Fujairah: Government employees in Fujairah will get a 70 per cent pay hike with effect from January 1, 2008, thanks to the kind gesture of His Highness Shaikh Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah.

The Ruler has ordered the concerned departments in the emirate to take necessary measures to implement the decree, which reflect the Ruler's commitment to improve living condition of government employees in the emirate in conformity with the Federal Government decree, which recently hiked Federal Government employees' salary by 70 per cent.