PREMIER RECEIVES CP

PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA RECEIVED IN HIS OFFICE TODAY CROWN  PRINCE, DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER AND EDB CHAIRMAN SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA.

THEY REVIEWED A NUMBER OF ECONOMIC  SCHEMES AIMED AT PROJECTING BAHRAIN’S  IMAGE AS THE BEST INVESTMENT DESTINATION THROUGH DEVELOPING VARIOUS  ECONOMIC SECTORS, INCLUDING MAINLY  TRANSPORTATION AND AVIATION. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE GOVERNMENT’S TENDENCIES AND ITS HOUSING PROGRAMMES  STRESSING THE NEED TO INVOLVE THE  PRIVATE SECTOR IN IMPLEMENTING HOUSING  PROJECTS BY DIVERSIFYING FUNDING METHODS.

WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, BOTH SIDES UNDERLINED KEENNESS TO CONTINUE WORKING IN  LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S HOUSING  STRATEGY WHICH IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT  OF PROVIDING HOUSING STABILITY FOR BAHRAINI  FAMILIES. THEY ALSO REVIEWED WAYS OF UPGRADING SERVICES OF CERTAIN VITAL AMENITIES CO- OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.