HRH CROWN PRINCE CHAIRS EDB MEETING
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA, CROWN PRINCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) CHAIRMAN, HAILED TODAY SALMAN INDUSTRIAL CITY AS AN ECONOMIC AND CIVILIZATIONAL ICON THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BOOSTING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BY PROVIDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WILL HELP EASE FLOW OF INVESTMENTS INTO THE KINGDOM.
HE WAS SPEAKING AS HE CHAIRED AT RIFFA PALACE TODAY EDB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. HE SAID NAMING THE CITY AFTER HIM BY HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA PLACES UPON SHOULDERS BIG CHALLENGES TO ENSURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ASPIRED GOALS.
HRH THE CROWN PRINCE POINTED OUT THE NEED TO SPEED UP INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN HOUSING PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DRAWING UP A HEALTHY PLAN AIMED TO SERVE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND CATER FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS IN LINE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING TO PROVIDE DECENT ACCOMMODATION FOR EVERY CITIZEN. EDB CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN ISA AL KHALIFA BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND VARIOUS INITIATIVES TAKEN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF BAHRAIN ECONOMIC VISION 2030.HE SAID AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO ADMINISTER THE INITIATIVES AND ANALYSE PERFORMANCE INDICES.
SHAIKH MOHAMMED EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO WORK OUT A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH THERE WILL BE COORDINATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN PREPARING THE FUTURE PUBLIC BUDGET WHILE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION VARIOUS INITIATIVES PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM’S 2030 VISION. MUNICIPALITIES AND AGRICULTURE AFFAIRS MINISTER DR JUMA’A AL KA’ABI GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE MINISTRY’S INITIATIVES HIGHLIGHTING A PLAN, WHICH WON THE COUNCIL’S APPROVAL, TO GO AHEAD WITH AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TARGETING VILLAGES AND RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS.
HE UNVEILED STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE PLAN AN ITS FEASIBILITY. THE PROJECT WAS PUT IN PLACE AFTER DETERMINING MODERN CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPING VILLAGES AND STUDYING NEEDS ACCORDING TO POPULATION GROWTH PREDICTIONS IN THESE VILLAGES TILL 2030, THE MINISTER SAID. HRH THE CROWN PRINCE HAILED THE SCHEME UNDERLINING THE NEED TO WORK OUT A MECHANISM GUARANTEEING ITS CONTINUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE BAHRAINI TRAIT IN TARGETED REGIONS.HE ALSO URGED FULL COORDINATION BETWEEN CONCERNED SIDES, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL COUNCILORS.
