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Kingdom WATCH
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 05 - 04 - 2010

Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier and Interior Minister, has appointed Dr. Fahd Bin Ahmad Al-Shaalan as the Director General of King Fahd Security College. Dr. Al-Shaalan is a holder of a doctorate degree in public administration from Pittsburg University in the United States. He had worked as Director of Naif Academy for National Security as well as Dean of Training College at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences. Prince Naif also appointed Nasser Bin Hamad Al-Hanaya, as Adviser at the Office of Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs, and Major General Abdulrahman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Fadda as Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior for Civil Affairs. Al-Fadda has received a number of medals, notably King Abdul Aziz Medal of the First Class. – SPA
Free medical camp
at Indian consulate
JEDDAH – The Consulate General of India in cooperation with Al-Noor Medical Center is organizing a free medical camp for Indian nationals at the Consulate premises this Thursday from 2 to 5 P.M. The Saudi-Kerala Pharmacists Forum would be distributing free medicines during the camp, a press release issued here said. – SG
Consular visit
RIYADH – A Bangladeshi consular team will be visting Hafr Al-Batin on April 15-16 to extend consular, welfare and remittance promotional services to the Bangladeshi community living in Hafr Al-Batin and adjoining areas. The team will establish its office at Hotel Al-Rabie. More information can be had on Telephone No: 4195300/20, a press release issued here said. – SG
SR1,783m loan approved
for new housing units
RIYADH – Mohammed Al-Harbi, Director of Real Estate Fund, has approved extension of 6,412 loans for building new housing units in the Kingdom's cities and provinces. He noted that these loans totaling SR1,783 million constitute the second tranche of loans approved in the budget of the current fiscal year 1431-32 Hijra.
SCTA to develop
museums in Madina
RIYADH – Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), chaired a meeting here for development of museums in the Knowledge Economic City (KEC) in Madina. The meeting dealt with the projects of the city and agreed on signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering museums and accommodations in the KEC.


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