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Some 74 UAE national teachers have been appointed at government schools in the Fujairah Educational Zone even as more expatriates are being recruited for the new academic year.

The municipality has ordered bakeries to follow new hygiene rules while delivering products in vans to supermarkets and groceries.

The Government of Western Australia has recently decided to open a new trade investment office in Dubai next October, announced the Hon Dr. Geoff Gallop MLA, Premier of Western Australia.

Sheikh Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Deputy Ruler of Fujairah, yesterday opened an art exhibition and honoured outstanding girl pupils.

A UAE national woman teacher and researcher has won a prize for drawing up a plan to develop relations between the school and parents.

A seaman yesterday died of sunstroke in hospital, days after he was stricken aboard a cargo vessel.

The Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) recently eased the water shortage in Masafi by increasing the quantity of water supplied by mobile tankers.

The UAE Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) will host an international conference for non-resident Gulf Malayalees in Dubai in the third week of October.

More than 60 new companies were set up in the Fujairah free zone in 2002, which is an increase of 25 per cent over last year's figures.

Fujairah hotels almost fully booked for new year

Fujairah Hospital has become a specialised hospital with all facilities except chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The hospital was the first medical centre in the Northern Emirates to have training facilities for national doctors and surgeons.

The tremors which rocked Fujai-rah in March have forced the Fujairah Civil Defence Depart-ment to improve its performance to cope with such disasters and enhance public awareness.