Furnaces could no longer emit "dark smoke" and households were offered grants towards the cost of converting their coal-burning grates to smokeless fuel.

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Bin Sulayem dismissed concerns about the cost of converting the QE2 into a working hotel, though he declined to say who was paying.

MSN: Queen Elizabeth 2 now planned as floating hotel in Dubai

Figures are also sought for the cost of converting the more specialised dairies so they could process and package milk for sale to "middle-ground" retailers.

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