- Short Story: The Hungry Jaws Series - Invest In Yemen (1) (Community).I never realized how little I knew about investment in Yemen Yemen (yĕm`ən), officially Republic of Yemen, republic (2005 est. pop. 20,727,000), 207,300 sq mi (535,800 sq km), SW Asia, at the southern edge of the Arabian peninsula. . I heard through the media about how the government is facilitating investments and trying to encourage more investors to come to Yemen. I am aware of the Investment Law, which gives a lot of tax breaks to investors, and I heard about the good work the General Investment Authority (GIA Noun 1. GIA - a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres" ) is doing to help investors. With all of this in mind, I thought, "Well great, I will do business here." Now I had to face it. I am planning to run a small business, but I cannot go through the GIA or make use of the facilities of the Investment Law. I have to go through the local authorities. How do I start? There is no way to find out except by asking someone who went through the same experience. After asking around, I found the place to start: the Ministry of Trade and Industry. But I got some extra information in addition! One of my friends told me about his experience. "I started my private school three years ago. I was told that I don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. need any licenses immediately and that I could start right away. After a while, I started the licensing process with the Local Council. "Great," is what I originally thought, I don't have to go to the ministry which is on the other side of the city. I filled out hundreds of forms, telling every detail of the school, before I even had an idea about many things. Then came the first group of investigators who criticized everything. "The building is small, the yard is not big enough," and so forth. I was confused! I knew many schools that had very small buildings and no yards at all. Finally, the person who was following the paperwork told me, "Just give them some money," and it worked. This was not the end. After that the papers and same process was repeated, but at the Capital Secretariat Secretariat, 1970–89, thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Lucien Laurin and ridden by Ron Turcotte, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown in 1973. Secretariat (foaled 1970) U.S. level, then again at the Ministry level. "You just have to pay," was what I kept hearing. "How lucky I am" I thought. I am not planning to invest in schools or in education, thanks to Allah Allah (ăl`ə, ä`lə), [Arab.,=the God]. Derived from an old Semitic root refering to the Divine and used in the Canaanite El, the Mesopotamian ilu, and the biblical Elohim, the word Allah . I don't need to go to the Ministry of Education. I have other plans, and I am optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op ..... Copyright Yemen Times The Yemen Times is unified Yemen's first and most widely-read independent English-language newspaper. The paper is published twice-weekly (on Mondays and Thursdays) and has its own printing press, advertising associates and news service. . All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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