MIDROC concert hall, a one of a kind hall on a 90,000 sqm plot, created for the third new millennium is estimated to cost the company 10 million dollars, and over 700,000 dollars for maintenance. Construction at the site on Africa avenue is planned to be completed by September 2007. Designed by PAG, a Dubai based architectural firm, the millennium concert hall with a capacity to entertain over 20,000 people, has taken a much coveted piece of land by many investors.
The concert hall is planned to be demolished after the millennium celebrations are over.
VIPs involve in land corruption; artistes, athletes and investors amongst suspects
By Tedla Desta
In a study conducted on the Addis Ababa City’s Land Administration by the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption, notable personalities were found immersed in land related corruption, Ali Souleman, Commissioner of Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission said.
The Commissioner disclosed that in its investigation aimed at taking measures against illegitimate land holding activity, the ones found highly engrossed in the crime were the prosperous rather than the poor.
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Capacity tests raise protests at FIRA
By Groum Abate
Auditors at the Federal Inland Revenue Authority (FIRA) protested the new capacity test where only half of the auditors took the exam.
Sources told Capital that about 39 of 60 auditors at the authority took the test but only 11 passed the test.
According to the test results posted at the authority, the highest rank scored is 72 by one auditor, where the rest ten auditors got the passing mark of 50.
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Bottles bottleneck Amar
By Tedla Desta
The Zembaba Beekeeper Cooperatives’ Union, which is the producer of Amar Mar (honey), has stopped producing packed honey due to the problem of finding glass bottles, Simachew Mekonen, Manager of the Union told Capital.
The Manager said that as their local supplier of glass bottles, the Ethiopian Bottle Factory has ceased producing these bottles, they have faced a problem in producing honey and making it available for retail sale.
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