• There is talk about Qatar Science and Technology Park launching a project to convert shipping containers into homes, with bedrooms and a kitchen, to help those with limited means who are forced to stay in shared rooms.
• A number of visitors to the office of the General Directorate of Borders, Passports and Expatriate Affairs have complained of traffic jams around the building due to inadequate parking space.
• There is talk on social networking sites about an essay by a Qatari writer published in a local newspaper about financial and administrative irregularities in some government and non-government institutions.
• It has been suggested that big companies open training centres for unemployed Qatari youth in order to utilise their energy and ideas.
• Some parents have urged the Supreme Education Council to intervene after a hike in tuition fees of up to 40 percent in schools, which is too steep for families who have more than one child in school.
• Some people have suggested closer monitoring of barber shops, some of which do not follow health and hygiene rules.
• There are continuing demands for strict monitoring of shops selling schools supplies, many of which are exploiting customers by increasing prices, especially of school bags.
