January, 2023

• 9 January

  Egypt engineering exports hit $3.3b in 11 months of ’22

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Engineering Export Council (EEC) of Egypt has announced that the sector’s exports increased by 10 percent to $3.32 billion from January-November 2022, compared to $3 billion in the same period in 2021. According to the EEC’s monthly report, the most notable industries with export growth in the first 11 months of 2022 over the ...

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• 9 January

  Abu Dhabi hosts International Rain Enhancement Forum

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) will host the 6th Edition of the International Rain Enhancement Forum (IREF) from January 24-26. Gathering leading global and national experts, researchers, scientists, and stakeholders, the forum will discuss ...

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• 9 January

  Dewa water reservoir in Hatta 76.8% complete

  

    Dubai / WAM The work progress of the water reservoir project in Hatta has achieved 76.8 percent completion rate. The project has a storage capacity of 30 million imperial gallons (MIG), at a cost of approximately AED86 million. It is expected to be completed in April 2023. This was announced during an inspection tour by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, ...

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• 9 January

  RTA launches travel behaviour survey in Dubai

    Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched a Travel Behaviour Survey – Screening Questionnaire of individuals and families residing or working in Dubai, as well as companies based in the emirate. This step is part of RTA’s efforts to revamp its strategic roads and transport plans, enhance roads and public transport networks and services to provide ...

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• 9 January

  SteelFab 2023 set to showcase 400 local, international brands

  

    Sharjah / WAM Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) is set to begin on Monday for the inauguration of SteelFab 2023 exhibition, the largest commercial event of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region. Organised by ECS with the support of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the event’s 18th edition brings together more than 200 companies from ...

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• 9 January

  Abu Dhabi Chamber enhances digital effortless certificate of origin service

  

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) launched the updated version of its Effortless Certificate of Origin service, which aims to enhance customers’ experience and reduce the time taken for acquiring the service. This comes as part of its participation in the Abu Dhabi Program for Effortless Customer Experience, launched by His Highness Sheikh ...

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• 9 January

  RTA launches survey on travel behaviour in Dubai

    Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched a Travel Behaviour Survey – Screening Questionnaire of individuals and families residing or working in Dubai, as well as companies based in the emirate. This step is part of RTA’s efforts to revamp its strategic roads and transport plans, enhance roads and public transport networks and services to provide ...

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• 9 January

  ‘Sharjah Districts and Villages’ policy reviewed

    Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC), in its seventh session, held as part of the fourth regular session of the tenth legislative term at its headquarters in Sharjah, chaired by Ali Mehd Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Council, discussed the policy of the Sharjah Districts and Villages Affairs Department (DVAD). Sheikh Majid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Member ...

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• 9 January

  New international accreditation for American University in the Emirates

  

    Dubai / Gulf Time The American University in the Emirates (AUE) announced that it has accepted its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and the Schools Committee for Colleges, which is an institutional accreditation body for evaluating gatherings to ensure the quality and integrity of education. This came during a press conference held by the university at its ...

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• 9 January

  More nations to test Chinese travellers as variant spreads

  

  Bloomberg Countries from around the world are stepping up measures to shield their populations from the Covid-19 outbreak in China that comes as a more transmissible variant of the virus boosts infections globally. Portugal has joined the roster of European nations that will require a negative Covid-19 test for passengers from China, while Germany is discouraging all non-essential travel to ...

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