As part of Dubai Customs` annual program, which undertakes to implement, and following its belief in involving all society members in the comprehensive development process through motivating students once completing their schoolings to work in areas fitting with their capabilities, A summer training under the motto “Do not waste your time and learn for better future” for 105 students who would be distributed to different customs locations , is due to take place tomorrow Sunday 2nd July and last on 10th August 2005.

Suad Mohammed Hassan, Head of Training Planning and Implementation Section at Dubai Customs said, “the summer training aims to qualify the students as to gain experience, be prepared for working and professional life and serve the society. It also encourages them to take the imitative, bear the responsibility and benefit from their holidays to build a bright scientific, social, cultural and professional future.”

“The training period would also contribute to implant the principles of scientific and practical thinking, planning and organizational skills. It enables them to develop positive behavioral qualities like cooperation, teamwork and bearing the responsibility. They would be introduced to the customs business environment, its role in the society in general and the national economy in particular and link the academic knowledge with the professional life, added Suad.

Pointing out to the number of students being received by Dubai Customs annually Suad said,” a great number of general secondary school and university students are annually received by Dubai Customs. They are distributed to different customs locations allowing them to get acquainted with the nature of customs business and how to interact with customs trade stakeholders and clients. Dubai Customs makes use each year of the experiments of previous years summer training for delivering better training and achieving the set objectives.”

As far as the training programme is concerned, Saud added, “due to the great importance of the summer training, which we feel is the ideal investment of the students` time during the summer vacation, the Training Programmes and Implementation Section has developed a training programme full of useful activities.”



This is a student program that Dubai Customs has which allows students to pertake in the training and introduction to the customs business envirement.

Now tell me something, what's stopping a terrorist from entering into this program to learn the ins and outs of the operation of this business and eventually securing a job through this program? Similar to the way that the terrorist enrolled in flight schools to learn how to fly planes, etc.

I realize that this could happen in any company, however I would think that it would be much easier for someone from the middle east to fit into a company like this. Are we supposed to trust this company with security and background checks on these enrollees?

There are so many questions that have gone unanswered by those in Washington who support the aquisition by this Arab company.


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