New Palm Deira Design
Visitor gets four-year term for drug possession
Dubai: A Greek police official will spend four years in jail for possessing 0.17 gram of marijuana and two promazepam capsules for personal use, ruled a court yesterday. [more]
Driving Rules
1. If your road map is more than a few weeks old, throw it out and get a new one.
2. If you are in Rashidiya and your map is one day old, then it is already obsolete.
3. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Dubai has it's own version of traffic rules, which can be summarized as "Hold on and pray!"
4. If it is your priority to cross, forget it and wait.
5. There is no such thing as a dangerous high-speed chase in Dubai . Everyone drives like that.
6. When you plan to get a new car, ask first about its acceleration from 80 to 160 Km/h (recommended: 3 seconds). Very important if you frequently use the Emirates Road
7. All directions start with Sheikh Zayed Road , which has no beginning and no end.
8. The morning rush hour is from 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM, The evening rush hour is from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM .
9. Thursday's rush hour starts Wednesday morning.
10. If you slow down at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended and then given a ticket by the Dubai Police.
11. If you are the first one at the intersection, when the light turns green ignore the car honking behind you and count to five to avoid crashing into one of the cars running the red light in cross-traffic.
12. Construction on all main roads is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment. (Sorry for the inconvenience)
13. All unfamiliar sights are explained by the phrase, "Oh, we must be in Sharjah!"
14. Car horns are actually toys for big boys.
15. Anyone in a Land Cruiser, Tuned Patrol, jeep or Mercedes with tinted windows has the right of way. Period!
16. If you are driving a Corolla, Sunny, or another small Japanese car, stay on the far right lane. No comment!
17. Most roads mysteriously change names as you cross intersections.
18. To ask directions, you must have good knowledge of Hindi/ Malayalam
19. A trip across town will take a minimum of four hours, although Sheikh Zayed Road has an unposted minimum speed of 150 Km/h.
20. It is sobering to realize that local Arabs are taught how to drive by Malyalyee.
21. 18 wheeler trucks are one of the fastest vehicles in Dubai ; they can do 120 Km/h on Hatta-Oman Road when fully loaded.
22. The minimum acceptable speed on the Emirates Road is 160 km/h. Anything less is considered downright sissy.
23. Al Khail Road is Dubai's daily version of NASCAR.
24. Dubai Autodrome has a new extension: The Emirates Road.
25. WELCOME TO THE UAE!
Dubai retailers worry over rising gold prices
Dubai retailers worry over rising gold prices
By Shakir Husain, Staff Reporter
Dubai: The emirate's gold industry fears consumer resistance to jewellery purchases if the precious metal crosses the $700 per ounce price threshold.
Dubai's jewellery sales volume last year was 108 tonnes and the industry is trying to achieve the same level this year amid anxiety over volatile gold prices, Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group (DGJG) vice-chairman Chandu Siroya said. [more]
BURJ ALIVE AND KICKING
120th Floor Sold for $13.7 MillionThe 120th floor has been sold to Italian investors for Dh50 million (US $13.6 million) at last week's International Property Show.
The following shows other floors' prices:
Floor Area (ft2) Price (million)
----- ---------- ---------------
120 11,200 Dh50 / $13.6
117 11,200 Dh22 / $6
116 11,200 Dh23 / $6.3
115 11,100 Dh22 / $6
Dubai Will Build & Export Rotating Pre-Fabricated Units For Rotating Towers
Dubai: An Italian firm is setting up a facility in Jebel Ali to produce pre-fabricated units for a revolving tower that it intends to build in Dubai.
It said the facility will be set up with an investment of about Dh110 million, but the futuristic tower will cost about Dh1.28 billion and it was looking for investors to fund the project.
The fabricated units made in Dubai will be shipped to 11 other major cities including Moscow, Milan, New York and Tokyo, where similar towers will be built after one is completed in the emirate, said David Fisher, chairman of Rotating Tower Technology Limited.
"Dubai is going to be the first place to have this type of tower," he said at a press conference where he unveiled the "Dynamic Architecture" concept.
Each floor of the tower will rotate within a set speed, enabling the building to constantly change shape.
Article Here
Dubai Municipality - Pocket sized Contact Card
On display at the Dubai Municipality office in Deira, this business card / pocket sized card contains their Contact Center numbers and contact numbers of all their branches throughout Dubai:
GUMBALL 2007 Tomorrow
London to Asia…and back in 7 Days!
Starts this Sunday 4PM Pall Mall… Lets have it!!!!
3000 miles, 120 cars, 17 Countries, 7 days, 2 Continents, 1 amazing adventure!
Here we go… we’re just hours away from the start of the 9th Annual Gumball 3000 Rally. The event kicks off with the pre rally party tomorrow night (Sat 28th) at the Gumball Space Station (inside the Trocadero) with the Fun Lovin Criminals DJing and ‘Towers of London’ playing live!!!! Then on Sunday (29th) all 120 amazing cars go on display at 1 PM on Pall Mall - and then at 4PM England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole will wave the start flag!
Check out Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay, Star Wars’ Hayden Christensen, Supermodel Caprice, The Business’ stars Danny Dyer & Tamer Hassan (these guys are hosting this years Gumball TV series), MTV Pimp My Ride host and rap star Xzibit, Gumball host Maximillion Cooper, and loads more…driving Bugatti Veyrons, Ferrari Enzo’s, Rolls Royce Phantom’s and more Lamborghini’s that you’d care to mention! Come down to cheer off the amazing and eccentric cars!!!
Follow the rally live throughout the week on http://www.gumball3000.com/ as the cars head off on a 3000 mile adventure across 17 countries from London to Asia and back in just 7 days, partying each night with some of the world’s coolest DJ’s and celebs. Then head down to Great George Street opposite Big Ben next Saturday 5th May between 5-8PM - to see who crosses the finish line first!!!
“Imagine the scene; Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay leading the pack of supercars in his Porsche GT3 with supermodel Jodie Kidd in hot pursuit, whilst Star Wars Darth Vader Hayden Christensen vies for position just behind, as Danny Dyer chills out in his Range Rover, and MTV’s Pimped My Ride host Xzibit cruises in his pimped out Lamborghini and you start to get the picture. Gumball is no ordinary event!” Maximillion Cooper (Gumball host)
Great Documentary About Dubai (in French)
Le Dessous des Cartes: Dubaï, une ville mondialiséeEn quelques décennies, Dubaï, aux Émirats arabes unis, est devenue une ville prospère, un carrefour des échanges régionaux, et est de plus en plus souvent comparée à Singapour ou à Hongkong.
Data:
26.04.2007 à 08:15
26.04.2007 à 09:40
27.04.2007 à 08:15
27.04.2007 à 09:40
28.04.2007 à 11:00
30.04.2007 à 08:15
30.04.2007 à 09:40
01.05.2007 à 08:15
01.05.2007 à 09:40
02.05.2007 à 08:15
02.05.2007 à 09:40
02.05.2007 à 14:30
Dubai Creek Extension
A 13 kilometre extension to Dubai Creek, which will more than double its length, was approved yesterday by the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. It will run from Ras Al Khor, which is the wetland at the end of the natural Creek, into the Gulf at Jumeirah, giving it two outlets to the sea. [more]
housing emaar
The NEW YORK TIMES is reporting that Emaar is taking a huge hit this quarter:
Dubai-based Emaar Properties (EMAR.DU), the largest Arab real-estate developer by market value, reported its slowest rate of profit-growth in the first quarter in at least two years as the U.S. housing market cooled.
The earnings missed even the smallest profit-forecast of four analysts polled by Reuters last month.Net income in the three months to March 31 rose 13.3 percent to 1.72 billion dirhams ($468.5 million), or 0.28 dirhams per share, compared with 1.52 billion dirhams, or 0.25 dirhams per share, in the year-earlier period, Emaar said.
Compared with the fourth quarter, revenue fell almost 30 percent. Cost of revenue tripled to 1.98 billion dirhams.
There may be a silver lining this cloud as per the Reuters:
Dubai's government took a majority stake in Emaar in March by exchanging land for $7.6 billion worth of stock.
The deal could increase Emaar's land holdings in Dubai by 55 percent, giving the developer more room to expand at home until foreign projects start generating profit, analysts have said.
That might actually work to your average Joe's advantage -- the larger the number of housing units available, the cheaper the purchase price or rent, no?
40% of INET blocked :-( in U.A.E. and i need a HQ :-)
According to media luminary Al SAbdul Latif ayegh:
“The internet blockage rate [of unwanted material] in the UAE has reached 40 per cent that is among the highest in the world.”
Al Sayegh’s remarks came at a conference on Emirates Media Freedom at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.
Not really something for the nation to be proud of, is it?
record after record for the Burj, 120floors and counting
Burj Dubai, already the tallest structure in the Middle East and Europe, has set a new global record for having more floors than any other building in the world.
Currently at 120 storeys and 422.5 metres high, the iconic building developed by Emaar Properties is also one of the five tallest structures in the world.
Height-wise, the tower is now taller than the Empire State Building (381 metres) in New York City and the John Hancock Centre (344 metres) in Chicago – two of only five completed buildings in the world that have 100 storeys or more.
(Full Story)
Oops wrong picture
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Metro wishes to unreservedly apologise for the mistake in Friday's paper where a photograph of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum was published in an article on page 21 about Guantánamo prisoners (more over here)
Dubai Agenda April
5 - 7 april: Dubai Bike Week, Dubai Media City
5 april: Masters Football Cup Dubai 2007
7 april: Perrier Chill Out Festival, Madinat Jumeirah, inclusief DJ's als Stephane Pompougnac van Hotel Costes, DJ Ravin van Buddha Bar en Patrick Forge van Cosmic Jam. Organisator: OHM Records
10 - 13 april: The Bride Show 2007, Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre
11 - 13 april: Dave Crane Hypnosis Show, Madinat Jumeirah.
12 april: Sander Kleinenberg at Trilogy, Madinat Jumeirah, Deep Night.
20 april: David Morales at Peppermint Club
20 april: John Digweed at Trilogy, Madinat Jumeirah, Deep Night.
27 april: Tupac 10 year Anniversary Tour, Dubai Country Club
31 mei: Aerosmith Live in Concert, Dubai Autodrome
Dubai's postal history
Dubai 1963 Hermit Crab 1npDubai's postal history may be divided into six periods. From 1909 to July 1947, Dubai used unoverprinted stamps and postal stationery of India. From August 1947 to 31 March 1948, Dubai used issues from Pakistan. From 1 April 1948 until 1961, Dubai used the stamps and postal stationery of the British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia (listed under Oman in Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue). From 1961 to 1963, Dubai used the stamps and postal stationery of the Trucial States. From 1963 to 1972, Dubai issued stamps and postal stationery under its own name. Dubai became a part of the United Arab Emirates December 2, 1971 and began to use the issues of the United Arab Emirates on 1 January 1973. Note: From 1 August 1972 to 31 December 1972, the post offices in Dubai sometimes sold Abu Dhabi issues overprinted with UAE in English and Arabic to meet shortages of various values. Covers with mixed UAE and Dubai issues are possible.
The stamp on the left was the issued perforated stamp. The others are examples of "errors" that were created for the philatelic market.
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