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Dubai to have bilingual labels for toys soon

DUBAI - The regulation on toy safety requiring Arabic labelling - in addition to the English one - introduced by Dubai Municipality a few months ago, has received a good response from the members of the public and will now be implemented on a larger scale, Redha Hassan Salman, Head of the Environment Protection and Safety Section (EPSS) at the civic body, told Khaleej Times recently.

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Discount cards for private school employees

DUBAI - Dubai Educational Zone is considering giving all workers of private schools - teachers and administrators - discount cards, which were issued by the zone last year, but were available only for workers in the public education schools.

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Dandiya to mark Navratri celebrations

DUBAI - The Shree Parajiya Soni Samaj UAE, a non-profit making cultural and social organisation representing the natives of Kathiawad in the Indian state of Gujarat, is organising Navratri Mahotsav to celebrate the popular festival popularly known as Dandiya from today till October 5 at the old Sharjah Expo Centre.

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Colourful Navratri festivities begin

DUBAI - Indian Association, Dubai (IAD) and Al Ahmadiya Contracting are celebrating Navratri for 11 nights at the Al Ahmadiya Grounds in Al Aweer daily from 10pm to 2pm. The celebrations, which kicked off yesterday will continue till October 4.

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Labour ministry gets a shot in the arm with more inspection teams

DUBAI - The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs' Labour Inspection Department, the official watchdog of the labour market, is witnessing a number of massive changes that will enhance its role in keeping a close check on thousands of private companies and monitoring their compliance with the country's regulations.

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A tall tale of an awesome threesome

ABU DHABI - The capital's residents who were out for a Sunday evening walk on Eelectra Street stopped short in their stride when they spotted the world's three tallest people - a woman and two men, all from Pakistan - taking a walk on this busy throughfare.

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Book bazaar to help MSF

DUBAI - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is set to conduct a second-hand book bazaar from October 15 to18 at its office at the Dune Centre in Al Diyafah Street, Satwa.

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DIHQA to license Quran centres

DUBAI - The Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) is in the process of issuing licences to all the Holy Quran memorisation centres in Dubai. The DIHQA has already distributed application forms to be filled by these centres.

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Dh75m for Ajman sewerage project

AJMAN - His Highness Shaikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ajman, toured the Ajman Sewerage Project on Monday to review the progress of construction work at the treatment plant. The work started in March this year and the plant will become operational by August 2004.

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