SPEED UP OF HOUSING PROJECTS SAYS CROWN PRINCE

CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA HAS CALLED  FOR QUICK  AND PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVES TO BUILD  SUITABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE  CITIZENS, URGING THE ADOPTION OF A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT MECHANISM IN  IMPLEMENTING SUCH VITAL PROJECTS.

  HE ALSO CALLED FOR REDUCING WAITING TIME AND OFFERING A VARIETY OF  OPTIONS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC RIGHT FOR A DECENT HOUSING HAS BEEN  EMPHASIZED  BY HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA WHILE MAPPING OUT THE BAHRAIN  ECONOMIC  VISION 2030.

THE CROWN PRINCE, WHO CHAIRED THE EDB MEETING AT RIFFA PALACE TODAY,  ALSO  CALLED FOR SETTING UP CLEAR CRITERIA FOR HOUSING SERVICES, IN TERMS  OF  TYPE OF HOUSING UNITS, SORT OF PROJECTS, FINANCING SIDES AND  POPULATION DENSITY.

HE ALSO URGED COORDINATION AMONG CONCERNED SIDES TO SPEED UP THE  IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS,  AVAIL OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR POTENTIAL AND INCORPORATE IT IN  IMPLEMENTING  THESE PROJECTS.

NEVER CARRY OUT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE EXPENSES OF THE COUNTRY’S  IDENTITY, THE CROWN PRINCE WARNED, CALLING FOR MAINTAINING AN  EQUILIBRIUM  BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL HERITAGE  SUCH  AS BAHRAIN FORT WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON UNESCO’S WORLD HERITAGE  LIST.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOLLOWED UP ON THE  IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS; APPROVED  THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING AND REVIEWED THE TENDENCIES AND  INITIATIVES CONTAINED IN THE HOUSING MINISTRY’S STRATEGY WHICH WAS  LAID FOR DISCUSSION BY THE MINISTER.