Bahrain to host forum on elderly people
Suad Hamada (Bahrain Beat) / 17 August 2014
Bahrain society for elderly care is organising a symposium on the sidelines of the distribution of the Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa Award.
Preparations are in full swing in Bahrain to mark the international day of elderly persons which falls on October 1 each year.
Bahrain will mark the global event by hosting an Arab forum under the slogan “towards a secure future for elderly people”. Bahrain society for elderly care is organising a symposium on the sidelines of the distribution of the Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa Award.
The honorary chairman of the society, Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khlalifa, has directed the organisation committee to ensure the participation of the relevant authorities in the pan-Arab forum. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen have already confirmed their participation in the upcoming symposium.
They will be represented respectively by Prince Salman Social Centre, Omani Society for the Friends of the Elderly, Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs, Qatari Foundation for the Elderly, Dubai-based Al Shawab Elderly Home. Alexandria Society for Elderly Care (Egypt), Moroccan Mohammed V Solidarity Foundation Yemeni Al Tawasul Foundation for Human Development will also take part.
Crime prevention plan
General-Director of Guards at the Interior Ministry, Brigadier Khalid Al Wazan, has announced the launch of an innovative programme meant to offer protection to various businesses in partnership with a private sector entity later this month.
The “crime prevention for business” programme will see Bahrain’s police hosting a series of monthly seminars focussing on different business sectors every month. Experts from linternational agenceis and law enforcement agenceis will address up to the minute security issues for a range of sectors including; shopping malls, retail, hotels and hospitality, banking, education and many others.
The first seminar will be held at the public security officer club on August 26.
Strategic plan to ease road traffic
Works Minister Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf has said the ministry has launched a study for the construction of the fourth causeway linking between Muharraq and Manama.
The project will be part of the second phase of development of the ring roads around Muharraq. He said that the ministry had obtained approval from the finance ministry to begin this study. He said that the causeway which will connectc Busaiteen and north Manama is funded by the Gulf Development Support.
The second phase of Muharraq ring roads includes the construction of an extension of the circular street to begin from Dair Vilalge, reaching Busaiteen district, then the fourth marine causeway to the City of Manama, connecting the Intersection of Northern Manama Causeway, as a multi-lane road in each direction.
The minister said that 20 per cent of the first phase of Muharraq ring road was accomplished. He said that the length of the road now under development is three kilometres. The project provides a dual street which reduces the dense traffic on the eastern side of Muharraq island.
Statistics showed that along the Dry Dock Extension (preparatory phase of the Muharraq ring road) the average daily traffic rate reaches 40,000 vehicles in either direction per day.
However, traffic flow heading to and from the three villages reaches 18,000 vehicles per day. news@khaleejtimes.com
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