in the end of the letter it is cleary mentioned COPY/PASTED from QATAR JOURNAL !!!
also Frog has found the last part of this letter as mentioned below:-
(copy/pasted from above post of Frog)
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Letters to the Editor ( Gulf Times)
Published: Monday, 10 December, 2007, 02:34 AM Doha Time
Nothing wrong with exit system
Dear Sir,
No offence, Mr Gourlay, but I found the last part of your letter (Journalist refused exit, December 9) a good example of taking-for-granted sense.
If I had a penny for every time I heard a complaint about the system, I would take early retirement tomorrow. But the fact of the matter is that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the exit visa system. What would happen if the Ministry of Interior lifted the control on exiting residents and put a turnstile at the airport instead of an immigration guard?
What would happen to your spouse’s company if one morning one of her workers decided to leave the country with the next month’s payroll? There is no easy way to prevent certain people from absconding. An unchecked system is not desirable for any country that depends heavily on the residents.
Back to your letter, I couldn’t disagree with you more when you assumed that the colour of your passport and your dependant status should open all the doors for you, in fact, giving you “more rights than a Nepali labourer”. As a person who could care less about the colour of your passport, your office furniture or your skin, I’ve been trying to fathom how a provoking statement as such could come out without getting yourself sued by the aforementioned community back to the fold. Most certainly, you wouldn’t be allowed to exit if someone found you accountable for your actions.
Jay Pereda, P O Box 4219, Doha
in the end of the letter it is cleary mentioned COPY/PASTED from QATAR JOURNAL !!!
also Frog has found the last part of this letter as mentioned below:-
(copy/pasted from above post of Frog)
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Frog__ said Letters to the Editor ( ...
Letters to the Editor ( Gulf Times)
Published: Monday, 10 December, 2007, 02:34 AM Doha Time
Nothing wrong with exit system
Dear Sir,
No offence, Mr Gourlay, but I found the last part of your letter (Journalist refused exit, December 9) a good example of taking-for-granted sense.
If I had a penny for every time I heard a complaint about the system, I would take early retirement tomorrow. But the fact of the matter is that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the exit visa system. What would happen if the Ministry of Interior lifted the control on exiting residents and put a turnstile at the airport instead of an immigration guard?
What would happen to your spouse’s company if one morning one of her workers decided to leave the country with the next month’s payroll? There is no easy way to prevent certain people from absconding. An unchecked system is not desirable for any country that depends heavily on the residents.
Back to your letter, I couldn’t disagree with you more when you assumed that the colour of your passport and your dependant status should open all the doors for you, in fact, giving you “more rights than a Nepali labourer”. As a person who could care less about the colour of your passport, your office furniture or your skin, I’ve been trying to fathom how a provoking statement as such could come out without getting yourself sued by the aforementioned community back to the fold. Most certainly, you wouldn’t be allowed to exit if someone found you accountable for your actions.
Jay Pereda, P O Box 4219, Doha
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