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BACK TO SCHOOL 2010 – RADIO 4 ESSAY COMPETITION
BACK TO SCHOOL 2010 – RADIO 4 ESSAY COMPETITION
A message from Charu and Anirudh of Radio 4 FM.
OK, so you are back to school…. so it might be a little hard to get excited about getting back behind the desk, but would winning a share of AED 10,000 make you a little more excited?
Starting 21 September 2010, we are looking for some cool kids (or their cool Mums and Dads) who want to tell us how was their 1st day back to sc…hool and what was your Summer Vacation like? Just fire up the computer and pump out your finest 40 word essay on your Summer Vacation and 1st Day back to school. Send it us on Face Book as a message!
The 10 best entries will score a share in AED 10,000 per station. Just imagine how long it’d take to save that much pocket money!
Its the Radio 4 Back to School Promotion – think of it as your first essay of the year. Except you might earn a little more than a gold star sticker and a pat on the back from the teacher!.
So, please participate and send messages to CharuAni Hornokplease
Restart traffic safety campaigns – My Letters – THE NATIONAL – Dt. 23.09.2010
Restart traffic safety campaigns
I refer to Commuters back, schools back … and tailback (September 20). Summer holidays are over and schools have started a new academic year. Back to work and back to the old problems. Traffic, traffic, traffic everywhere. The media should restart their traffic safety awareness campaigns as they did successfully last year.
Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi
To read it in original, please visit THE NATIONAL online.
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Community report – GULF NEWS – Dt. 21.09.2010 – Coping with fog
Community report – GULF NEWS – Dt. 21.09.2010 – Coping with fog
Road signs on Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway need an overhaul
Text and picture by Ramesh Menon, Gulf News Reader Published: 00:00 September 21, 2010
Gulf News reader Ramesh Menon predicts the return of foggy days and urged the authorities to plan ahead in order to make residents’ commutes smooth and hassle-free. He took this photograph last year on the Ghantoot highway. Image Credit: Ramesh Menon/Gulf News reader We witnessed one of the worst road accidents in the UAE back in 2008, on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot.
For regular road users of this highway, it was not a surprise. The sudden weather change and lack of visibility during early mornings is a regular phenomenon on desert roads.
Now, the weather seems to be changing once again to foggy days. Accordingly, during early morning drives on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway, we can see several fog pockets, especially after the Ghantoot area. It gets very dangerous to drive with less than 30 metres visibility.
Along the route, there are major exits from the highway and all these have signboards placed on the right side of the road. During foggy days and when there is heavy vehicle traffic, these signboards are difficult to spot.
In order to avoid this dangerous situation, I suggest that the authorities:
– Introduce a new road signage system. Signboards near major exits can have luminescent paint, along with clear markings on roads. These should be present well in advance, so that drivers do not get worried and are not misguided, even in case of extreme foggy or dusty conditions.
– An increase in the installation of electronic road signs so that drivers are cautioned if there is danger ahead.
– An increase in police patrols on foggy days, especially on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway and Emirates Road.
I am optimistic that this system will be very effective, specifically on Emirates Road, Shaikh Zayed Road towards Abu Dhabi and Shaikh Rashid Road towards Dubai.
— The reader is a technical officer, based in Abu Dhabi
To read it in original, please visit GULF NEWS Online.
Photo Speaks – Beauty of the falls – Athirappally Vazhachal waterfalls in Kerala
Photo Speaks – Beauty of the falls – Athirappally Vazhachal waterfalls in Kerala
Photo Speaks – Beauty of the falls – Athirappally Vazhachal waterfalls in Kerala
Photo Speaks – Beauty of the falls – Athirappally Vazhachal waterfalls in Kerala
Suggestion for customer service – My Letters – THE NATIONAL – Dt. 20.09.2010
My Letters – THE NATIONAL – Dt. 20.09.2010 – Suggestion for customer service
Suggestions for customer service
With the initiative of setting up business centres at shopping malls, Etisalat has made it easier for its customers to pay telephone bills and obtain new services.
One such centre working very efficiently is the one in Abu Dhabi Mall. However, the sheer popularity of it has created a new problem. Many business customers visit this centre, which has only one or two staff members to complete their transactions. This means more waiting for individual customers, who at times have to wait for more than 30 minutes till the customer in front completes a set of 15 or more bills.
The staff and system access at these counters are not meant for complex transactions and queries which create more delays.
I suggest that the Etisalat authorities provide more staff at business centres like Abu Dhabi Mall and also operate a separate counter for corporate customers so that individual customers need not wait for long.
Ramesh Menon, Abu Dhabi
To Read it in original, please visit THE NATIONAL online.
Heavy tinting on Calicut Mayor’s car – is it required for a public representative’s vehicle
Heavy tinting on Calicut Mayor’s car – is it required for a public representative’s vehicle
This is an indirect invitation to conduct illegal activities and accompaniment of unwarranted personnel in an official vehicle during official and non-official time.
Staff Reporter THE HINDU Dt. 18 September 2010
MALAPPURAM: Youth Congress activists blocked Kozhikode Mayor M. Bhaskaran at Kolathur near Kondotty on Friday, alleging that he violated the model code of conduct for elections by using his official vehicle to attend a programme organised by Left supporters.
The Mayor was to inaugurate an airport march by the Malabar Chamber of Commerce and the Janakeeya Samiti of Calicut International Airport in protest against the alleged neglect of Malabar’s passengers by Air India.
Mr. Bhaskaran claimed that he was heading for the airport to meet airport director G. Chandramouli and officials of the national carrier to discuss the problems caused by the recent rescheduling and cancellations of some Air India flights. However, Youth Congress activists insisted that the Mayor use his official vehicle to attend an agitation spearheaded by a group of people owing allegiance to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Request to KMF society to reduce use of plastic materials for distributing Milk products
Request to KMF society to reduce use of plastic materials for distributing Milk products
As we climb the Chamundi Hills Banglore, we get to see a warning board requesting us to keep the place free of plastics. I was happy to see it as I drove up. A visit to the temple and then to the exclusive Nandini Shoppe let me down completely. The outlet is selling milk products in plastic sachets which are thrown around by customers after consumption. Why not they start using “Aseptic Packaging materials” to pack and distribute milk products. It will be environment friendly and more cost effective. I am sure Indian Packaging Industry has advanced technological know-how to come out with economically and environment friendly products for manufactures and consumers.
I request KARNATAKA CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS’ FEDERATION LIMITED society to reduce use of plastic materials for distributing milk products.
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 18.09.2010 – Choose the right path
Short Take – GULF TODAY – Dt. 18.09.2010 – Choose the right path
Choose the right path
Summer holidays are over and schools in the region have started a new academic session. Most of the expatriates have returned from their holidays. Back to work and back to the old problems. Traffic, traffic, traffic everywhere.
Speeding, wrong parking and bullying by big cars.
Maybe it is due to the fact that some of the driving habits they witnessed in the country they visited, or maybe the roads have new expats who just arrived and do not know the regulations here.
It looks like, traffic wardens have to restart the campaigns they successfully conducted last year once again to remind one and all about safety aspects on the road.
Add to it, the weather is also changing to foggy mornings.
Hope good sense prevails on the road and this winter we do not get to witness major accidents.
Ramesh Menon
To read it in original, please visit GULF TODAY online.
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