Life on the Spot! Life and Leisure in Doha, Qatar

from The Peninsula

DOHA • The exit permit system is all set to be removed under a new sponsorship regime, suggests the draft of the proposed legislation which was published by a local Arabic daily here yesterday. And working resident women may be allowed to sponsor their husbands and children provided they fulfill the eligibility criteria.

The draft makes it illegal for sponsors to retain the passports of their foreign workers after completing the visa formalities (renewal or fresh issuance) unless it is mutually agreed between the two parties that their passports or travel documents are to be deposited with their employers.

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QATAR Web Awards Committee in association with Microsoft and BSA, has the honor to present for the first time QATAR Web Awards 2008 Competition.

QATAR Web Awards was created to recognize excellence in web designers, developers and Website Owner, giving them an opportunity to showcase their work in a competition for the best website in each of designated 32 categories.

QATAR Web Awards winners will be announced in a prestigious Gala Dinner Ceremony which will include, Award Distribution, on the 21st of May.

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A friend of ours is leaving Doha for good. She is selling her less-than-a-year-old Toyota Innova. Details as follows:

2007 Toyota Innova (8  months old)
8000 km ONLY
Used for school run
Accident -free
Female-driven

 The car is selling for 65,000QR ONLY.

Call Chiklet at 5906905 if interested.
Please, don't email us.

 

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Doha • A new rent law passed yesterday and to be brought into force from today makes all existing tenancy contracts valid until February 14, 2010. It provides for the Cabinet to issue a decision regarding the percentage of increase and the period after which a property owner can raise the rent. It implies that unless the Cabinet issues a decision, no landlord can now increase the rent by any amount. The law (Number 4 of 2008) was ratified by the Emir, H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, nullifying Law Number 2 of 1975. Article 27 of the new law specifies that unless a tenant does not want to renew a rent contract, all current contracts will be legally valid until February 14,...

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Thanks to the concern and support of one Mr. Abraham who read my story on our blog and one of the internet forums in Doha, who then later on emailed and forwarded my story to the Lulu Hypermarket Head Office in UAE. Surprisingly though, we also emailed the same story to the said office but it was only Mr. Abraham’s letter they got. Anyway, he was kind enough to send me a copy of the email from Mr. Althaf, Lulu Hypermarket’s Regional Director and upon receiving that email, I wasted no time and emailed Mr. Althaf myself.

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