up report submitted by the Ministry of Economy and Planning on the progress of implementing development projects executed by the Ministry of Water and Electricity and financed by surpluses of the fiscal years 1424-1425 H. and 1425 - 1426 H. as follows: First: 108 projects distributed as follows: Makkah (one), Madina (25), Riyadh (2), Qassim (3), Eastern Region (4), Assir (7), Tabuk (3), Hail (7), Northern Borders (10), Jazan (15), Najran (10), Baha (8), Al-Joaf (8) in addition to five general projects covering the Kingdom. Second: Thirteen desalination stations and water pipelines distributed over the Kingdom as follows: Makkah (3), Riyadh (1), Eastern Region (5), Assir (2) and Tabuk (2). The King instructed expediting and strictly following-up the implementation of those projects. The Cabinet approved the appointment of Saud bin Sulaiman bin Mohammed Al-Fahd as Assistant Director General of the Customs Department.