AL MUTTAWA PRAISES BAHRAINI-KUWAITI TIES
CAIRO JUNE 8 (BNA)-- KUWAIT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO EVERY ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT OF BAHRAIN, SAID ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS, MOHAMMED AL MUTTAWA.
AL MUTTAWA PRAISED THE TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND APPRECIATED THE ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY KUWAIT TO BAHRAIN.
KUWAIT HAS SCORED AN ADVANCED RANKING IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND HAS ALWAYS MADE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EFFORTS, HE SAID IN A STATEMENT FOR THE KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY.
HE SAID THAT THE AMIR OF KUWAIT SHAIKH SUBAH AL AHMED AL JABER AL SUBAH WAS THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA ON RECEIVING THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN-HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD 2006.
SHAIKH KHALIFA HAS LED THE BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES, BEFORE AND AFTER INDEPENDENCE, AND HAS LED THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HE SAID.
THE PRIME MINISTER BELIEVES THAT WEAK ECONOMY CANNOT HELP THE WEAK, HE SAID.
THIS IS WHY HE FOCUSED HIS EFFORTS SINCE THE SIXTIES TO BUILD A STRONG ECONOMY AND A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE, HE ADDED.
AL MUTTAWA SAID THAT SHAIKH KHALIFA HAS SOUGHT MAKING BAHRAIN A FINANCIAL CENTRE EXTENDING ITS SERVICES BEYOND THE AREA SINCE THE EARLY SEVENTIES AND THAT IS WHY BAHRAIN HAD WORKED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS SECTOR.
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDED LEGISLATIONS, TRAINING YOUTH IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND OFFERING FACILITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FIRMS THAT TOOK LOANS FROM BAHRAIN SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES, HE SAID.
THIS HAS ENABLED BAHRAIN TO HAVE A STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMIC BASE UNDER ITS CURRENT LEADERSHIP, HE SAID.
AL MUTTAWA SAID THAT REVENUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT MOVE HAS BENEFITED ALL SECTORS OF THE SOCIETY.
THIS MOTIVATED THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE THE LEVEL OF ITS SERVICES IN EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HOUSING, HE SAID.
IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, HE SAID.
BAHRAIN HAS BEGAN WORKING ON HOUSING PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE PROPER ACCOMMODATION FOR ALL CITIZENS AND THIS IS WHAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME, HE ADDED.
THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED SINCE 1962, HE SAID.
THE FIRST STEP WAS BUILDING ISA TOWN FOR CITIZENS WITH LOW INCOME IN 1964 AND IT NOW ACCOMMODATES MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY HAMAD TOWN WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND IS NOW CONSIDERED ON OF THE BIGGEST TOWNS IN BAHRAIN, HE ADDED.
AL MUTTAWA SAID THESE PROJECTS AND OTHERS WERE ADMIRED BY THE UN-HABITAT PROGRAMME TEAM WHICH VISITED BAHRAIN AND LEARNED ABOUT ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND AS A RESULT NOMINATED THE PREMIER FOR THE AWARD, CONSIDERED THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONOURING FROM THE UN IN THIS DOMAIN.
THE PREMIER WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD AT AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY IN GENEVA NEXT MONTH IN THE PRESENCE OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON.
THE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO STATE LEADERS WHO HAVE OFFERED OUTSTANDING SERVICES FOR THEIR COUNTRIES.
PREVIOUS WINNERS INCLUDE THE LATE LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER RAFEEQ AL HARRIRI, KING OF THAILAND PHUMIPHON ADUNYADET AND THE KING OF SWEDEN CARL XVI GUSTAF.
THE ARAB LEAGUE CELEBRATED THIS AWARD AS AN HONOURABLE ARAB ACHIEVEMENT ARISING AMONG THE MANY FAILURES EXPERIENCED BY THE ARAB WORLD , HE SAID.
SHAIKH KHALIFA WAS PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD IN APPRECIATION FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING AND LIVING STANDARDS FOR LOW INCOME CATEGORIES IN THE BAHRAIN SOCIETY.
THE PREMIER WAS SELECTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE UN- HABITATS GOVERNING COUNCIL BASED ON FOLLOW REPORTS BY THE UN AND THE PROGRAMMES BAHRAIN HAS IMPLEMENTED TO MEET WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
THE ARAB LEAGUE HAS HELD AN EXHIBITION ON LAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TO MARK THE OCCASION.
IT HIGHLIGHTED BAHRAINS EFFORTS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY.
THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSA AND ADVISOR AL MUTTAWA.
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AL MUTTAWA PRAISED THE TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND APPRECIATED THE ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY KUWAIT TO BAHRAIN.
KUWAIT HAS SCORED AN ADVANCED RANKING IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND HAS ALWAYS MADE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EFFORTS, HE SAID IN A STATEMENT FOR THE KUWAIT NEWS AGENCY.
HE SAID THAT THE AMIR OF KUWAIT SHAIKH SUBAH AL AHMED AL JABER AL SUBAH WAS THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA ON RECEIVING THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN-HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD 2006.
SHAIKH KHALIFA HAS LED THE BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES, BEFORE AND AFTER INDEPENDENCE, AND HAS LED THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, HE SAID.
THE PRIME MINISTER BELIEVES THAT WEAK ECONOMY CANNOT HELP THE WEAK, HE SAID.
THIS IS WHY HE FOCUSED HIS EFFORTS SINCE THE SIXTIES TO BUILD A STRONG ECONOMY AND A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE, HE ADDED.
AL MUTTAWA SAID THAT SHAIKH KHALIFA HAS SOUGHT MAKING BAHRAIN A FINANCIAL CENTRE EXTENDING ITS SERVICES BEYOND THE AREA SINCE THE EARLY SEVENTIES AND THAT IS WHY BAHRAIN HAD WORKED ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS SECTOR.
THIS INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDED LEGISLATIONS, TRAINING YOUTH IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND OFFERING FACILITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FIRMS THAT TOOK LOANS FROM BAHRAIN SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES, HE SAID.
THIS HAS ENABLED BAHRAIN TO HAVE A STRONG AND DIVERSE ECONOMIC BASE UNDER ITS CURRENT LEADERSHIP, HE SAID.
AL MUTTAWA SAID THAT REVENUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT MOVE HAS BENEFITED ALL SECTORS OF THE SOCIETY.
THIS MOTIVATED THE GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE THE LEVEL OF ITS SERVICES IN EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HOUSING, HE SAID.
IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, HE SAID.
BAHRAIN HAS BEGAN WORKING ON HOUSING PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE PROPER ACCOMMODATION FOR ALL CITIZENS AND THIS IS WHAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME, HE ADDED.
THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED SINCE 1962, HE SAID.
THE FIRST STEP WAS BUILDING ISA TOWN FOR CITIZENS WITH LOW INCOME IN 1964 AND IT NOW ACCOMMODATES MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY HAMAD TOWN WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND IS NOW CONSIDERED ON OF THE BIGGEST TOWNS IN BAHRAIN, HE ADDED.
AL MUTTAWA SAID THESE PROJECTS AND OTHERS WERE ADMIRED BY THE UN-HABITAT PROGRAMME TEAM WHICH VISITED BAHRAIN AND LEARNED ABOUT ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND AS A RESULT NOMINATED THE PREMIER FOR THE AWARD, CONSIDERED THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONOURING FROM THE UN IN THIS DOMAIN.
THE PREMIER WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD AT AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY IN GENEVA NEXT MONTH IN THE PRESENCE OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON.
THE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO STATE LEADERS WHO HAVE OFFERED OUTSTANDING SERVICES FOR THEIR COUNTRIES.
PREVIOUS WINNERS INCLUDE THE LATE LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER RAFEEQ AL HARRIRI, KING OF THAILAND PHUMIPHON ADUNYADET AND THE KING OF SWEDEN CARL XVI GUSTAF.
THE ARAB LEAGUE CELEBRATED THIS AWARD AS AN HONOURABLE ARAB ACHIEVEMENT ARISING AMONG THE MANY FAILURES EXPERIENCED BY THE ARAB WORLD , HE SAID.
SHAIKH KHALIFA WAS PRESENTED WITH THE AWARD IN APPRECIATION FOR HIS EFFORTS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING AND LIVING STANDARDS FOR LOW INCOME CATEGORIES IN THE BAHRAIN SOCIETY.
THE PREMIER WAS SELECTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE UN- HABITATS GOVERNING COUNCIL BASED ON FOLLOW REPORTS BY THE UN AND THE PROGRAMMES BAHRAIN HAS IMPLEMENTED TO MEET WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
THE ARAB LEAGUE HAS HELD AN EXHIBITION ON LAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TO MARK THE OCCASION.
IT HIGHLIGHTED BAHRAINS EFFORTS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY.
THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSA AND ADVISOR AL MUTTAWA.
NTQ/ 08-JUN-2007 13:04
