Indonesia may consider increasing the minimum salary of its housemaids employed in the Gulf countries, Indonesian Minister for Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskander has said. The current minimum salary of untrained housemaids from Indonesia in the Gulf is $200 per month, while trained housemaids receive a minimum salary of $250 a month. “We are...
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Doha, the 2010 Arab culture capital, will host Arab and non-Arab cultural weeks in the next three months, the culture, arts and heritage minister has said. “We are not alone and we live with others. The world is a mixture of cultures and we want to appreciate that,” Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari...
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Qatar is mulling an amendment to its investment law that allows up to 100% foreign ownership in certain commercial enterprises, a local daily reported on Wednesday. “The Minister of Business and Trade may now issue a resolution to allow the foreign ownership limit to exceed 49% in the sectors of business consulting, technical services,...
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Qatar’s new national museum will help highlight the country’s culture and environment, Shaikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Al Thani, chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) Board of Trustees, has said. The opening of the museum coincides with the celebrations of “Doha, Capital of Arab Culture 2010″ and marks a new step towards developing...
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Iran’s defence minister Ahmad Vahidi said that his country has signed a security agreement with three Gulf countries. The Iranian minister said that the bilateral pacts with Qatar, Oman and Kuwait stipulated not allowing their territories to be used for attacks against either Iran or any of the countries that signed them. The agreements...
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