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Shaikh Mohammed flags off Jumeirah Corniche project
Shaikh Mohammed flags off Jumeirah Corniche project (Wam) / 27 October 2013 The project will run along the beach adjoining six residential districts, starting from the area behind Dubai Marine Beach Resort down to the Burj Al Arab Hotel. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has sanctioned the Jumeirah Corniche Development Project. The project will run along the beach adjoining six residential districts, starting from the area behind Dubai Marine Beach Resort down to the Burj Al Arab Hotel, stretching 14km in length, thus constituting the longest corniche in the emirate. Shaikh Mohammed directed to link both the walkway and the jogging track with the Dubai Canal Project, and for the corniche project to be completed in one year’s time. Shaikh Mohammed stated: “Our objective is to achieve peoples’ happiness.. we are keen to establish all the necessary components to make nationals, expatriates and visitors happy and enjoy quality life. Our developmental projects are integrating to attain this ultimate goal. We are committed to invest in building healthy human capital through providing ideal enabling environment”. Shaikh Mohammed, accompanied by Shaikh Maktoum and Mattar Al Tayer, viewing the Jumeirah Corniche Development Project. -Wam Shaikh Mohammed asserted that sport is an essential element for the society and a fundamental prerequisite for having healthy and productive individuals. He said: “We instructed the authorities concerned to increase the number of walking and jogging tracks around the emirate, and we will create and develop more to serve various residential areas in Dubai. We hope the people of Dubai will make use of these tracks and practise sports for the best of their body and mind. A lazy individual lacks positive energy and does not innovate or create. We have great hopes for the future, and these hopes will not correlate unless we have a healthy and fit people that are able to fulfil their duties towards themselves and their families and stand up to their community and country”. Shaikh Mohammed’s statement came during his tour of the project site, accompanied by Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai; and Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, Director-General of the Ruler’s Court of Dubai. By conclusion of the developments operations, Jumeirah Corniche will be the longest in the emirate giving the public a bigger area to enjoy several activities. The project is a manifestation of Shaikh Mohammed’s vision to provide quality life for the people of the UAE and its visitors. The project serves big sectors of the community, especially families, and offers public utility services, parks, beaches and outstanding touristic attractions. In addition to the project’s value as a recreational and entertainment addition to the emirate, Jumeirah Corniche represents crucial contribution in developing social infrastructure in Dubai, most particularly on the public health. Once completed, the project facilitates for variety of sports including jogging, walking, swimming, rowing and other activities that suite families and contribute in enhancing physical fitness. Shaikh Mohammed was briefed by Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), about the Jumeirah Corniche Development Project, which will be the new apt avenue for recreation, swimming, jogging and hiking for the populace of the neighborhood in particular, and citizens, residents and tourists in general. “The project includes constructing a five-metre wide walkway and a four-metre wide jogging track, in addition to lay-by facilities containing kiosks & shaded seating areas overlooking the beach, stylishly designed lighting fixtures, and public & health amenities, in addition to landscaping works which will be developed and spaced in consistent manner, giving gorgeous and eye-catching sceneries,” he added. “The project aims to transform the sandy beach into a more vibrant area by adding aesthetic, recreational elements and public services for beach goers, be it residents or tourists who flock to Dubai beaches to savour fabulous beach sitting, jogging or hiking,” continued Al Tayer. Continue reading
Mohammed mourns death of Rashid bin Ali Al Shamsi
Mohammed mourns death of Rashid bin Ali Al Shamsi (Wam) / 27 October 2013 His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has offered condolences on the death of Rashid bin Ali Al Shamsi. Shaikh Mohammed visited Al Shamsi family’s residence on Friday at the Zakher area in Al Ain. He offered condolence to the son and brothers of the deceased. The Vice-President was accompanied by a number of senior officials. Continue reading
Tougher rules for shisha cafes in UAE from 2014
Tougher rules for shisha cafes in UAE from 2014 (Wam) / 27 October 2013 Shisha cafes to be restricted to places 150 metres away from residential buildings and populated neighbourhoods, schools, mosques, and others. Tougher rules related to shisha smoking in cafes and eateries, both public and private, across the country’s Capital will be implemented early next year, in a bid to promote a stop-smoking message. Abu Dhabi Business Centre (ADBC), affiliated to the Department of Economic Development – Abu Dhabi, announced that it would start the application of the Regulations of Federal Law No. (15) of the year 2009 on tobacco control. The announcement came during a joint coordinating meeting between the Department of Economic Development (DED), the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the Department of Municipal Affairs and Abu Dhabi Authority for Tourism and Culture. During the meeting, it was agreed on to determine the time remaining for cafes in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi to adjust their positions until January 31 of next year, calling for the owners of cafes to review the Regulations of the law and the terms contained therein for the exercise of their activity. The new regulations prohibits the exercise of these activities in residential areas not authorised by the department unless only in specific places, 150 metres away from residential buildings and populated neighbourhoods, schools, mosques, and others. The opening hours for cafes have been set from 10am till 12am, and the regulation also stipulates that cafes must not provide water pipe tobacco and tobacco products to those who are under 18 years and prohibits their presence in places providing shisha. The distance between two smokers has also been specified at two square metres. Ahmad Tarish Qubaisi, Acting Director of the Department of Trade Protection at the ADBC, assured that the DED will begin, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, to implement a plan designed to clarify the regulations and conditions contained in the law to cafes and private areas offering smoking-related activities. Qubaisi stressed the necessity of not hiring any commercial sites to exercise the activity of smoking shisha unless approval has been given by ADBC. Violating the provisions of the law amounts to imprisonment for a period of two years and a fine of up to Dh1 million, doubled in case of repetition of the offence, according to the provisions of Articles (13), (14), (15), (16) of the Act. Director of the Department of Environment, Health and Safety in the Department of Municipal Affairs Abdul Rahman Marzouki, said the issuance of Federal Law No. 15 of 2009 on Tobacco Control, aims at promoting a stop-smoking message. Marzouki also said the Department has prevented smoking in each of the malls, men’s and women’s salons, while coordinating with the authorities concerned to implement and enforce the provisions of the Act and the Regulations. Continue reading
