• Some people are demanding that the authorities concerned provide alternative places for labour camps after labourers were evicted from farmhouses serving as accommodation for single workers, and from residential areas where families live, following a ban on camps in these places.
• There are demands for strict monitoring of those trading in birds, and for making it mandatory for buyers to get a sales receipt to prevent fraudulent practices, including sale of stolen birds.
• There is talk about a plan of the Permanent Committee for Emergency to set up a centre to monitor earthquakes and natural calamities.
• There is talk about the findings of a study conducted by the Supreme Council of Health, according to which 70 percent of Qatari citizens suffer from obesity.
• Social media sites are abuzz with comments about amendments to the human resources law, which have brought back the end of service gratuity and marriage allowance for citizens.
• There is talk about telecast of live CCTV footage from the towers area along the Corniche started by the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning.
• There is discussion on social media sites among parents and guardians about competitions in some schools to select the most beautiful pyjamas.
• There is talk about the implementation of an online system to allow Egyptian companies to operate in Qatar without sponsors.
• Citizens have expressed appreciation for the decision of the State Cabinet to exempt people with special needs from all taxes.
• It has been proposed to the authorities concerned that they issue a seismic building code to minimise the impact of earthquakes on buildings.
