August, 2016

• 21 August

  Milk tea fad grips Hong Kong

  

    Hong Kong / AFP Some cities are fuelled by coffee. In Hong Kong, it’s milk tea that keeps things running — a potent nostalgia-infused caffeine hit, with fierce competition to brew the best in town. There are thousands of restaurants offering the full gamut of international cuisines, but the city’s no-frills diner- style cafes, some of them decades old, ...

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• 21 August

  Langham Hotels & Resorts bag top slots in Travel + Leisure list

  

    DUBAI / Emirates Business Four hotels from the Langham Hotels & Resorts portfolio have been selected as top hotels in the U.S. by the readers of Travel + Leisure for its 2016 World’s Best Awards – The Langham, Chicago; The Langham, Hong Kong; The Langham, Melbourne and The Langham, Sydney. In addition, Langham Hotels & Resorts was named one ...

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• 20 August

  DEWA awards AED16.3mn desalination plant contract

  

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded an international company with a contract for advisory services to develop a new plant to desalinate seawater using reverse osmosis at the Jebel Ali Power Station (JAPS). This is a key step to realize the Dubai Plan 2021. DEWA adopts an integrated strategy to enhance Dubai’s position as an ...

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• 20 August

  Musanada completes upkeep of 289 schools

    ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) announced the completion of preventive and corrective maintenance of 289 schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, according to the action plan to raise readiness in preparation for the delivery to the Abu Dhabi Education Council, before the start of the new academic year 2016/2017. Eng. Hilal Abdullah Al ...

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• 20 August

  UAE leaders greet President of Hungary on national day

    ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to President of the Republic of Hungary, Janos Ader, on the national day of Hungary. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown ...

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• 20 August

  Ammar Al Nuaimi issues resolution on government indicators system

  

    Ajman / WAM HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Ajman Crown Prince, Chairman of the Executive Council, issued a resolution on the government indicators system regarding the strategic roadmap of Ajman Vision 2021. The resolution calls for implementing the government indicators system through data collection, analysis and review to support the decision-making, as well as identify normative and appropriateness ...

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• 20 August

  RTA completes 80% of Al Houdh Interchange

  

    Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced that the completion rate had exceeded 80% on the construction of the Al Houdh Interchange at the intersection of Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Al Yalayis Road, including road works, lighting and utility lines. He anticipated ...

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• 20 August

  UAE attends in COP 22 organisers meeting

    RABAT / WAM A UAE delegation on Saturday attended a meeting of the organising committee of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the Kyoto Protocol, to be held in Marrakech in November. The delegation was headed by Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, who was briefed on the steps ...

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• 20 August

  Emirates humanitarian role lauded

    Beirut / WAM The Christian Association for the Blind in Beirut, Lebanon, has hailed the efforts of the UAE to support charitable associations and institutions in Lebanon. This came in the framework of the donation provided by the Sharjah Charity International to the association through the Attache for humanitarian and development affairs at the UAE Embassy in Beirut. The donation ...

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• 20 August

  Ajman Executive Council team, Masdar discuss relations

    Ajman / WAM A delegation from the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Ajman, discussed with Masdar Institute officials the latest solutions and promotion of cooperation between the two parties to achieve the goals and objectives of the emirate of Ajman, and its strategic vision 2021. This came during a visit of the delegation, headed by ...

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