SHARJAH / WAM Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, inaugurated the plant of Petroleum Specialities (FZE), a specialised manufacturer of industrial white oils, in the Hamriyah Free Zone. The new plant is the first completely-owned subsidiary of its parent company, Apar Industries Limited, outside India. The opening ceremony was attended …

  Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai’s successful apprenticeship programme is being integrated with a corresponding scheme at Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) to give young Emiratis a greater chance of taking a positive first step on the career ladder. The Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, will absorb the tried and tested structure and content of Expo 2020 Dubai’s programme into the …

  Dubai / WAM The increasingly popular hobby of birdwatching received a major boost in the Arabic-speaking countries with the launch at the Emirates Literature Festival in Dubai of the Arabic version of the standard guidebook, ‘The Birds of the Middle East.’ The English edition, by British-based Richard Porter, the Middle East Adviser to the international conservation organisation BirdLife International, and …