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King starts tour to launch projects in Madina Region
Rabeah Okaz SPA MADINA Published in The Saudi Gazette on 13 - 07 - 2009

King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques began a tour of the Madina Region, Sunday, to lay the the foundation stones of a number of industrial and development projects.
The King performed the Asr prayers at the Prophet's Mosque and graced a luncheon hosted by Prince Abdulaziz Bin Majed, Emir of Madina Region. The banquet was attended by Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier and Interior Minister, other princes and senior officials, SPA said.
As part of the tour, the King is due to visit Yanbu to launch development projects involving investments of more than SR45 billion, said Prince Saud Bin Abdullah Bin Thenian Al-Saud, President of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu.
The King will also inaugurate the new expansion of Prince Abdul Mohsin Bin Abdul Aziz Airport in Yanbu Governorate.
In the evening, the King received at Tiba Palace in Madina Ulema (scholars), sheikhs, senior civil and military officials, and a number of citizens who came to greet him.
Madina Emir Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Majed had told Okaz in an interview earlier that the King's visit was an “opportunity for everyone to ask how far things have progressed.”
Accompanying the King are Prince Abdulilah Bin Abdul Aziz; Chief of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdul Aziz; Minister of Education; Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammed; advisers Prince Mansour Bin Nasser Bin Abdul Aziz and Bandar Bin Salman Bin Muhammed; other princes and officials.
Also in the delegation are Cabinet member Abdul Aziz Al-Khweiter, Labor Minister Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Information Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja, and Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al

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