Research and Markets: Water Market Middle East 2010 – Understand How the Water and Wastewater Markets Work in Each Country

July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a28cb0/water_market_middl) has
announced the addition of the “Water Market Middle East 2010″ report to their
offering.

The breakneck pace of economic development and population growth in the Middle
East and North Africa has exacerbated the regions existing problems of water
scarcity and wastewater disposal. In response, many countries are embracing
reform. Governments are increasingly turning to the private sector to meet their
needs, leading to an abundance of business opportunities.

Water Market Middle East 2010 will help you understand how the water and
wastewater markets work in each country, where the greatest challenges and main
growth areas are, and how to make it work for you. The report profiles local
companies in detail and gives an overview of the main local and international
players so you can identify potential partners and competitors. It also lists
current and upcoming major projects, details recent policy changes, and
anticipates future regulatory developments so that you can easily identify
business opportunities.

Water Market Middle East 2010 provides coverage of the big picture, identifying
trends across the region. But no two countries are alike opportunities are
concentrated where the economic growth is hottest, and where there are
forward-looking public authorities. Thus, Water Market Middle East 2010 also
includes the fine detail about the unique challenges and business opportunities
in each countrys water, wastewater and water reuse sectors.

Excel datasets include:

* Projects and tenders: A listing of water sector projects and tenders,
including information on size, client and estimated completion time
* Companies: A directory of local and international companies involved in the
water business
* Government contacts: A directory of key government contacts and water
utilities in the region
* Country data: Key demographics, economic indicators and water data for each
country
* Market forecast: A country-by-country assessment of current and future
expenditure on water and wastewater services

The Datasets

* Projects and tenders: A listing of water sector projects and tenders,
including information on size, client and estimated completion time.
* Companies: A directory of local and international companies involved in the
water business.
* Government contacts: A directory of key government contacts and water
utilities in the region.
* Country data: Key demographics, economic indicators and water data for each
country.

Market forecast: A country by country assessment of current and future
expenditure on water and wastewater servicesthat includes the following
headlines:

* Contracted desalination Capacity Forecast
* Installed desalination Capacity Forecast
* Annual new contracted capacity
* Annual new completed capacity
* Capital expenditure on desalination
* Other water resources/treatment plants
* Water Distribution Networks (new build and rehabilitation)
* Total Capital Expenditure on Drinking Water
* Advanced water reuse capacity forecast
* Additional water reuse capacity forecast
* Wastewater network investment (new and rehabilitation)
* Wastewater treatment plant investment (new and rehabilitation)
* Total capital expenditure on wastewater
* Total capex on water and wastewater
* Total private investment
* % of capex from private sector
* Total operating expenditure on water
* Total operating expenditure on wastewater
* Total Water and wastewater opex
* Annual value of private sector operations
* % Private sector participation in operations

Data by country

Overview – summary of the current water situation, including:

* Overview of current water resources.
* Overview of challenges.
* Water sector organization and structure.

Current water situation – a detailed picture, including:

* Details of current water resources.
* Details of water production facilities.
* Details of waste water treatment facilities.
* Key performance indicators.

Current policy – a detailed picture of financial and legal matters, including:

* Tariffs.
* Institutional and legal arrangements – especially for private water customers
such as industry and property developers.
* Finance – private / public sector participation, etc.

The future – forecasts and the future direction of the market, including:

* Government strategy – main growth areas.
* Current and future projects – including extent of private sector
participation.
* Summary of agents driving change.
* Predictions and forecast.

Companies mentioned:

* Arabian Company for Water & Power International (ACWA Power International)
* Acciona Agua
* AES Arabia
* Agbar
* Amiantit (AmiWater)
* aqualia
* Befesa Agua
* Besix
* Biwater
* Corodex Industries
* Degrmont
* Doosan Heavy Industries
* Fichtner
* Fisia Italimpianti
* Future Pipe
* GdF Suez Energy International
* GE Water & Process Technologies
* Hyder Consulting
* ILF Consulting Engineers
* Kharafi National
* Kuwait Engineering Office (KEO International)
* Malakoff Corporation
* Marubeni Corporation
* Metito
* Mitsui & Co
* Moya Bushnak
* PB Power
* SETE Energy Saudi for Industrial Projects Ltd. (SETE Energy)
* Sogex Oman
* Suez Environment
* Sumitomo Corporation
* Veolia Water

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http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a28cb0/water_market_middl

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Chinese sociologists say jailing of sex-party hosting Prof an infringement of his rights

May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The decision to jail a Chinese Professor convicted of organizing swinging parties at his home, has met with wide-spread criticism from China’s social scientists as they believe this is a violation of his rights.

Ma Yuohai had pleaded “not guilty” to the felony of group licentiousness and this resulted in a harsher sentence being handed down to him than his sex-cohorts.

“Voluntary sex in private places, which does not disturb social order or hurt public sentiments, should not be established as a crime,” the China Daily quoted his lawyer Xue Huogen, as saying.

Chinese social commentators have voiced their objection to this irrationally severe punishment for a private act that was being performed by consenting adults.

Well-known Chinese sociologist and sex expert Li Yinhe said the crime itself should be abolished because it is outdated and the practice only challenges morality.

“Swinging is very private. In this case, public authorities have interfered with people”s private lives,” Li was quoted by the Shenzhen-based newspaper Daily Sunshine, as saying.

Even the general public seems to be with Yuohai on this one, as they too feel that the sentence is unwarranted and that the state’s authoritarianism has usurped the individual’s right to choice in this case.

A survey on ifeng.com, a major Chinese news portal, showed that 70.7 percent of the 15,871 respondents said Yuohai should not have been brought to trial. (ANI)

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Human Rights Commission deplores ‘Khap’ directive, upholds right to life

May 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 13 : Taking a note of recent media reports about acts of violence against Hindu couples allegedly perpetrated by or at the behest of some Khap (Caste) Panchyats in Haryana, the National Human Rights Commission has said that no one has the right to take law in his hand by violating an individual’s right to life in the name of tradition.

The NHRC through a release on Thursday stated that it has also taken note of their alleged demand of an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act, banning the marriages in the same gotra on the ground that such marriages will amount to marriage between a brother and a sister, unacceptable among Hindus as per tradition.

Issuing notices to the public authorities wherein complaints or media reports have alleged violence against the couples married in the same gotra or inter-caste in parts of Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, the NHRC has asked them to take action against those responsible for such acts violating the human rights of the people.

It has also asked the concerned State Authorities in Uttar Pradesh in a particular case of this nature to inform the Commission about the steps taken by them to deal with such issues for preventing interference by the Khap Panchayat in the Criminal Justice System.

The issue of amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act, banning same gotra marriages is a subject matter of wider debate keeping in view the national perspective on the social, cultural and traditional aspects, as well as an individual’s right to liberty as enshrined in the Constitution, the NHRC release stated. (ANI)

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Somali pirates seize German ship-maritime group

April 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Somali pirates have seized a 20,000-tonne German container vessel in their latest attack on the Indian Ocean’s busy commercial shipping lanes, a regional maritime group said on Sunday.

Heavily armed gangs from the lawless Horn of Africa nation hijacked dozens of vessels there and in the strategic Gulf of Aden last year, taking hundreds of sailors hostage and making off with millions of dollars in ransoms.

Foreign navies rushed warships to the area in response, reducing the number of successful attacks in recent months. But there are still near-daily attempts.

Andrew Mwangura of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme said the latest hijacking happened on Saturday 400 nautical miles off the southern Somali port of Kismayu, between the Seychelles and Kenya.

“We believe the German ship has 24 crew on board. We’re trying to establish their identities and the name of the vessel,” Mwangura told Reuters.

The German Foreign Ministry said it was seeking “concrete evidence” that a German-flagged vessel had been captured.

“The Federal Government is dealing with the case, and all the appropriate public authorities are participating intensively,” a spokeswoman said.

SPEED BOATS

Somali pirates seized two European-owned tankers late last month. Last week, the Seychelles military deployed security forces on its outer islands after the pirates hijacked a second vessel flying the Indian Ocean nation’s flag. The pirates typically use speed boats launched from “mother ships”. They then take captured vessels to remote coastal village bases in Somalia, where they have usually treat their hostages well in anticipation of a sizeable ransom payment.

In January, Somali gunmen freed the Sirius Star — a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million worth of crude oil — and its 25 crew after $3 million was parachuted onto its deck.

Last September, they also grabbed world headlines by seizing a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying 33 Soviet-era T-72 tanks. It was released in February, reportedly for a $3.2 million ransom.

The pirates say the arrival of high-tech foreign warships in the waters off their country has made their work more dangerous.

One gang member, who asked not to be named, told Reuters in the northern port of Bosasso that he had been part of an aborted attack on another large commercial vessel late on Saturday.

“We opened fire on a ship near the Gulf of Aden, but our ladder was too short to climb up,” he said. “It escaped at high speed. We were nine pirates in two speed boats and immediately we came back. We feared attacks by the warships.”

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