BIN RAJAB HAILS SCROLL OF HONOUR AS WORLD RECOGNITION INTRO
GENEVA, JULY 3 (BNA) -- MINISTER OF
MUNICIPALITIES AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
MANSOUR BIN RAJAB AFFIRMED THAT THE
PRESENTATION OF THE SCROLL OF HONOUR
AWARD TO PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA
BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA CAME TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS EFFORTS IN THE HOUSING
AND SOCIAL FIELDS AND THE
IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING STANDARDS FOR HIS
PEOPLE DURING THE PROSPEROUS ERA
OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA.
HE SAID THE GLITTERING CEREMONY HELD IN
GENEVA ON MONDAY TO BESTOW THE
AWARD ON SHAIKH KHALIFA IN THE PRESENCE
OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL, ARAB
SECRETARY GENERAL, PRESIDENT OF THE
SWISS CONFEDERATION, ARAB AND FOREIGN
OFFICIALS TAKING PART IN THE ECOSOCO
MEETINGS FAMILIARIZED THE WORLD WITH
THE KINGDOM AND ITS ACCELERATED
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHICH ATTRACTED
THE ATTENTION AND INTEREST OF THE UN
ORGANIZATION.
BIN RAJAB EXPRESSED HIS MINISTRY'S
EAGERNESS TO SEE SUCH DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUE TO RICH OUT TO ALL THE POOR IN
ALL VILLAGES AND TOWNS WITH FOCUS ON
THE PEOPLE AT THE LOWER PAY SCALE. HE
ALSO STRESSED THE NEED FOR MORE
ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DILAPIDATED HOUSES AND TO COMPENSATE
FOR THOSE WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE CAUSED
BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER
FACTORS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE ELECTED
MUNICIPAL MEMBERS.
HE SAID HIS MINISTRY WAS BUSY WORKING ON
A SCHEME TO PUT IN EFFECT THE
ROYAL GENEROUS ACT ON RESTORING THE
DILAPIDATED HOUSES WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE MINISTRY'S PAVILION
AT BAHRAIN'S EXHIBITION IN GENEVA
CONTINUED RECEIVING VISITORS AND
INTERESTED PEOPLE TO FAMILIARIZE THEM
WITH ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE URBAN AREA.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THE MINISTRY'S
UNDERSECRETARY DR. JUMA AHMED AL KABI
BRIEFED THE PRIME MINISTER, UN SECRETARY
GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, UN HABITAT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNA TIBAIJUKA AND
SENIOR VISITORS ON THE EXHIBITION, ITS
CONTENT AND FOCAL POINTS AND OBJECTIVES.
AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS WERE
FOUNTAINS SUCH AS ADHARI, UM
SHUOUM COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WORK SUCH
AS THAT TAKING PLACE ON THE
COASTS OF MAAMEER AND ARAD AND DESIGN
AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS, MOST
IMPORTANT OF WHICH AL ANDALOUS PARK
WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN INAUGURATED
BY HM'S WIFE AND SCW CHAIRWOMAN SHAIKHA
SABEEKA BINT IBRAHIM AL
KHALIFA.
THE PAVILION OF THE MINISTRY OF
MUNICIPALITIES AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
ALSO
FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGES
AND TOWNS, THE INTRODUCTION OF E-
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER VARIOUS SERVICES
FOR THE CITIZENS.
THE EXHIBITION WHICH ALSO SHOWCASED A
REMARKABLE EXPANSION OF GREENERY
AND SPECIAL CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
WAS ADMIRED BY ALMOST ALL VISITORS.
MTQ
04-JUL-2007
00:03
MUNICIPALITIES AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
MANSOUR BIN RAJAB AFFIRMED THAT THE
PRESENTATION OF THE SCROLL OF HONOUR
AWARD TO PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA
BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA CAME TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS EFFORTS IN THE HOUSING
AND SOCIAL FIELDS AND THE
IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING STANDARDS FOR HIS
PEOPLE DURING THE PROSPEROUS ERA
OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA.
HE SAID THE GLITTERING CEREMONY HELD IN
GENEVA ON MONDAY TO BESTOW THE
AWARD ON SHAIKH KHALIFA IN THE PRESENCE
OF UN SECRETARY GENERAL, ARAB
SECRETARY GENERAL, PRESIDENT OF THE
SWISS CONFEDERATION, ARAB AND FOREIGN
OFFICIALS TAKING PART IN THE ECOSOCO
MEETINGS FAMILIARIZED THE WORLD WITH
THE KINGDOM AND ITS ACCELERATED
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WHICH ATTRACTED
THE ATTENTION AND INTEREST OF THE UN
ORGANIZATION.
BIN RAJAB EXPRESSED HIS MINISTRY'S
EAGERNESS TO SEE SUCH DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUE TO RICH OUT TO ALL THE POOR IN
ALL VILLAGES AND TOWNS WITH FOCUS ON
THE PEOPLE AT THE LOWER PAY SCALE. HE
ALSO STRESSED THE NEED FOR MORE
ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DILAPIDATED HOUSES AND TO COMPENSATE
FOR THOSE WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE CAUSED
BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER
FACTORS, IN COOPERATION WITH THE ELECTED
MUNICIPAL MEMBERS.
HE SAID HIS MINISTRY WAS BUSY WORKING ON
A SCHEME TO PUT IN EFFECT THE
ROYAL GENEROUS ACT ON RESTORING THE
DILAPIDATED HOUSES WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE MINISTRY'S PAVILION
AT BAHRAIN'S EXHIBITION IN GENEVA
CONTINUED RECEIVING VISITORS AND
INTERESTED PEOPLE TO FAMILIARIZE THEM
WITH ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE URBAN AREA.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THE MINISTRY'S
UNDERSECRETARY DR. JUMA AHMED AL KABI
BRIEFED THE PRIME MINISTER, UN SECRETARY
GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, UN HABITAT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNA TIBAIJUKA AND
SENIOR VISITORS ON THE EXHIBITION, ITS
CONTENT AND FOCAL POINTS AND OBJECTIVES.
AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS WERE
FOUNTAINS SUCH AS ADHARI, UM
SHUOUM COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WORK SUCH
AS THAT TAKING PLACE ON THE
COASTS OF MAAMEER AND ARAD AND DESIGN
AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS, MOST
IMPORTANT OF WHICH AL ANDALOUS PARK
WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN INAUGURATED
BY HM'S WIFE AND SCW CHAIRWOMAN SHAIKHA
SABEEKA BINT IBRAHIM AL
KHALIFA.
THE PAVILION OF THE MINISTRY OF
MUNICIPALITIES AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
ALSO
FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGES
AND TOWNS, THE INTRODUCTION OF E-
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER VARIOUS SERVICES
FOR THE CITIZENS.
THE EXHIBITION WHICH ALSO SHOWCASED A
REMARKABLE EXPANSION OF GREENERY
AND SPECIAL CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
WAS ADMIRED BY ALMOST ALL VISITORS.
MTQ
04-JUL-2007
00:03
