• There is talk about the approval by the Ministry of Labour, with the agreement of manpower agencies, to recruit domestic workers from five more countries: Eritrea, Cambodia, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bangladesh
• There are demands that the authorities develop more play areas for children and maintain the existing ones, and use safe materials to ensure the safety of children of all ages.
• There is talk about a plan to set up a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts which will have modern equipment to help cure the patients.
• There is talk about new space at Al Mazrouah Yard for trade in animals in future.
• There is talk about the detention of a blogger, Salah Al Yafei, in the United Arab Emirates. He is a Bahraini national working with Aspire Academy.
• Citizens want the authorities concerned to give engineering offices the right to issue building licences because the existing licensing procedures (for commercial and non-commercial buildings) are lengthy and wearying.
• There are demands that the authorities concerned stop leaks in drains in some areas, because it causes foul smell and leads to proliferation of insects and mosquitoes.
• There are demands that the authorities concerned make procedures for issuing licences for buildings easer for citizens and expatriates.
• Motorists are demanding that the authorities concerned erect metal barriers on some highways so that pedestrians do not cross them, as it is risky to do so.
