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English translation: kiosks
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peer agreement (net): +2kiosks Explanation: -- -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2015-05-08 18:09:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- City council seeks to regulate street markets in Jeddah Last updated: Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:06 PM Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Jeddah Municipality Council has called for a meeting with several government directorates and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to regulate around 40 street markets and find a solution to their violations, the Arabic daily Makkah reported. Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s shopping centers committee head Mohammad Alawi said these street markets have violated government regulations numerous times. He said: “We need to look into these violations as they are initially set for indoor commercial buildings and centers and not for street markets. “These markets are mostly run by charities or similar organizations and do not have a legally registered owner.” He added the unregulated markets made it difficult for the authorities to apply the law to them, even though the government regards these locations as important attractions for the Kingdom and its culture. “The problem is our entire regulatory system is dependent on the registered owner’s name and the employees’ names as well to be able to track down any violations committed and share them with other concerned authorities,” said Alawi. He added that the same approach could not be applied to the street markets because they have no particular owner or regular sellers. They are open and free markets for anyone. He said: “I think we need to set down a new system for these markets to preserve our culture and the customers’ rights. “Developed countries have regulated their street markets and successfully preserved their culture. These markets are also a rich job market for women and the elderly.” Jeddah Municipality Council member Abdullah Al-Turkistani agreed with Alawi that there is a need for a new system for street markets. He said: “We need to find a mechanism in which we can regulate these markets without tarnishing their free and open spirit. “They are even more popular than shopping centers and are often on a very large piece of land. “They are responsible for a number of violations such as selling unsanitary food and employing illegal expatriates.” He also suggested taking Riyadh Municipality as an example and what it has done when it provided women with kiosks to sell their homemade products. Jeddah, being a cultural city, has a lot of street markets and regulating them the right way will help in preserving them, he said. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-08 18:10:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Jeddah Municipality on Sunday demolished kiosks owned by a number of Saudi widows and divorcees in south Jeddah, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Monday. The municipality reportedly did not heed the protests of the women who were demanding to be left alone to earn their living. The women filed complaints against the municipality at the Board of Grievances, accusing it of unjustifiably destroying their kiosks without warning and also of harsh treatment and verbal abuse. The kiosks were built along Al-Mamsha Street at the Prince Abdulmajeed residential project, south of Jeddah. Chairman of the southern branch municipality Saeed Al-Qarni defended the local authority’s actions and said the kiosks did not meet specifications and designs stipulated in the contracts. He said the women were given more than one chance to ensure their premises met the set standards but they insisted on building their kiosks on wooden boxes. "We warned them more than once that their kiosks would be destroyed if they were not built according to the specifications but they did not listen," he said. The chairman said if the women had a good cause and they were able to prove that they were harshly treated or verbally abused by the municipality's staff, the employees in question would be punished. The women said they had been doing business along Al-Mamsha Street for more than six years, during which they never stopped asking the municipality to grant them permanent locations for their kiosks. While distributing the locations, the municipality gave priority to disabled women, widows and divorcees who had been living in the district for several years. Umm Saeed Al-Qarni, a street vendor, said she paid the rent for her kiosk and obtained all the required licenses but within less than a month the municipality demolished it along with the other kiosks. Umm Nawaf, another kiosk owner, said they obtained their electricity by extending wires from the lampposts. "This was dangerous for us but the municipality did not care," she said. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-08 18:11:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&... |
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