Environment & Energy | Monday 7 September, 2015 1:25 am

Riyadh to install more LED streetlights

The Riyadh municipality has intensified its efforts to rationalize energy consumption in street lighting by increasing reliance on energy-saving (LED) systems and expanding the use of solar energy. This comes as part of the governorate's plans to decrease the consumption of the electric power...

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Culture & Education | Monday 7 September, 2015 1:23 am

King Salman center launches plan to develop youth skills

The King Salman Youth Center (KSYC) has launched a new initiative called the Khattet Plan, which seeks to rehabilitate young people by training them to develop and organize their personal life skills in various areas. The initiative, which will be carried out during the next three months,...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 3:51 pm

GACA President inspects new Terminal 5 in Riyadh’s King Khaled International Airport

His Excellency Mr. Sulaiman Bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan, President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), visited the new Terminal 5 in King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh to inspect the work in progress and the achievements made to date.   His Excellency was...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 12:40 pm

Airbus Middle East, Airbus ProSky and Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC) sign a MoC

The link between the growth of aviation sector and the Middle East and North Africa’s economic growth cannot be ignored. Many of the national airlines regionally are preparing for expansive growth over the next decade and beyond, projected in the range of five percent or more annually. As a...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 12:34 pm

Saudi Fransi Capital successfully closes SAR 1.0 billion maiden Sukuk Issuance for Abdullah Al Othaim Real Estate

Saudi Fransi Capital  announces the successful closing of the SAR 1.0 billion five year Sukuk offering on behalf of Abdullah Al Othaim Real Estate Investment and Development Company “OREIDCO”.  The Sukuk (senior secured) has been issued through OREIDCO Sukuk Limited, by way of ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 September, 2015 5:11 am

Minister of Social Affairs honors Mobily for Supporting “Naqa” Association

His Excellency, the minister of Social Affairs, Dr Majed Al Qasabi honored Etihad Etisalat, Mobily for its support of the charity Anti- Smoking Association “Naqa”. This comes on the sidelines of the “Naqa” Association’s launch ceremony of endowments projects in the...

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Government | Sunday 6 September, 2015 4:14 am

All Saudi students in US included in scholarship program

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman issued orders to include in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Program for Foreign Scholarship even those male and female Saudi students studying at present in the US at their own expense. King Salman also issued orders that the State will bear...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 September, 2015 4:09 am

Phase 2 of Makkah strategic water storage project to undergo test run in 2016

NWC is working on finishing the SAR 260,000 second phase of its strategic water storage project in Makkah that has a capacity of 760,000 cubic meters. The project comprises four cylindrical tanks that are each 20 meters high, 110 meters in diameter and has a capacity of 190,000 cubic meters. The...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 4:36 am

KSA ‘exciting place to do business’

Senior Saudi and US government officials and business leaders explored trade and investment opportunities at a series of business meetings in Washington this week. The talks took place on the sidelines of the visit of Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman to Washington. A huge delegation...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:35 am

iPads for smart school students

The Educational Services Department of the Royal Commission for Jubail (RCJ), represented by Al-Rowad Smart Secondary School, has distributed iPad to all new students at the beginning of the new school year. Mohammed Al-Hajri, director of the Educational Services Department, said: "This...

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