Authorities should have data at their fingertips.MPs have complained that a large number of people still have not got the BD50 inflation allowance. They have termed it negligence on the part of the department concerned and have demanded resignation of its chief. They are justified in their criticism and demand. Bahrain is a hub for information technology. Every person here is a CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac card holder, whether valid or expired but the data is there. In Bahrain both the public and the private sectors are madly mad·ly adv. 1. In a crazy way; insanely. 2. In a wild manner; frantically. 3. In a foolish manner; rashly. madly Adverb 1. spending on modern technology. A large amount of money is wasted on updating computer technology without caring if this really is needed. While the Western world has really benefited from this technology through aggressive public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and new advertisement-influencing techniques, it is making the Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" believe that without this technology they cannot develop. The question remains: are these Third World countries - even say 20 per cent - benefiting from this technology? Everyone's data - whether Bahraini or expatriate Expatriate An employee who is a U.S. citizen living and working in a foreign country. - is available on computers. Everyone has a CPR number. Then how is it that the officials do not know how many pensioners are entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to receive the BD50 allowance? Why is that the data of all those entitled could not be retrieved by just one click of a button? One may perhaps make an excuse that computers of this department were not connected with the main data server. But is this acceptable? Every expatriate has the same story to tell. During interviews at the General Directorate of Nationality nationality, in political theory, the quality of belonging to a nation, in the sense of a group united by various strong ties. Among the usual ties are membership in the same general community, common customs, culture, tradition, history, and language. , Passports and Residence in relation to their nationality application they were asked to produce all their passports - right from their first arrival to the latest. Each one was asked the first question "are your wife and children here in Bahrain"? If anyone had the old passports missing, his application could not be processed. All data, right from a person's first entry to the country, his re-entries and latest residence permit status, is stored in the computers at the immigration department Immigration Department can be referred to these meanings as below:
If the data from one section of the department cannot be retrieved by another section, then the money spent on the technology is a waste. Why should I produce my old passports to prove when I entered the country when it is already available in the department's database? Verghese Copyright 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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