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Emaar Properties has joined hands with the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) to the mark the 'Year of Giving' by providing all UAE residents...

After the world-acclaimed national achievements of the past few months, with the opening of the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Metro, I would not be surprised if some Emiratis might be starting to develop a certain blasé attitude towards their examples of technical achievement.

H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), announced that RTA will officially operate Burj Dubai metro station on Monday 04 January 2010 to mark the fourth anniversary of the Accession Day of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as Ruler of Dubai Emirate.

More than 43 percent of respondents to the FutureBrand Gulf Real Estate Study, released on Tuesday, said Dubai was their number one choice in the region despite house prices slumping by up to 50 percent in some parts of the city during 2009. He said mega projects like the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Metro becoming a reality added to the city’s appeal to would-be home buyers.

Workers have installed the first road signs bearing the new name of the world’s tallest tower, Burj Khalifa. Two signs, one on Sheikh Zayed Road and the other between Al Wasl Road and the Defence Interchange, were installed overnight on Saturday, apparently the first to point the way to Burj Khalifa after its name was changed from Burj Dubai at its January 4 inauguration.

Dubai metro video, 23. Jan 2010

No oil, no cash, I still love Dubai. It will be a very long time before I can visit again. From Dubai Mall station to FInancial District Station, just a simple video showing a bit of Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road area while riding the newly opened Dubai Metro. You can see the Burj Khalifa in the beginning and the Emirates Towers in the end.

Emaar Properties, which spent US$1.5 billion (Dh5.51bn) on the structure, had yet to make a statement on the name change or its implications, nor had the Roads and Transport Authority announced whether the Burj Dubai Metro station would have its name changed.

What’s in a name? Since opening to bursts of fireworks and sound on Monday night, one of the most common questions being raised about the world’s tallest tower is the surprise change of name to Burj Khalifa.

The thanks came in the form of a naming ceremony, Dubai's ruler renamed the previously-known Burj Dubai the Burj Khalifa. Just last month the tower's namesake and leader of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan, bailed out indebted Dubai to the tune of $10bn - £6.13bn.