Sheikh Ahmed also said the government would seek to control inflation to keep the emirate competitive in business terms.
Emirates set to be first airline to fly the A380 to Perth next summer
The Dubai equities benchmark tumbled 7.7 per cent to 3,068 points, a one-year low.
Facilities that have been shut down include a day-care surgery centre, a plastic surgery clinic, an aesthetics clinic and a dermatology clinic.
The delegation, which includes the secretary general of the BIE, is checking on the progress of Expo 2020 Dubai.
Brent crude climbed above $62 per barrel on Monday, after hitting 5-1/2-year lows of $60.28 earlier.
The special cash dividend follows the successful IPO and listing of the Emaar Malls Group.
The Dubai benchmark tumbled 6.1 per cent to 3,374 points, erasing most of its remaining year-to-date gains.
PostNet provides courier, printing and copying services, plus stationery and mailboxes, and has 287 stores in South Africa.
The low-cost carrier is launching new routes to Zagreb, Sarajevo and Sofia.
Wasl Asset Management plans to open four three-star hotels in the emirate next year.
The Dubai index sank 7.4 per cent to 3,595 points and hitting its lowest level since January.
Airbus’ finance director aired the possibility of cancelling the world’s largest airliner project due to poor sales.
The electric-powered hop-in-hop-off system, slated to begin operations in early 2015, will run for seven kilometers.
Equity markets worldwide tumbled after the 12-member OPEC yesterday cut its forecast for demand next year to the lowest level in 12 years.
Several industries such as manufacturing and aviation will benefit from lower oil prices, he said.
ICD is already the majority shareholder of DAE, holding 55 per cent.
The Circle Mall is currently in the design stage and will open by 2017.
The company building Dubai’s mega theme park complex saw its share prices fall nine per cent on Wednesday.
The 6,000 square metre terminal is scheduled to be completed in Q4 2015 and will host major operators such as Jet Aviation, XJet and Jetex.
The drop was a fresh sign of a collapse of sentiment among retail investors in Dubai, who have dumped stocks as oil prices have hit five-year lows.
Initially launching as a twice-weekly service, a third service will be introduced in January.
The online pictorial map of the city allows users to navigate through several levels of the 830 metre tall Burj Khalifa.
Dubai’s Omniyat broke ground on a 225-unit tower in Dubai Maritime City on Tuesday, which the developer valued at Dhs600 million ($163 million).
The projects include a polo resort and club, a new Metropolitan hotel and a residential villa development.
The course will be operated by the Trump Organisation and will open by 2017, the developer said.
The sell-off in Dubai and across the region came after the price of Brent crude hit a new five-year low of $65.33 per barrel.
The three-times-weekly service will begin operating from November 2015.
The main Dubai index drop almost neared its July low as panicky retail investors began selling off.
The facility, situated in Dubai World Central, is scheduled to be completed by 2015, the company said.