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Sharjah / Emirates Business The second Silent Book Exhibition, curated by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), was launched in Rome in 2015 and is being brought to the UAE for the very first time by the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) this August. Now a prestigious internationally touring exhibition, the Silent Book project ...

DUBAI / WAM The Road and Transport Authority’s (RTA), Rail Agency has called on all entities operating in the construction field, particularly those undertaking RTA projects, to cooperate in the implementation of the Executive Council Resolution No. 01 of 2017 governing railway systems in the Emirate, to ensure safe and smooth transport for all. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE is one of the top 10 highest-ranking countries in the world with regards to community innovation, revealed the Global Community Innovation Survey, adding that five per cent of the country’s population are innovators. The results were made public at the Community Innovation panel discussion, organised recently by the Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation ...

AJMAN / WAM As part of its emphasis to invigorate foreign economic cooperation, the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) received Husin Bagis, Ambassador of Indonesia to the UAE, to discuss and enhance economic relations between the two sides. Accompanied by Hiro Surso Sodrajad, Counselor at the Embassy of Indonesia, the ambassador was received by Salem Al Suwaidi, Director-General ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Customs represented by the Passenger Operations Department at Dubai’s airports has signed a service level agreement (SLA) with Emirates Airlines. The purpose of the SLA is to ensure higher standard of performance, maintain a safe and secure environment for customers and staff, and provide high quality service for the carrier and customers. The agreement was signed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Center (ADSIC) and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) signed a Government Data Exchange MoU, with the aim of benefiting from government services in Abu Dhabi through the Abu Dhabi Enterprise Service Bus platform. The agreement was signed by Rashid Lahij Al Mansouri, Director General of ADSIC and Hamad Obaid Al ...

DUBAI / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) chaired by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors has endorsed quick solutions at more than 5 congested traffic spots in Dubai. Improvement works in these hotspots are expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2018. “These traffic solutions ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, has revealed that it has completed the emergency department renovation and expansion project at Al Rahba Hospital, to be eventually be handed over to Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Seha, during the third quarter of 2017. This forms part of Musanada’s efforts to deliver projects that will achieve the ...

Bloomberg Eight years after it was given the power to meaningfully change smoking in America, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved to do so. The FDA announced it would take advantage of powers in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act — a law enacted under a Democratic Congress and then-President Obama — to cut the level ...

Bloomberg Gerald Ronson’s UK property company plans to sell its stake in the City of London office building known as Heron Tower, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as overseas investors pay record values for properties in the financial district. Ronson’s Heron International owns about a third of the 46-story skyscraper officially called 110 Bishopsgate. The stake will ...