South Railway Project covering a length of 2400 kilometers; the commission of the two ferries Jazan and Farasan with a value of SR250 million in addition to SR135 million for operation and maintenance for five years, and the signing by the Minister of Finance and Minister of Transport of the contract of the supervision of the project of the express train of Makkah-Madinah-Jeddah with a value of SR360 million along with the signing of the contract of the implementation of the project for the sum of SR6700 million. The Minister of Culture and Information said that after reviewing the agenda, the Cabinet took a number of decisions as follows: The Cabinet approved the organization of the National Committee of Fighting Narcotics. The Cabinet authorized the President of the General Authority for Civil Aviation or his deputy to sign a Saudi-Swiss draft agreement on regular air transport services. The Cabinet approved the re-formation of the Council of the Diplomatic Studies Institute with the Foreign Minister or his deputy as its president and a board of nine members. The Cabinet approved licensing the establishment of a Saudi joint stock company under the name of "The Saudi Company for Agricultural Investment and Animal Production." --More
