home owners. Furthermore, this accomplishment
firmly reiterates our commitment to deliver on our
promise”.
As one of the major developers in Abu Dhabi,
Tamouh is necessarily, a large piece of the jigsaw
that is to assemble Plan 2030. When asked what he
expects Abu Dhabi to look like when Plan 2030 is
fully implemented, Joe Ong is decisive with his reply.
“Well, the planning was initiated by the Urban
Planning Council (UPC) with a group of expert town
and city planners. Today the population is about 1.3
million, and that is expected to double within the
next twenty years, so there is clearly going to be a lot
of development required in order to facilitate that.”
The Urban Planning Council plays a seminal role in
the physical manifestation of the 2030 plan and the
synergy between it and the developers is crucial with
regard to the execution of the plan. As Managing
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