PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION, TODAY PATRONIZED THE CEREMONY OF THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN ALA'ZIZIA, ALKHOBER PROVINCE, EASTERN REGION. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE, PRINCE SALMAN WAS RECEIVED BY PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF THE EASTERN REGION, OTHER PRINCES AND SENIOR OFFICIALS. PRINCE SALMAN THEN LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ PRIVATE UNIVERSITY. ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, DR. ISA ALANSARI, THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY SAID THIS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH WILL BE BUILT ON AN AREA OF 500,000 SQ. M. DONATED BY PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ, IS THE START THAT HERALDS A CHAIN OF EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS BY THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES COMPANY, WHICH OWNS THE UNIVERSITY. HE SAID AS MUCH AS SR265 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN ADDITION TO SR39 MILLION FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. ON HIS PART, PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FAHD LAUDED THE BUSINESSMEN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPITAL OF COMPANY OR DONATED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOME OF ITS MAJOR BUILDINGS AND UTILITIES. HE THANKED THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP FOR ITS CONTINUOUS INTEREST IN PROMOTING EDUCATION IN THE KINGDOM. PRINCE SALMAN THEN GAVE AWAY CERTIFICATES OF HONOR TO DONORS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED A MEMORIAL GIFT FROM THE GOVERNOR OF THE EASTERN REGION TO MARK THE OCCASION. THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCES, AND SENIOR CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICIALS.
