Emirates leader urges citizens to reduce number of foreign workers
17 Apr 2007 Dubai : Dubai leader Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum urged the country’s citizens to stop relying on government handouts and reduce number of foreign workers, who he said threaten national security.
Sheik Mohammed said he wanted to reduce foreign labor and influences in a country where some 85 percent of the country’s 5 million population is foreign, while moving citizens into the private sector’s top posts.
He called for an immediate end to foreign labor in “marginal economic activities” and described the 300,000 illegal laborers in the country as a national security threat.
At the same time, he chastised Emirati families for hiring too many maids and domestic servants — which form 10 percent of the labor force.
“The number of domestic helpers in some families exceeds the size of the family itself,” he said. “Most families maintain a number of domestic help which is beyond their actual need.”
Maya Kannadi 
The high cost of living, depreciation of dollar resulting in high appreciation of rupee more than 10% in the past few months, the high growth in the Indian IT and Manufacturing Companies,high salary levels in India are compelling many Indian expats to return back to their home country.
The big real estate companies like Emaar and Nakheel are already started venturing in India to take advantage of the reality boom in India.
Best Regards,
Ramesh Natarajan
Dubai
By: Ramesh Natarajan on April 24, 2007
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