MUSCAT — Oman’s Shura Council Bureau has reviewed a request for a briefing on regulating expatriate workers’ remittances in line with their incomes to protect the national economy, The Arabian Stories has learnt.
The request was among several oversight matters considered at the bureau’s 21st regular meeting of the third annual session of the council’s tenth term, chaired by His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal Al Maawali, Chairman of the Shura Council.
According to a statement by the Council, the briefing request concerns aligning expatriate workers’ transfers with their incomes. The statement did not specify how such regulation would work or announce any new restrictions on remittances.
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The bureau also considered requests addressed to the economy minister on developing a national system to monitor and anticipate challenges facing government services and annually assessing the impact of government programmes and projects on citizens’ quality of life.
Education and employment were also on the agenda. The bureau reviewed a request addressed to the education minister on maximising the use of vacant study places and available capacity at higher education institutions.
Other requests concerned the quality of higher education outcomes, graduates’ competitiveness in the labour market, and employment opportunities for graduates holding bachelor’s degrees in emergency medical services.
The bureau also reviewed a proposal to develop a national family strategy that would establish a unified national framework for policies and programmes concerning Omani families.
Among the official responses considered was a Council of Ministers reply on the policy framework for establishing future agricultural cities.
Members also reviewed a response from the housing and urban planning minister on the digital property valuation system and the mechanism for approving property values.
The bureau approved the agenda for the first regular sitting of the fourth annual session and reviewed reports on work completed by the council’s standing committees during the third annual session.
