The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will patronize Distance Education Conference next week, the Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Anqari has announced. In a press statement following his opening, on behalf of the Crown Prince, the 2nd National Symposium of Information Technology here on Sunday evening, Dr. Al-Anqari said that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has shown a great personal interest in information technology, noting that the King's directives have laid stress on supporting investments in infrastructures for the establishment of institutions and colleges that can graduate students who could keep abreast of advances in this field.