Ras Al Khaimah: The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Department of Economic Development yesterday issued a decision banning the display of pictures without permission on entrances and sign boards of ladies beauty centres and gyms.
Hamad Al Shamsi, the department's deputy director said the decision bans all types of pictures of people in all commercial outlets in Ras Al Khaimah. However, it will mostly focus on ladies beauty salons and gyms.
He said owners of commercial outlets should obtain official permission from the department for all types of signboards and display advertising on the entrances of these outlets. He said printing pictures of people will not be allowed.
Al Shamsi said the new decision aims at organising the economic sector in the emirate and ban pictures which violate the decency code in the emirate.
He said the targeted outlets will informed about the new decision through SMS, emails and brochures that will explain the decision. It will give them a chance to change their current status and remove any type of violation. He stressed that the owners of these outlets will be summoned to the department to hold a meeting with the department's officials to introduce them to the new decision.
Al Shamsi said the department has fixed Dh500 as fine for the violation. The department's inspectors have already been introduced to the new decision and have been instructed to monitor outlets and take all necessary legal measures against the violators.
The department has been carefully considering this particular issue for a while before the decision was taken. The department has coordinated with the emirate's other concerned departments on the move.
Sources in the department said pictures on entrances of some gyms and ladies' beauty salons have violated the decency code. The department has received several complaints from the public about these outlets, they said.
