What quality manpower? Where have you seen it? Yes, I've been here 10 years but also more than 10 years in Kuwait and have been to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Only Oman is missing. I've never seen a quality construction work force anywhere. I even worked in construction in the US and my fellow workers weren't quality. Mass and fast development has a price. That's why the Koreans send their army conscripts to labor camps in the Gulf.
Perhaps the cement shortages, chaotic truck bans and other nuances that have bedevilled Doha'a boom are a reason for delays. And there really isn't enough of a supply of labor which is why things are so stretched.
10 years ago there was hardly anything here. The only landmarks were the Sheraton and General Post Office.
Let's call a spade a spade. The Emir assumed power in 1995. The financial situation was absolutely horrendous for the first few years thereafter. The money started rolling in about 2000. Ever since things took off and Doha had so much catching up to do with the other Gulf states because it had been so under-developed in the golden 70s and early 80s.
Qatar is advancing in leaps and bounds. While migrant workers rights aren't exemplary their governments have a duty to look after their interests too. There's a Human Rights Commission now that didn't exist 3 years ago. Newspapers now report on things that were taboo not too long ago.
Change is a slow process. But I see it happening here whereas it still hasn't begun in other places.
What quality manpower? Where have you seen it? Yes, I've been here 10 years but also more than 10 years in Kuwait and have been to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Only Oman is missing. I've never seen a quality construction work force anywhere. I even worked in construction in the US and my fellow workers weren't quality. Mass and fast development has a price. That's why the Koreans send their army conscripts to labor camps in the Gulf.
Perhaps the cement shortages, chaotic truck bans and other nuances that have bedevilled Doha'a boom are a reason for delays. And there really isn't enough of a supply of labor which is why things are so stretched.
10 years ago there was hardly anything here. The only landmarks were the Sheraton and General Post Office.
Let's call a spade a spade. The Emir assumed power in 1995. The financial situation was absolutely horrendous for the first few years thereafter. The money started rolling in about 2000. Ever since things took off and Doha had so much catching up to do with the other Gulf states because it had been so under-developed in the golden 70s and early 80s.
Qatar is advancing in leaps and bounds. While migrant workers rights aren't exemplary their governments have a duty to look after their interests too. There's a Human Rights Commission now that didn't exist 3 years ago. Newspapers now report on things that were taboo not too long ago.
Change is a slow process. But I see it happening here whereas it still hasn't begun in other places.
With respect.