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To: Road Walker who wrote (332331)	4/9/2007 5:55:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575758

JF, > Like the one in Iraq? Even if you don't count Iraq, the federal bureaucracy has grown by leaps and bounds under the Republicans. Only hope now is for a stalemate between Bush and the Dem Congress. Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (332331)	4/10/2007 2:46:42 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575758

Immigration gone wild.... Sculpting Dubai's workforce By Dr Rod Monger, Special to Gulf News Sculpting Dubai's workforce By Dr Rod Monger, Special to Gulf News Numbers may be keys to the nature of Dubai's workforce and its economy. According to a 2005 government report, 97.13 per cent of Dubai's total labour force is foreign. Luxembourg limps in next with 59.75 per cent, and thereafter the percentage drops below 25 per cent with only 10 countries having more than 10 per cent. This is the first of three deeply important numbers. The second number - mostly likely unknown - is the percentage of those foreign workers who have come to regard Dubai as home or would like to make it their permanent home. Many of these expats came to Dubai 15 to 20 years ago for a two-year stint, liked it and stayed. The third number, also from the government, is that only five per cent of Emiratis are employed in the private sector. Taken together, these numbers offer an unparalleled opportunity to Dubai. While the downside is that almost everyone from managers to construction crews must be imported, so to speak, the upside is that Dubai can essentially sculpt its workforce, and by doing so, shape its future economy. No other location on the globe has quite the same possibilities. Numbers may be keys to the nature of Dubai's workforce and its economy. According to a 2005 government report, 97.13 per cent of Dubai's total labour force is foreign. Luxembourg limps in next with 59.75 per cent, and thereafter the percentage drops below 25 per cent with only 10 countries having more than 10 per cent. This is the first of three deeply important numbers. The second number - mostly likely unknown - is the percentage of those foreign workers who have come to regard Dubai as home or would like to make it their permanent home. Many of these expats came to Dubai 15 to 20 years ago for a two-year stint, liked it and stayed. The third number, also from the government, is that only five per cent of Emiratis are employed in the private sector. Taken together, these numbers offer an unparalleled opportunity to Dubai. While the downside is that almost everyone from managers to construction crews must be imported, so to speak, the upside is that Dubai can essentially sculpt its workforce, and by doing so, shape its future economy. No other location on the globe has quite the same possibilities.