21.   Seven percent were concerned about a shortage of skilled labour.

22.   The UAE was forced to rely on expatriates as it lacked skilled labour.

23.   Japan is reluctant to invest more in the Gulf region because of a lack of skilled labour and concerns over possible instability, an Omani official said on Wednesday.

24.   Other Gulf states have ruled out taxes fearing they could scare off skilled foreign labour.

25.   So until a big house with lots of money and workshops full of skilled labour snaps her up, it will remain a pipedream.

26.   Tensions can be traced back to when the British imported skilled labour from India to serve the colonial administration in Burma, he said.

27.   The development has turned the small city of Fort McMurray into Canadas hottest marketplace with housing costs that rival the countrys biggest cities and skilled labour commanding premium wages.

28.   The city-state was chosen because of the availability of skilled labour and infrastructural facilities, the proximity it offered to customers and returns on investments, he said.

29.   The drive for hiring UAE nations has also faced similar obstacles in other sectors, which need skilled labour.

30.   The ill-feeling originates from when the British imported skilled labour from India to serve the colonial administration, he said.