BCCI CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES PRIDE IN SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD (INTRO)
MANAMA, JUNE 30 (BNA) -- THE BAHRAIN CAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BCCI) EXPRESSED PRIDE IN THE BESTOWAL OF THE 2006 SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN- HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD ON PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA.
THIS UN AND INTERNATIONAL AWARD RECOGNIZES THE PREMIERS SAGACIOUS VISION, WISE GOVERNANCE AND INCESSANT EFFORTS THAT PLACED THE BAHRAINI PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES, SAID BCCI CHAIRMAN DR.
ISAM FAKHRO.
HE SAID THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AWARD STEMS FROM BEING GRANTED ON THE BASIS OF STRICT EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BESTOWED BY AN INTERNATIONAL NEUTRAL SIDE FOR CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS OF POSITIVE IMPACT ON CITIZENS, POINTING OUT THAT THE AWARD WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO RENOWNED WORLD LEADERS, KNOWN FOR LAUDABLE NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PARAMOUNT IMPACT ON MANKIND.
BAHRAIN, THOUGH SMALL IN SIZE, IT IS GREAT IN THE EYES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND THIS REPUTATION WAS THE FRUIT OF THE SOUND POLICIES OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, SUPPORTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BDF SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA, FKHRO NOTED.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS COVERED ALL ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, EDUCATION AND HEALTH AREAS TO ENTITLE BAHRAIN TO REPETITIVELY TOP THE ARAB STATES IN HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, ADDED FAKHRO.
HE SAID THE PRIME MINISTER EXERTED TREMENDOUS EFFORTS THROUGH THE BAHRAIN MONETARY AGENCY (BMA) WHICH HE BECAME ITS GOVERNOR UPON ITS INCEPTION IN 1964 TO LEAD BAHRAIN TO THE PRESENT PROSPEROUS FINANCIAL STATUS IN THE REGION.
BAHRAIN HAD 18 BANKING UNITS IN THE 1970S WHEREAS NOW IT BOASTS OF AS MANY AS 365 ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING AROUND 10000 PEOPLE, WITH A MAJORITY OF BAHRAINIS, SAID THE BCCI CHIEF.
THIS NUMBER INCLUDES 64 OFFSHORE ESTABLISHMENTS, 47 REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND 8 INVESTMENT BANKS, HE SAID.
FOR THESE REASONS, HE ADDED, THE RENOWNED US HERITAGE INSTITUTION CLASSIFIED BAHRAIN IN THE THIRD POSITION IN ECONOMIC LIBERATION AMONG OVER 100 STATES COVERED BY THE 1995 SURVEY.
HE SAID THAT BAHRAIN HAD WITNESSED GREAT ADVANCEMENT IN THE MID 1960S FOLLOWED BY THE FLOW OF LOCAL PRODUCTS, MAINLY HANDICRAFTS, TO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD UNTIL THE PRIME MINISTER BEGAN EXPANDING INDUSTRY TO COVER PETROCHEMICALS, PLASTIC, FOOD STAFF, PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING INDUSTRIES IN ADDITION TO THE LAUNCH OF MANY INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND THE ISO CERTIFICATES WON BY MANY BAHRAINI INDUSTRIES.
SINCE THE EARLY 1960S, THE PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERED THE ISSUE OF HOUSING AND URBANIZATION A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND BEGAN SETTING UP SCHEMES TO PROVIDE EACH CITIZEN WITH A DECENT HABITATION, HE EXPLAINED, ADDING THAT THE REAL CONSTRUCTION AND URBANIZATION BOOST BEGAN AS EARLY AS SHAIKH KHALIFA TOOK OFFICE AS PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN BEHIND THE BUILDING OF MANY VILLAGES AND TOWNS AND HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO PAYING FIELD VISITS TO THE VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GOING ON SMOOTHLY.
AT THE HEALTH LEVEL, FAKHRO SAID, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN WORKING ON BOOSTING HEALTH SERVICES IN BAHRAIN SINCE 1961 BY ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN THE HEALTH SECTOR, OPENING NEW HEALTH CENTERS AND HOSPITALS UNTIL STATISTICS CAME TO SHOW THAT THE AVERAGE AGE IN BAHRAIN JUMPED FROM 57 YEARS IN 1961 TO 74.
8 AT PRESENT.
HE SAID THAT EDUCATION HAS ALSO WITNESSED A BOOST THANKS TO THE CARE OF HM THE KING AND THE PRIME MINISTER TO ENABLE THE SECTOR TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT WITNESSED ON OTHER LEVELS AND OUT OF FIRM BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN REALIZING COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS AND MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LABOUR MARKET.
AT THE END OF HIS STATEMENT, DR.
FAKHRO EXTENDED SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LEADERSHIP ON THE UN SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD, SAYING THAT IT IS A HONOR FOR THE WHOLE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN.
MTQ
30-JUN-2007
17:18
THIS UN AND INTERNATIONAL AWARD RECOGNIZES THE PREMIERS SAGACIOUS VISION, WISE GOVERNANCE AND INCESSANT EFFORTS THAT PLACED THE BAHRAINI PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES, SAID BCCI CHAIRMAN DR.
ISAM FAKHRO.
HE SAID THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AWARD STEMS FROM BEING GRANTED ON THE BASIS OF STRICT EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BESTOWED BY AN INTERNATIONAL NEUTRAL SIDE FOR CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS OF POSITIVE IMPACT ON CITIZENS, POINTING OUT THAT THE AWARD WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO RENOWNED WORLD LEADERS, KNOWN FOR LAUDABLE NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PARAMOUNT IMPACT ON MANKIND.
BAHRAIN, THOUGH SMALL IN SIZE, IT IS GREAT IN THE EYES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND THIS REPUTATION WAS THE FRUIT OF THE SOUND POLICIES OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA, SUPPORTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND CROWN PRINCE AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BDF SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA, FKHRO NOTED.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS COVERED ALL ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, EDUCATION AND HEALTH AREAS TO ENTITLE BAHRAIN TO REPETITIVELY TOP THE ARAB STATES IN HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, ADDED FAKHRO.
HE SAID THE PRIME MINISTER EXERTED TREMENDOUS EFFORTS THROUGH THE BAHRAIN MONETARY AGENCY (BMA) WHICH HE BECAME ITS GOVERNOR UPON ITS INCEPTION IN 1964 TO LEAD BAHRAIN TO THE PRESENT PROSPEROUS FINANCIAL STATUS IN THE REGION.
BAHRAIN HAD 18 BANKING UNITS IN THE 1970S WHEREAS NOW IT BOASTS OF AS MANY AS 365 ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING AROUND 10000 PEOPLE, WITH A MAJORITY OF BAHRAINIS, SAID THE BCCI CHIEF.
THIS NUMBER INCLUDES 64 OFFSHORE ESTABLISHMENTS, 47 REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND 8 INVESTMENT BANKS, HE SAID.
FOR THESE REASONS, HE ADDED, THE RENOWNED US HERITAGE INSTITUTION CLASSIFIED BAHRAIN IN THE THIRD POSITION IN ECONOMIC LIBERATION AMONG OVER 100 STATES COVERED BY THE 1995 SURVEY.
HE SAID THAT BAHRAIN HAD WITNESSED GREAT ADVANCEMENT IN THE MID 1960S FOLLOWED BY THE FLOW OF LOCAL PRODUCTS, MAINLY HANDICRAFTS, TO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD UNTIL THE PRIME MINISTER BEGAN EXPANDING INDUSTRY TO COVER PETROCHEMICALS, PLASTIC, FOOD STAFF, PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIRING INDUSTRIES IN ADDITION TO THE LAUNCH OF MANY INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND THE ISO CERTIFICATES WON BY MANY BAHRAINI INDUSTRIES.
SINCE THE EARLY 1960S, THE PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERED THE ISSUE OF HOUSING AND URBANIZATION A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND BEGAN SETTING UP SCHEMES TO PROVIDE EACH CITIZEN WITH A DECENT HABITATION, HE EXPLAINED, ADDING THAT THE REAL CONSTRUCTION AND URBANIZATION BOOST BEGAN AS EARLY AS SHAIKH KHALIFA TOOK OFFICE AS PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN BEHIND THE BUILDING OF MANY VILLAGES AND TOWNS AND HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO PAYING FIELD VISITS TO THE VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GOING ON SMOOTHLY.
AT THE HEALTH LEVEL, FAKHRO SAID, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN WORKING ON BOOSTING HEALTH SERVICES IN BAHRAIN SINCE 1961 BY ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN THE HEALTH SECTOR, OPENING NEW HEALTH CENTERS AND HOSPITALS UNTIL STATISTICS CAME TO SHOW THAT THE AVERAGE AGE IN BAHRAIN JUMPED FROM 57 YEARS IN 1961 TO 74.
8 AT PRESENT.
HE SAID THAT EDUCATION HAS ALSO WITNESSED A BOOST THANKS TO THE CARE OF HM THE KING AND THE PRIME MINISTER TO ENABLE THE SECTOR TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT WITNESSED ON OTHER LEVELS AND OUT OF FIRM BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN REALIZING COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS AND MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LABOUR MARKET.
AT THE END OF HIS STATEMENT, DR.
FAKHRO EXTENDED SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LEADERSHIP ON THE UN SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD, SAYING THAT IT IS A HONOR FOR THE WHOLE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN.
MTQ
30-JUN-2007
17:18
