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MA’AN, Jordan -August 18- 2015

Upon an invitation by Ma’an Mayor Mr. Majid Al Sharari, HRH Princess Dana Firas, HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and their accompanying delegation visited the premises of Ma'an Governorate and Municipality in the presence of member of the Lower House HE Amjad Khattab, CEO of Ma’an Development Company (MDC) Eng. Hussein Krishan, and Chairman of Ma’an Chamber of Commerce as well as a number of Ma’an high-ranking personalities.

During the visit, a number of service projects were inaugurated which were provided by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) for the Governorate's citizens, children, youths, and investors. During the gathering, discussions with stakeholders centered on potential key projects that investors could embark on in the area to serve the Governorate and different areas of the Southern Region.

HRH Princess Dana Firas confirmed that this is her first visit to the Governorate, the residence of our ancient ancestors, praising the kindness and generosity of its people. Moreover, Her Highness confirmed her willingness to cooperate to meet the needs of the region stressing that we all work to best serve our country and our King His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh underscored that the projects provided by TAG-Org for the Governorate's citizens are part of the corporate social responsibility of the Organization, and he himself as a citizen strives to serve this country, and he is always willing to provide expertise to serve the citizens.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh stressed the importance of education, training programs and qualification of human resources to create qualified manpower to meet the projects' needs in the Governorate of Ma'an, especially in Ma’an Development Zone to create job opportunities and turn sufferance into creativity, as creativity is always the road to success.

Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh indicated that Ma'an Governorate needs to benefit from the youths' energy in real plans and programs that aim at achieving development which plays an important role in fighting poverty and unemployment, stressing the importance to focus on children and bring up a generation capable to cope with the various aspects of development. Under such framework, TAG Technology Learning Center for Children was established.

At the governorate premises, the attendees confirmed the need to establish a a hotel in Ma'an that serves investors in the region, and Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh promised that this hotel would be established through contributions from Ma’an citizens by establishing a public shareholding company.

Ma’an Governor HE Dr. Ghaleb Shamayleh confirmed that all practical indicators in Ma’an signal the start of a better era, pending on the advent of a variety of economic projects in the Governorate where work is underway to provide a secure investment environment and to qualify the youths to benefit from all possible job opportunities.

Since the Governorate suffers from the low demand on the part of students, the Governor indicated that practical steps should be taken to motivate people to move to the Governorate t