MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION IYAD AMEEN MADANI MET HERE FRIDAY EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF JEDDAH CULTURAL AND LITERARY CLUB. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION MADANI HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND LITERARY ROLE BEING PLAYED BY THE CULTURAL AND LITERARY CLUB OF JEDDAH. IN A PRESS STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETING, MADANI SAID ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE LITERARY CLUBS IS A TARGET THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION IS WORKING TO REACH. HE NOTED THAT THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS WILL TAKE PLACE IN LINE WITH CERTAIN STATUTES AND REGULATIONS. THE MINISTER POINTED OUT THAT THE CURRENT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE LITERARY CLUBS ARE NOT TRANSITIONAL ONES, AND THEIR MISSION IS NOT CONFINED TO PREPARATION OF THE ELECTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. HE ADDED 'BUT IT IS HOPED THAT THE CULTURAL AND LITERARY CLUBS WILL DO THEIR BEST TO ACTIVATE THE CULTURAL LIFE IN THE COUNTRY'. --MORE 11 01 LOCAL TIME 08 01 GMT
