In trying to give some idea of the scale of a Dubai mega-project, it is standard journalist practice to reach for some hoary old comparisons. Giant floorspace is described in terms of football pitches; length is compared to the Great Wall of China; height, Eiffel Tower. There is little thought as to how many readers [...]
|Drivers at Dubai’s main taxi firm, which is has an exclusive contract to carry passengers from the Gulf trade hub’s airport, plan a 24-hour strike to protest against an in-house fines regime, Arabian Business reports. The strike, planned for Wednesday, is to protest against unreasonable fines from management. The topic was reported on Kipp two [...]
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