Business in Brief [Archives:2006/933/Business & Economy]
Yemen Airways Company (Yemenia) currently is studying to soon reopen its flight service between Sana'a and Dhahran, Dammam in Saudi Arabia.
Company sources mentioned that a Yemen Airways delegation currently is preparing studies to finalize procedures for beginning resumption of the route which has been stopped since 1990. Sources indicated that the route is scheduled to be inaugurated officially this summer.
A memorandum of understanding recently was signed at Sana'a Central Security command between the Ministry of Interior and the Chinese National Company for Aerial Technologies. Under the memorandum, the Interior Ministry agrees to purchase several helicopters and their training equipment in order to strengthen ministry capabilities to fight terror and crime, use for transportation, the Coast Guard and other security tasks.
Minister of Public Health and Population Abdulkarim Rassie revealed that administration of Marib city's President Hospital expected to open in August has been entrusted to an international firm under a tender for its operation. The aim is to realize the highest standard of quality and patient service in Marib governorate and other nearby governorates.
Barak Khalid Al-Marzouq, chairman of Kuwait's financial monitoring apparatus, is expected to arrive in Yemen the beginning of April to meet with Yemen's central monitoring and auditing apparatus. Apparatus head Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanafi said the Kuwaiti delegation's five-day visit aims to enhance relations between the two organizations, exchange expertise and discuss ways to develop relations between the two sides.
A Yemeni Agricultural Cooperative Federation delegation, headed by Chairman Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed Bashir, will participate in the seventh General Conference of Arab Farmers in Kuwait continuing through March 30.
The delegation is to submit a number of proposals at the conference to activate economic partnership and establish several agricultural marketing companies.
Public Property Prosecution has completed network linking procedures among fellow prosecutions in five Yemeni governorates.
Such connection, involving capital secretariat, Hodeidah, Taiz, Aden and Hadramout prosecutions, aims to follow up public property cases and fight corruption in those governorates.
The third Yemeni businessmen's forum recently held in Lahj governorate discussed investment opportunities and activating the private sector's role in the development process.
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