Burj Dubai: the
building upper of the world) Still a year and means of
construction need, but the tower Burj Dubai, the oil
Emirate of Dubai, already became the
building upper of the world: with 512 meters, it surpassed to the skyscraper Taipei 101, that until now had the record with their 508 meters of height, affirmed the real estate agency of the building. The Burj Dubai - or Torre Dubai- has 141 levels now and, therefore, she is higher than any other building of the planet, said in an official notice. With her, the Middle East will demand the honor to have the highest structure raised by the man, centuries after the
construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt obtained that title with its 147 meters. Torre Eiffel of Paris later surpassed it with a height of 312 meters, including the flagstaff. In case of being verified of independent way, the tower of Burj Dubai will move to the skyscraper Taipei 101 of Taiwan, that in 2004 was declared the building upper of the world with its 508 meters. The final height that will have the tower of Burj Dubai is so far a secret, although it thinks that it would go up to around the 700 meters. The skyscraper comprises of the huge projects in course in Dubai, one of the seven states that integrate the United Arab Emirates, to become Mecca of the world-wide tourism. The tower began to be constructed in 2004 and it hopes that it is concluded in 2008. Its construction is the responsibility of the South Korean company Samsung, by a value of 1000 million dollars. Once finished, the skyscraper will have more than 160 floors, 56 elevators, departments of luxury, boutiques, sinks of swimming and spas, between many other comforts. The Burj Dubai is the axis of a gigantic project of 20,000 million dollars that the construction of a new district also anticipates, the Downtown Burj Dubai, of 30,000 departments, and the greater commercial center of the world, according to its promoters. The architects and engineers who direct the project are American and the main contractor is of South Korea. The security advisers are Australian and the inner designer of the low part of the building is of Singapur. Most of the 4000 workers are of India. “It is a symbol of Dubai like city of the world”, expressed Greg Sang, director of the project the 2 of December of 1971 Dubai, along with Abu Dhabi and other five Emirates, its protectorate of the Persian Gulf created the Arab Emirates when leaving Great Britain en1971. In 1973 Dubai it was united to the other Emirates and it adopted a unique currency and it uniforms: dirham of the EAU. The official language is the Arab but also they are spoken the English, the German, hindi/urdu, malayano, the tamil, Persian and talago. The majority religion of emiratís is the Islam, the majority suníes, but it is worth to mention the Shia, who although are minority are an important community. Dubai maintained its importance like commercial route in the decade of 1970 and 1980. Those born in the United Arab Emirates do not consider citizens unless their parents also are it. Therefore, the been born ones of displaced people in the EAU also have that estatus. The enormous projects of construction that are being developed in Dubai have made more workers necessary of this sector that citizen of the city (note: more of 80% of the population of Dubai one is made up of displaced people not-citizens). This has caused the massive import of manual labor with low wages, mainly of India and Pakistan. Most of these workers they are forced to give its passports when entering to the country, reason why to return to its places of origin is very complicated. The international organizations denounce that these people live in very difficult conditions, hacinados with other workers, saving everything what they can to send it to his family, whom in most of the cases, they do not see in many years. The 21 of March of the 2006, the tension exploded in the construction of the Burj Dubai, with protests of the workers by the low wages and the hard labor conditions, that were settled with damages in vehicles, offices, computers and tools, in addition of with approximate losses of a million dollars. The supposed labor injustices of Dubai have called the attention of a series of organizations of Human rights, that among other things, ask for the EAU that subscribe 2 of the 7 conventions nails of the OIT, (Organization the International of the Work) - in particular the 87 and the 98 - that allow the creation of unions. Similar accusations also affect to the prostitution, that is illegal, but with a strong demand of women coming from East Europe, Russia and Ethiopia, in addition to very a well organized network dedicated to deals with it Hindu women. As it is seen, the progress brings with himself bad habits that nobody can restrain them when it sends the money. Implacable pattern.