Good morning from The National on May 13, 2024.
Here is your digest of what is making the headlines in the Emirates.
Well-trained nurses experienced in state-of-the-art hospitals are being scouted from the UAE to work in understaffed western healthcare systems.
The economic benefits of care through creating long-living healthy communities was the message on International Nurses’ Day yesterday, but hospitals have raised concerns about the Gulf's nursing professionals being lured away.
Paths to citizenship, free education, competitive pay and shorter working hours are attractive propositions for nurses looking to relocate from the Gulf to Australia, the US or Europe.
Experts said the UAE’s skilled nursing workforce is in demand in other nations that have seen increasing numbers leave the profession.
Read the full story from Nick Webster here
Sheikh Hamdan details project to maintain Dubai's heritage
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, has announced the next phase of a project to maintain the city's heritage.
The second phase of the scheme will focus on the preservation of 35 areas, sites and buildings from the 1960s to the 1990s.
These include Jumeirah Zoo, the Clock Tower, Rashid Tower, the Dubai Petroleum building, Terminal 1 at Dubai International Airport, Dubai Municipality's main building, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Palace – Zaabeel, the Dubai Land Department building and the Dubai Courts building.
"We have a responsibility to celebrate our history and protect our architectural treasures for future generations," said Sheikh Hamdan, in a statement released by the Dubai Government Media Office.
Read the full story here
Dubai's new airport terminal to create 10,000 jobs in duty free alone
Dubai's $35 billion passenger terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport is expected to include at least 100,000 square metres of retail space and employ 10,000 people when it opens within 10 years, according to the departing boss of Dubai Duty Free.
That is more than double the 40,000 square metres of retail space that Dubai Duty Free operates across Dubai International and AI Maktoum International airports, and nearly double its workforce of 5,700 staff.
“The new airport announcement is fantastic … I expect business in that time – if you look at continuous growth and passenger spend that will grow – in 10 years, Dubai Duty Free will have $3 billion in annual sales,” Colm McLoughlin, executive vice chairman and chief executive of Dubai Duty Free, told The National.
“Space is very important. There will be a minimum 100,000 square metres and there will probably at the time be 10,000 staff working for Dubai Duty Free.”
Read more about it from Deena Kamel here
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COMING UP
- James Blunt: The Who We Used to Be Tour, Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai - May 24
- Chris Tucker: Abu Dhabi Comedy Week, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi - May 25
FACT OF THE DAY
Sales of a Palestinian-Swedish drink, released as an alternative to US beverages such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi, have reached about four million cans in just under two months. Read more here
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