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Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Crown Prince of Dubai
"The success of the government relies heavily on the skills of the public sector staff. We need to ensure that the government continues to maintain and develop its capabilities in attracting, developing, motivating and retaining skills and talent to ensure it keeps pace with the evolving requirements of the economy and citizens."

Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

UAE Foreign Minister
"We consider what has happened as challenges and lessons that we may use to enhance our systems and programmes... We look forward towards a future with more development programmes and implementation of economic projects."

Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri

UAE Minister of Economy
"The national economy has proved its strength by overcoming the different economic challenges that have stormed global countries due to the global economic crisis."

Khalaf Al Habtoor

Chairman, Al Habtoor Group
"I am very relaxed. Dubai has never defaulted and it will not default. I am confident the government will meet its commitments and help the companies."

Riad Kamal

Chief Executive, Arabtec
"Dubai should be given time to restructure its debt. I'm not going to lose sleep over this issue."

Suresh Kumar

Chief Executive, Emirates NBD Capital
"The crisis itself has been exaggerated. It is very much localised in one sector and one group. It has been escalated to a much bigger issue."

Dr Azad Moopen

Chairman, DH Healthcare
"During 2009, when world went through the worst recession of our times, it has been proved that Healthcare is relatively recession proof. We have been experiencing growth in all parameters of our healthcare business in the geography that we operate. Though there has been lot of Dubai bashing n the media, we have not experienced any downward trend. This has prompted us to plan new projects, increase manpower and technology throughout GCC and India in 2010."

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