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GUANGZHOU / WAM Borouge announced that it will significantly increase production of pre-compounded black polyethylene for pressure pipe applications by investing in a production unit which is expected to be completed within 2020. The company’s decision to expand capacity of PE black product follows soon after China’s Water Standards Committee revised the PE water pipe standards, to promote the use ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Nadia Bastaki, the first Emirati woman to be registered as a specialist in aviation medicine, has achieved her lifelong ambition and has become involved in the UAE space programme, conducting medical tests for UAE astronauts. “In partnership with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, I have participated in conducting medical tests for the team chosen ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, said that the UAE’s social cohesion has made it an international model of cultural dive- rsity, as over 200 nationalities live together in the country. In a statement marking World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebrated annually on May 21, She- ikh Nahyan said ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai will host 40 global travellers for a ‘one-of-a-kind’ summer extravaganza as part of #BeMyGuest campaign by Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism). The multi-award-winning programme featured an exclusive social gamification component, inviting Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan to help him solve clues around the city in a mysterious, six-part mini-series. With the ...

DUBAI / WAM To promote the values of tolerance and giving, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), launched a series of charitable initiatives during Ramadan, including “A dirham of culture… a kantar of happiness”, “Al Mir Al Ramadani”, and “Iftar with senior citizens”. Speaking about these initiatives, Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, the TRA Director-General, said, “During the Holy Month of Ramadan, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Participants at the 10th Zayed Humanitarian Work Forum praised the humanitarian efforts of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation. They also praised Sheikha Fatima’s support for various volunteer programmes concerning women and children, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), on Monday announced the start-up of a new AED15 million pre-treatment and crusher facility for spent pot lining in a step forward for the recycling of industrial waste. Spent pot lining (SPL), the used inner lining of reduction cells in which aluminium is smelted, is one of the most significant waste streams ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates has condemned the terrorist attack on a tourist bus near the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, said that the UAE strongly condemns this criminal act that threatens the security and stability of Egypt. It also expressed the UAE’s ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD), announced its connection and integration with the ‘UAE Pass’ service, a new version of the unified federal ‘Smart Pass’. SEDD is the first department in the country to implement the use of the UAE Pass. The new pass is the first UAE-wide digital identity for citizens, residents and visitors. It allows ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD), rolled out the implementation phase of its latest economic survey project, which will encompass all administrative communities and free zones in the emirate. The project was launched in January this year. More than 5,800 organisations from all areas and cities of Sharjah including 860 major companies have been ...