PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN MAJED BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF MADINAH REGION AND HEAD OF THE HAJJ COMMITTEE IN MADINAH, RECEIVED HERE THE DELEGATION OF THE MALAYSIAN SCIENCES UNIVERSITY. THE MALAYSIAN SCIENCES UNIVERSITY IS PARTICIPATING IN THE STUDIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES FOR HAJJ RESEARCH, AN AFFILIATE OF THE MAKKAH-BASED UMM AL-QURA UNIVERSITY. THE MALAYSIAN DELEGATION WAS LED BY VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE MALAYSIAN SCIENCES UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DATU IDRIS BIN MOHAMMED SALEH, WHO BRIEFED PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN MAJED ON THE RESEARCHES CONDUCTED DURING THIS YEAR'S SEASON. LATER, PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN MAJED CHAIRED THE MEETING OF THE HAJJ COMMITTEE. THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE MEETING REVIEWED REPORTS PERTAINING TO THIS YEAR'S HAJJ SEASON SUBMITTED BY THE CONCERNED SECTORS INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MADINAH, THE BRANCH OF THE HAJJ MINISTRY, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTH AFFAIRS, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AIRPORT, THE BRANCH OF THE MINISTRY OF WATER, AND THE SAUDI RED CRESCENT SOCIETY. IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT UP TO SUNDAY, JAN 7, 2007, THE NUMBER OF PILGRIMS ARRIVING IN MADINAH AMOUNTED TO 148,457, WHILE THE NUMBER OF THE DEPARTING PILGRIMS AMOUNTED TO 18,058 AND THE NUMBER OF THE REMAINING PILGRIMS IN MADINAH AMOUNTED TO 130,386.
