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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 83