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Gulf News looks back over the years at concerns and issues raised by readers in their letters to the newspaper. It's a retrospective that offers an insight into the community, the development of the country and the paper's journey. This week's letters are from May 1980.
Bus routes needed
There are about 3,000 families living in Karama, mostly expatriates. Of course, a massive housing colony has been established and the Central Post Office has also moved to their new buildings situated in Karama.
Three of the best supermarkets are also there. But we lack any municipal transport system. I hope the municipality would be good enough to introduce a bus service from the General Post Office to Deira Bazaar, Bur Dubai Bazaar, Jumeirah Beach, Zoo and the Airport. I can assure you that there would be enough commuters to patronise such a service.
From S. Ansari Ai
Karama, Dubai
No place like home
There is no sweeter word in the human language than home. Be that even if home means only furnished rooms or if it's chilly, dingy and dull; or if there is no air, no light and no space. Home is certainly no place to bluster, to moan, to whine and to grumble ab
out this or that. Be affectionate towards those at home. They form one's heart and soul. Home needs the spirit of sacrifice: To be ready to sacrifice something in order to make another member of the family enjoy it. Always see how you can please those at home, how you can help them and how you can stand by them. Above all, never go without a smile.
Learn to stop complaining. If you cannot see any good in the world, keep the bad to yourself and your home will be happy. And there are chances to make your home happy. You pass through this world once. Make your home a place of joy.
From Ms Na Seeni
Dubai
More topics
I am an ardent reader of the Gulf News and find its contents most informative and well written. However, one comment I would like to make is concentrated on your magazine published on Fridays. I would like to see more varied subjects covered in this publication.
In the last category usually one reads about Western or Asian music. As we are living and working in an Arab country, could you not include articles on Arabic music and feature Arab singers? I am sure this would stimulate interest among European readers about the country that they live in.
From Mr Y.F.
UAE
Regional press
I note with interest that while you regularly feature excerpts from the Arabic press, you always quote from local Arabic publications, which are readily available throughout the UAE.
Could you not have wider and more varied comments from the press of all the major Arab countries, including Syria, Iraq, Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? It would be most interesting to learn of their comments on national issues.
From A Reader
UAE
Name withheld by request
Stop smoking
Smoking is known to be harmful and it has been discouraged by health advocates throughout the world as a necessary step in curbing unnecessary diseases. But smoking is not decreasing. Instead, it is spreading in society, as if man cannot go without it.
The reason is human beings are not afraid of the risk they are taking, and at the same time the development of various types of medicines to prevent such unforeseen defects are in vogue. The old idea of living for society, for the nation, for future generations, for morality, is vague in the eyes of the modern intellectual who idolises the advanced nations with their latest developments.
This is the reason why the youth are recalcitrant today. They stand against parents, society, the nation and the world in general because the threat of war and havoc is very real. Man is a member of society and he is bound to adopt certain social habits. He may reason that he is part of the social scene by smoking.
And above all, the business community mints money-selling cigarettes. Is there any force in the world to stop the growth of tobacco? Nations earn good incomes through this business so they are not interested in stopping.
From A Reader
UAE
Name withheld by request
Noisy doors
The other day I went to the water department to pay a bill. The room where the pay-in counter is has a spring door and the traffic through this door is heavy. While I stood in line to pay my bill, I counted more than 50 people who walked in and each time there was a shattering bang as the door was swung open and then swung shut.
The din is awful and it goes on all the time. I wonder how the staff at the counter feels being subjected to this almost continuous noise. Couldn't one controlled spring door be installed?
From Ms Vlichelle de Rusairo
Karama
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