Letters to the Editor [Archives:2000/26/Letters to the Editor]

Dear Editor,
I sent letter concerning the tobacco industry, but I did not see it on your newspaper.
Now I have something surprising about the banking system in our country. One week ago my family went from Saudi Arabia to their country to spend their school vacation. Apparently, my wife has had some money saved at the Yemen bank for Reconstruction and Development for a long time and she regularly sent our money to her mother to save it there. Now she went to this bank to withdraw some money (around 250,000 rials). They gave her just 235,000 rials. After she received her money she asked why they had reduced the amount. They answered that this money belongs to “the criteria” (in other words, a bribe), and she can not do anything about it. She left with the money which she received.
When I called her she told me the story of her suffering and problems. At first they told her that her name was not on the computer and she would have to start the process anew.
We continually suffer from representatives coming from different banks to our office begging us to save our money with them, promising security and beneficial interest.
But the kind of corruption my wife experienced is very normal and I want to pass my remarks to central bank managers for their future action. We hope our country will improve by getting rid of corruption. Mohammed Saleh Hayder
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Dear Mohamed,
I thank you for your earlier letter, however we are sorry for not publishing it due to the huge amount of letters we get and little space available. However, when looking at our archive, we couldn’t find it. We would appreciate it if you could send it again. Thank you for the good letter, and keep on reading Yemen Times. The Editor
A matter of Personal taste
In the recent celebrations concerning 22 of May, there appeared a confusing or rather unintentional “mistake” in the media, which greatly angered the Yemeni people. This has nothing to do with democracy, plurality, multi-party system etc. but it is more a matter of personal taste. As we all might have seen in the days preceding the celebrations the media was splashed, overbooked shall we say with congratulation messages expressed by individuals, businessmen, companies and political figures to the whole nation and the President. Those genuine words filled with happiness, glory and great pride were expressed freely without any doubt. The confusing matter was that in most congratulation messages the name of the President was uttered before the Yemeni people, and in print the President’s name appeared to be very large, almost filling a quarter of the page concerned. Next to it, in fact below it stood the words Yemeni People, which were always written in a small font that in comparison with the name above was lost, almost without any significance. Knowing this was not the intention of the wealthy individuals who were paying their respect to the glorious day and one of the most important days in our history, we “Yemeni people” pledge to these individual “important figures” that in the future they should consider giving the Yemeni people at least an equal share of the fonts which they give away so generously on various occasions. Mohamed Sulejman
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Dear Editor,
Sir, I am a regular reader of Yemen Times and find the way the events about my beloved country (Yemen) are covered in the newspaper interesting and comprehensive, for it makes us feel at home. Meanwhile, the recent issues of the newspaper have reminded us of the first anniversary of your father’s untimely demise. It was unimaginable that such a rising star among Yemeni intellectuals and politicians would pass away in such sudden and tragic circumstances. Your late father had become a very important figure in public life, because of his frank, free and non-compromising opinion on fundamental issues. His memory will never fade from the minds of the people. However, our consolation is that he left a lion behind, to fulfill his noble dreams for a just, prosperous and civic society. Here I wish the newspaper all the best and I hope it could continue to carry on the light of its founder. Hamoud Mohammed Kadha,
Pune, India
Dear Editor,
Thank you for your efforts towards improving the concept of Democracy in Yemen. But I would like to draw your intention that after the death of doctor al Saqqaf you do have no clear picture for what do you want to say to people. What I want to say that you are in a need for a specialist people in Economic etc., who can size where is the weaknesses and how to solve it. Thanking you again and Keep up the good work… MALIK ABDULLAH
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