Sheikh Maktoum

[ftrplt]

Breaking news in Australia - Sheikh Maktoum died in a Brisbane hotel this afternoon.

Quoting a heart attack.

[4HolerPoler]

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has died in Australia at the age of 62. His successor is General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. The official mourning period will last for 40 days, and UAE flags will fly at half mast. Ministries and government organisations will be closed for seven days.

[captin2pac]

What a lost, gees he can't take his Ho business with him :{

[turtleneck]

my condolences. nice chap, but .. wasn't that the ruler who let the traffic grow dispropotionately, without proper planning, who let the landlords live their ugly greed unrestrictedly, without any quality control, who let the prices skyrocket, only compensating locals fully, who let entrepreneurs in charge, who barely pay their worker-slaves?
my respect, but not much mourning.

[411A]

<<...who let the landlords live their ugly greed unrestrictedly, without any quality control, who let the prices skyrocket, only compensating locals fully, who let entrepreneurs in charge, who barely pay their worker-slaves?>>

<<While we all respect the loss to Dubai surely some concession has to be made to the fact that so many tourists are here who won't understand what is going on!!>>

Concession?
Whatever for?

Why wind the clock forward when it is truly stuck firmly in the past?

Take away the oil revenue, and it's...back to the desert, Bubba, tea towel and fan belt flapping in the breeze.

Having said this, you do get to smile at your bank book from time to time (in the old days, anyway), so all in all, not so bad.

Ah...except for the fools in EK who believed the recruitment info.
Told 'em so a long time ago, but no one paid attention.
A bitter lesson learned, I'm sure.:}

[miss petal]

# The private sector will be closed for three days of mourning from Wednesday.
# Businesses will reopen on Sunday January 8.
# Government departments will be closed for seven days, although essential services such as urgent visa processing will continue.
# Schools will be closed until Saturday January 14, and any exams scheduled within this period will be postponed.
# Banks will be closed until Sunday.
# Visa departments will run as normal, and the issuing of visas should not be affected, said Saeed Bin Belaila, head of Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department.
# Most major events have been cancelled or postponed.
# The Dubai Shopping Festival – which was due to start on Wednesday night – will be postponed until at least after Eid, officials said.
# The Dubai Marathon has also been postponed. A new date will be announced later.
# The FatBoy Slim concert, which was scheduled for Thursday night, has also been called off. Organiser Mirage Promotions said last night it hopes to reschedule the event, otherwise ticket holders will be refunded their money.
# All cinemas are closed, and will reopen on Saturday.
# Bars and restaurants will open as normal, though no live music will be played.
# Global Village will be closed until at least Saturday.
# Hospitals will function as normal, and flights are not expected to be affected.
# Supermarkets will remain open, though most shopping malls will be closed until Sunday.

[Left Wing]

Govt offices and schools closed for a week??? is that not a holiday rather than mourning:confused:

so the locals will run off to Bahrain or where ever get a nice 7 day break while the xpats will work their butts off :{

[ExSimGuy]

Take away the oil revenue, and it's...back to the desert, Bubba, tea towel and fan belt flapping in the breeze
Um? I was under the impression that Dubai's oil revenues were not that big these days; the major income being from tourism and business?

Good to hear the restaurants etc will still be operating at least, with all respect for the late Sheikh, tourists have paid their hard-earned to come and they shouldn't have their holiday wrecked.

As for the "outrush" to BAH, I'm sure it won't be too noticable compared with the Eid "visitors" from a country much nearer ;)

[max AB]

411A, you're like a dog that keeps returning to its vomit...

[411A]

And your real point, MaxAB, is exactly....ah, what?:E

[Desert Whine]

His point is that you remind him of a dog returning to it's own vomit.

Judging by your contributions, I wouldn't be that generous, myself, with an assessment of your class or intelligence.


PS apparently you're a tight-ass.

[journeyman]

411A,

I believe his point is that you never lose an opporunity to bring up your 'I told you F/O's about joining, etc, etc' line, even on a thread regarding somebody's death.
What a upstanding gent you are.

[4HolerPoler]

Chill guys. 411A you set the bait, you old devil, the lads snapped it up & now you're taunting them. Not the place to do it. Wave off, take a breather; all of you. Thanks.

4HP

[Captain Bug Smasher]

Indeed a sad loss for Dubai and the World of Racing. May he rest in peace.

CBS

[Thunderbird 3]

411A
I presume you have visted DXB.
From it's origin it has now become a main tourist/financial/trade area.
EK has become a driving force in the aviation world boosting sales for both Airbus and Boeing. providing many in avaition with a position in this business.
DXB has also kick started other middle east countries in the aviation business
QR & EY are both examples now pushing forward.
My point is who started all this,the Maktoum family with forward thinking.
otherwise the aviation world would be reliant on the far east and africa for the future. Expansion is not a bad thing & please don't bite the hand that feeds.

[fractional]

Dubai realised back in teh early 80s that the only way was to follow the path they did. It´s obvious that in an environment like what Dubai experienced so far ( and continuing...) there will be quite a number of wild middle east cowboys making a quick million AEDs.
However Dubai and its Royal family had the vison and the guts to take the path they did. They probably did more good than bad despite not having the same money the other royals have to the South.
The have the name Dubai and Emirates across the world. There are shortcoming, but the other guys are years behind.
Good luck Dubai !!!

[Gunship]

A sad day for the UAE, racing etc ...

may he rest in peace. :sad:

Gunss