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(FSCAD) on the side-lines of Abu Dhabi
Sustainability Week.
H.E Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al
Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry said
during the press conference: “Building a
sustainable and diversified economy that is
based on knowledge and innovation is one of
the priorities of the UAE Vision 2021 and is
also in line with the leadership's objective of
integrating a highly skilled national workforce
into the promising future of the industrial sector.
The UAE is moving at a steady pace towards
achieving continued industrial and productive
progress, the focus of which is technological
investment in the service of mankind.”
He also added: "The Ministry plays a key
role in bringing together and integrating various
national industrial institutions, developing new
industrial sectors that are based on innovation,
whilst using the latest technology. The
announcement of a new production line for Al
Ain water with Vitamin D is an indicator of our
investment in technology. These objectives are in
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line with the leadership's vision, which is
looking to increase the industrial sector's
contribution to the country's GDP up to 25% in
the next eight years."
H.E Maryam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb
Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security
stressed the importance of joint efforts of the
private sector, the government and the
community in driving positive change and
growth. “I see the three as pillars of the triangle
of progress, each complementing the other. I
take this opportunity to urge the private sector
and the community to identify and work towards
innovative solutions that help truly transform the
world and touch people's lives,” she said.
Al Rawabi's Contribution to the
'Year of Giving'
The year 2017 was declared as the 'Year of
Giving' by the UAE's President His Highness
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to reinforce
'giving' as a value that was also cherished and
personified in the UAE's Founding Father Sheikh
JANUARY - MARCH 2018