OMAINTEC 2010 – Conference and Exhibition
9th Operation and Maintenance Conference in the Arab Countries
07 to 10 June 2010, Habtoor Grand Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon

The World Maintenance Forum was awarded by the Conference’s chairman Dr. Zohair ALSARRAJ – KSA and
H.E. Mr. Ghazi Aridi – Minister of Public Work and Transport, Lebanon.

Mansour bin Mite’b bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi deputy minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, underlined on Monday the importance of securing proper maintenance for big projects in order to provide good standards in living for the citizens of the Arab world.

“Our Arab region is witnessing a development renaissance during which modern cities and gigantic projects have been established. These represent real wealth for our region and many efforts have been exerted to achieve such projects. It is very important to guarantee the continuity of these projects by securing their maintenance,” he said.

“The government of Saudi Arabia has given a great importance to operation and maintenance of public facilities and public services. A specific budget line has been allocated for operation and maintenance and during the last 10 years, around 20 to 30 percent of the state budget has been dedicated to this sector in addition to the contribution of the private sector in all the industrial service projects,” he said.

Source: The Daily Star, Tuesday, June 8, 2010