2 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 First amphibious fuel station to come up in village Muhannad Mansour/DTNN the ministry’s keenness on the huge number of fishermen [email protected] fulfilling the growing demand in the area,” Al Dossary said. for fuel stations in all four “This project is the first- governorates of the Kingdom. of-its-kind in the region and he first amphibious fuel Shaikh Mohammed listened would help the amateur and station in the Kingdom to MP Hamad Al Dossary professional sailors. It would willT come up at Budaiya village and Northern Area Municipal save them the hassle and near the north-western coasts Council Member Abdulla Al risk of driving to Saar, filling of the island, DT News has Dossary, who conveyed to him gas in unsafe containers and learnt. The station, which will the necessity of establishing a transporting them back to the serve automobiles and boats, service station in Budaiya area, shore in their private vehicles,” will be established in the next which only has one station he said. two years, according to sources. serving a large population. The municipal Documents of the project Speaking more about the representative added that the were presented yesterday to Oil project to DT News was MP project is a necessity to the Minister Shaikh Mohammed Hamad Al Dossary, who residents of villages on Budaiya bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. It was confirmed that “the minister and Janabiya highways, presented and discussed while welcomed the idea and that it in addition to the newly the minister received the will see the light of day within established parliamentary and municipal the next two to three years”. MP Hamad Al Dossary, Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Abdulla Al Dossary housing project, which is set representatives of the area “A second fuel station is to open soon in the area and yesterday. During the meeting, needed in the area to serve the Budaiya, Janabiya, Al and The idea of establishing an reduce pressure on the existing includes hundreds of houses the minister emphasised on villages of , , other north-western villages. amphibious station comes to gas station in Saar and to serve and public establishments. Tax sops likely for GCC projects DT News Network to the Ministerial Committee Affairs, in line with the Manama for Legal Affairs. The move is memorandum presented by he Cabinet meeting held in line with the government’s the Interior Minister and the yesterday at Gudaibiya keenness to revise services’ recommendation submitted palaceT discussed a draft work procedures and by the Ministerial Committee proposal on determining the mechanisms to ensure smooth for Financial Affairs and eligibility for customs tariff flow of the implementation of Rationalising Expenditure exemption for development government-funded projects regarding it. projects prepared as per a and programmes. A draft memorandum of resolution adopted by the understanding (MoU) on GCC Financial and Economic Financial disclosure endowments, to be signed Cooperation Committee. The Cabinet meeting has between the ministries and The draft resolution was approved a memorandum departments of endowments referred to the Executive presented by the Minister of and Islamic affairs in GCC Committee, as recommended Justice, Islamic Affairs and countries, was also discussed by the Ministerial Committee Endowments on amending the during the Cabinet meeting. for Financial Affairs and executive bill of the Financial Presented by the Minister of Rationalising Expenditure, Disclosure Law. The session Justice, Islamic Affairs and and presented by the Deputy endorsed a draft decree on Endowments, the draft MoU Premier and Chairman of the amending some provisions was referred to the Ministerial Committee. of the executive bill of the Committee for Legal Affairs. The session also discussed Financial Disclosure Law The session also endorsed a recommendation by the 32/2010, issued by Decree -Turkey MoU in Ministerial Committee 82/2012. the field of civil service, and for Urbanisation and The Cabinet also approved commissioned the Minister of Infrastructure on amending a draft edict on determining Finance to sign it on behalf of Article (20) of the Municipalities the categories of fees levied the Kingdom after study of its Law promulgated by Decree- on licenses and services legal aspects by the Ministerial Law 35/2001, and referred it delivered by the Customs Committee for Legal Affairs.

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