit-only to find that it was locked. Plant kicked the door open and escaped with wife and son.
Abu Dhabi’s General Directorate of Civil defense conducted fire safety audit in 5300 buildings including 1105 houses out of the total of 10000 odd buildings in the capital city.
Findings: poor fire equipment, no fire alarms, faulty central gas systems, emergency exits blockage Frequent false alarms wherever alarms were installed, resulted in people ignoring the alarms.
Design, maintenance of this important safety system and people’s response in emergency are inadequate in most parts of the world.
Abu Dhabi’s General Directorate of Civil defense conducted fire safety audit in 5300 buildings including 1105 houses out of the total of 10000 odd buildings in the capital city.
Findings: poor fire equipment, no fire alarms, faulty central gas systems, emergency exits blockage Frequent false alarms wherever alarms were installed, resulted in people ignoring the alarms.
Design, maintenance of this important safety system and people’s response in emergency are inadequate in most parts of the world.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
His Majesty's Presence Evokes Joy,Pride in Citizens
Celebrations by citizens were held at Seeh at Makarim in Wilayat of Sohar to show their joy over His Majesty Sultan Qaboos’s presence in the wilayat. Omani folk melodies were sung at the event which was held under the auspices of Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidy, Wali of Sohar.
Present were officials sheikhs, dignitaries and citizens .In artistic tableaus ,citizens depicted the bond between the sons of Oman and His Majesty the Sultan their leader. They chanted the words showing their happiness over the achievements secured to them during His Majesty’s prosperous era. Citizens also renewed their allegiance and loyalty to his Majesty the Sultan. The Omani women also took part in the celebration and performed women’s traditional songs in the wilayat.
The citizens really love the Sultan. Of the many reasons one of them is when the sultan came to the throne in 1970,there were only three schools and less than 1000 students in Oman. The Sultan gave overriding priority to education since then and today there are more than 1500 schools and more than 650000 students. Here pre university education consists of 3 parts-primary, preparatory and secondary. During preparatory ,the discipline in secondary is decided. The duration of primary is of 6 years and preparatory is 2 years.
Present were officials sheikhs, dignitaries and citizens .In artistic tableaus ,citizens depicted the bond between the sons of Oman and His Majesty the Sultan their leader. They chanted the words showing their happiness over the achievements secured to them during His Majesty’s prosperous era. Citizens also renewed their allegiance and loyalty to his Majesty the Sultan. The Omani women also took part in the celebration and performed women’s traditional songs in the wilayat.
The citizens really love the Sultan. Of the many reasons one of them is when the sultan came to the throne in 1970,there were only three schools and less than 1000 students in Oman. The Sultan gave overriding priority to education since then and today there are more than 1500 schools and more than 650000 students. Here pre university education consists of 3 parts-primary, preparatory and secondary. During preparatory ,the discipline in secondary is decided. The duration of primary is of 6 years and preparatory is 2 years.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Your health is in your Hands
Like in most parts of the world,Swine Flu scare is predominant in Muscat. One round around the malls and other tourist spots here and you will see people taking utmost care and precautionary measures.
A sanitizer is invariably present all around the cities and tissues are like second skin to people here. What I learnt from the local news papers here is that they are propagating hand washing as the cheapest way of controlling diseases.
Health authorities around the world are stepping up efforts to persuade people to be more hygienic and wash their hands properly to help slow the spread of H1N1 swine flu.
Hand washing with soap has been ranked the most cost effective intervention for the world wide control of disease. It could save more than a million lives a year from diarrhoeal diseases and prevent respiratory infections –the biggest causes of child mortality.
Water does not kill germs, soap does. So don’t be a dirty soap dodger.
Courtesy: Oman Daily Observer
A sanitizer is invariably present all around the cities and tissues are like second skin to people here. What I learnt from the local news papers here is that they are propagating hand washing as the cheapest way of controlling diseases.
Health authorities around the world are stepping up efforts to persuade people to be more hygienic and wash their hands properly to help slow the spread of H1N1 swine flu.
Hand washing with soap has been ranked the most cost effective intervention for the world wide control of disease. It could save more than a million lives a year from diarrhoeal diseases and prevent respiratory infections –the biggest causes of child mortality.
Water does not kill germs, soap does. So don’t be a dirty soap dodger.
Courtesy: Oman Daily Observer
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Weevil problem
Date farmers hate weevil. The tiny red insects do their destructive work in secret, burrowing into palm trunks and devouring a tree from within.
Infestations go unnoticed until it is too late.,when the weevils have hollowed out the trunk and the tree collapses of its own weight or is blown over by a breeze.
After intensive research ,the MoE and Water has come out with a solution. The aim of the research was to avoid using chemicals .:Using a carefully devised concoction that included pheromones and date oil that lures the pests away from the trees and into traps.The pheromones mixed with date oil and tree chips make trap more attractive than the trees from the weevil’s perspective. The insects are lured into bucket sized containers half buried in the sand in date groves where they then drown in a small quantity of water.One trap can draw weevils from 100 trees.
Courtesy: The National
Infestations go unnoticed until it is too late.,when the weevils have hollowed out the trunk and the tree collapses of its own weight or is blown over by a breeze.
After intensive research ,the MoE and Water has come out with a solution. The aim of the research was to avoid using chemicals .:Using a carefully devised concoction that included pheromones and date oil that lures the pests away from the trees and into traps.The pheromones mixed with date oil and tree chips make trap more attractive than the trees from the weevil’s perspective. The insects are lured into bucket sized containers half buried in the sand in date groves where they then drown in a small quantity of water.One trap can draw weevils from 100 trees.
Courtesy: The National
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Utharan
Utharan is a very popular serial in Colors channel now. I assume the readers of this piece watch that program. Tapasya says :Thakurai banne ka adhikar utharan me nahi miltha .Damini says; Tapasya wears the bridal dress the utharan way what Ichcha wore.Veer -Thapasya marriage takes place stealthily Tapasya camafloudged as Ichcha with the handy use of gungat. Thus Veer thinks he married Ichcha but actually he married Tapasya thanks to gungat.I do not know how the story will progress further. But what is very certain is the lives of three individuals are totally ruined –thanks to gungat.
My advice to my young friends at this juncture is do not allow gungat play with your life. Devise a x ray like mechanism to see through the gungat, establish another identity in the uncovered part of the body such as arms or to be doubly sure dare to bare the gungat. Your life is very important, baba.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Destiny with Dates
The date palm has been an integral part of UAE history providing staple food and materials for shelters and mats. Its sweet oval fruit is said to have been cultivated in the Arabian Peninsula for more than 4500 years, and the Abu Dabi island of Delma holds the earliest evidence of human consumption of dates here. But as the Emirates has modernized, so has the date evolving into a luxury treat, covered in milk chocolate and stuffed with caramelized pecans, often displayed in glass cases. There are dates stuffed with candied lemon rind or coated in white chocolate and stuffed with pistachio nuts or even used in chocolate truffles.
The dates are presented in gift boxes , akin to high end chocolates or jewellery sometimes with a brown suede finish and a satin bow or in a cherrywood box.
Date trading is something traditional in this region. The growth will come from more products to be made from dates- date bars, date juices, date energy drinks.
The fruit which is grown by 16000 farmers in the UAE as well as across the Middle East, continues to be a key food during Ramadan. Traditionally ,it is the first food eaten by Muslims to break their fast after sun set during the holy month.
Courtesy: The National
The dates are presented in gift boxes , akin to high end chocolates or jewellery sometimes with a brown suede finish and a satin bow or in a cherrywood box.
Date trading is something traditional in this region. The growth will come from more products to be made from dates- date bars, date juices, date energy drinks.
The fruit which is grown by 16000 farmers in the UAE as well as across the Middle East, continues to be a key food during Ramadan. Traditionally ,it is the first food eaten by Muslims to break their fast after sun set during the holy month.
Courtesy: The National
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