Local News

  ABU DHABI / WAM The total value of trade between the UAE and South Korea reached AED122.7 billion from 2010 – 2015, of which AED115.8 billion represented UAE imports from South Korea, AED5.6 billion accounted for UAE exports, while AED1.3 billion was the value of re-exports from the UAE to South Korea. This was disclosed during second meeting of ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A recent survey conducted by Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), has revealed that the Abu Dhabi Government Contact Centre in Al Ain has seen a notable increase in cases received during August, the mid-point of the year’s third quarter. As the government entity responsible for developing Abu Dhabi’s ICT agenda, ADSIC manages and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST, will hold a joint workshop on ‘Advanced Energy and Sustainable Technologies’, on September 28, 29 at the Masdar Institute Innovation Centre. Ten faculty members from the Materials Science Engineering and Microsystems Engineering programmes of the Masdar Institute will ...

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Chairman of Dubai Municipality, approved the cave and glass house project in the Quran Park at an estimated cost of AED100 million. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, said, “The approval of Sheikh Hamdan for this project comes in order to ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) concluded its participation at the International Russian Travel Market OTDYKH Leisure 2016 exhibition for the 14th time. The exhibition took place at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow on September 21-24. The Authority headed a delegation from Sharjah that included government departments from the emirate; namely, the Sharjah Environment ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) is partnering with four locally-based environmental entities to begin its Dubai Sustainable Tourism Initiative (DSTI) aimed at positioning the emirate as one of the world’s leading sustainable tourism destinations. As part of the initiative, Dubai Tourism has signed separate Memorandums of Understanding with Etihad ESCO, Dubai Carbon, Emirates ...

  Dubai / WAM Over 1,000 expat workers have completed the Workforce Educational and Awareness programme run by the Permanent Committee of Labour Affairs (PCLA) in Dubai, since it began in June. The programme is designed to inform expatriate employees of the country’s laws, advising them of their rights and duties. The PCLA, in partnership with the Middle East Centre for Training ...

  New York / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, stressed the state’s continued investment in creating a supportive environment for business and attracting talent to support the goals of “UAE Vision 2021.” He added that these could be attained while maintaining the principle of partnership between ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Darko Uskokovic, Ambassador of Montenegro to the UAE, discussed expanding economic and trade co-operation between the two countries. During their meeting, held at the Ministry of Economy headquarters in Dubai, the two sides co-ordinated the special preparations for the Joint Economic Committee meeting between the UAE and ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) on Sunday opened the 9th Annual Best Practices Conference on Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment, at the Hyatt Regency Creek Heights. The conference was attended by Ahmed Buti Al Muhairbi, Secretary-General of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President ...