Tragic news, my prayers with the family
It is very sad news to hear about the passing of Shaikh Rashid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, son of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai (‘UAE mourns Shaikh Rashid’, Gulf News, September 20). At the age of 34 years old, Shaikh Rashid was too young to die. My condolences to his family. May his soul rest in peace, and may God take him to heaven.
From Ms Marianne Saade
UAE
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A kind hearted man
He was a cheerful man and he was very loving to animals. May his soul rest in peace. We have lost a lovely and kind hearted person. May God bless his family and give them courage.
From Mr Pavan Thukral
UAE
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Deepest condolences
I express my deepest condolences on the sad death of Shaikh Rashid, the eldest son of Shaikh Mohammad. May his soul rest in peace.
From Mr Recadon Sherrington
UAE
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A devastating loss
May God grant patience and comfort to Shaikh Rashid’s wonderful father, his mother and his loved ones. It is devastating news.
From Ms Nada Dadoush
UAE
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Give them patience
He was such a young soul. May his soul rest in peace and may he be granted a place in heaven. May the royal family be blessed with patience.
From Mr Moid Ahmad Mujaddadi
UAE
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Sad and sudden death
I give my heartfelt condolences on the sad and sudden death of eldest son of Shaikh Mohammad. May God bless his soul in eternal peace and give strength to the grieving family to bear this irreparable loss.
From Mr Kawser Meetu
UAE
Accomplished so much
This was indeed shocking news to everyone in the country. At this young age, he was a spirited sportsman, an accomplished equestrian and winning many laurels for the country. He is no more with us. His involvement with Dubai Cares and working for provisions for education to children will be remembered by everyone. Our deepest sympathies and condolences.
From Mr M. K. Gunaseelan
Abu Dhabi
How to believe the numbers?
I don’t know where Gulf News gets its numbers from to say salaries will increase five per cent (‘UAE salaries to increase by 5% on average in 2016’, Gulf News, September 16). Maybe the data is coming from various recruitment agencies who survey only a select few corporations. Based on my experience, I don’t know how they are accurate. It has been the case across most of my professional and personal network. Income hikes are a far away dream. From Mr Vikas
UAE
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Need a law
These salary increases may be in the public sector, because I don’t think we will see these increases in private companies. I don’t understand why there is no law for salary increases in the private sector. One of my friends has been working in a private company for six years and his salary has been the same. He believes that if he were to ask for an increase, the owner would tell him to leave the job.
From Mr Fasih
UAE
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Someone needs to answer!
I request the higher authorities to take strict action against this fraudulent action where the accountant stole the school fees from parents (‘Private school employee flees with fees’, Gulf News, September 16). The suspect fled to some country and we should bring him back here. It is also strange that there were no systems in place to issue a receipt against the fee of the supplementary papers. The management of the school should be held responsible for this mess.
From Mr Faisal
UAE
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We need parking, too!
I’m just waiting for when more residential parking can be implemented in International City now that the Roads and Transport Authorities (RTA) have begun some projects (‘More areas to have residential parking system’, Gulf News, September 16). I hope RTA takes International City into consideration.
From Mr Ashish
UAE
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Build parking structures
With reference to RTA’s concept of Dubai areas to have more residential parking system, I am not entirely happy with the decision. RTA should plan to make parking buildings in each congested area to accommodate many vehicles. This could be applied not only in Dubai, but in Sharjah as well, where parking space issues have been increasing.
From Mr Avinash Tammal
UAE
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Retirement plans a blessing
A retirement savings plan offered by companies would be a good idea and would really benefit an employee who has got a limited base salary (‘UAE companies urged to set up retirement savings plans’, Gulf News, September 16). But, will the companies agree to it? Most of the private companies would only feel a pinch, but they would never want to shell out extra from their side. In whatever case, there have been no such rules. If the authorities apply this rule as mandatory, then it would add to the lives of residents who come here to earn their living and lead a decent life with extra money to save.
From Mr Vinayak
UAE
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It never works
These kinds of returns look quite good on paper or in an Excel sheet, however people who have been in these kinds of saving schemes know better. After 15 years or 25 years in the program, most people are never able to get even the original invested amount back. All of a sudden something happens to the ‘funds’, the market, the investment, the stocks or the employer and most of the invested money is lost. It’s great to have a retirement plan, but making such kinds of simplistic expectations are quite unrealistic.
From Mr Haroon
UAE
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Help from companies needed
It’s a good article, but the private sector must think and implement strategies to improve employee motivation and end of service benefits. Currently, there is not much help from companies.
From Mr Shafiq
UAE
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Optional in India
This scheme is called a ‘Provident Fund’. It was implemented in India a long time ago in both public and private sectors with annual interest rates of eight per cent. The private sector company must have more than 20 employees to join. It’s not a mandatory system.
From Mr Santhosh
UAE
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Must be enforced
The article says if companies set up their own retirement scheme, most of them don’t even give proper insurance, retain their employees’ passports and don’t increase basic salary for years and years. A rule or policy is useless unless it is enforced.
From Mr Vijin
UAE
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