• There are growing complaints from parents about poor facilities in some schools, which suffer power outages and have faulty air conditioning, due to which children have to suffer in summer. They say that the Supreme Education Council (SEC) does not take enough action against erring schools.
• There is talk about the announcement by Ooredoo that it has more than three million customers in Qatar.
• There are complaints about some shops reserving public parking space for their customers and employees, especially on commercial streets and in areas that see a huge rush. People have demanded strict monitoring of such shops and fines to be imposed on them.
• There are demands that gardens and green areas be developed at health centres and public hospitals to create a healthy environment.
• There is talk about the decision of the SEC to earmark three preparatory schools to receive students who have failed in class six, to repeat the same class. The education law does not allow students aged more than 13 to remain in primary schools.
• Some people say that many applicants for the Furjan shops are big businessmen, so the needy will not benefit from this project, and that is against the state’s policy to provide equal opportunities to all citizens.
• There are demands to review the mechanism for allotment of Al Furjan shops, so that those who come under social security and limited-income families benefit from them. Also, the rent should be reduced for them.
