Mohammed bin Rashid attends the World Endurance Championship for Juniors and Youth Riders

WAM Abu Dhabi, Dec 10th, 2011 (WAM)--His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, attended the World Endurance Championship for Juniors and Youth Rider for distance of 120 km, held today at Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba, in which 77 riders, representing 29 countries took part.

The race was attended by H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and H. H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.

Uruguayan rider, Martin Sterling was crowned with individual gold medal, registering 5.18. 51 hours at average speed of 22. 58 km per hour. For the UAE team, the rider Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed Al-Hamid, came in the fifth place at the individual level.

The second place and silver medal was won by Australian Alex Jones, while the third place, bronze medal, was won by rider Orina Rica from Uruguay.

On the teams level, the Uruguayan national team won the gold medal and followed by the French team with silver medal, while Australian team came in the third place by winning the bronze medal.

Sheikh Mansour said in a statement that the hosting of UAE of the World Endurance Championship for Juniors and Youth Riders and other championships, reflect the international position of the UAE regarding hosting of the world championships of different games.

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Mohammed bin Rashid attends 'Summit on the Global Agenda'

Newsfunction increaseFontSize(){var containerElement = document.getElementById("articlecontainer");containerElement.style.fontSize = "14px";}function decreaseFontSize(){var containerElement = document.getElementById("articlecontainer");containerElement.style.fontSize = "11px";}Mohammed bin Rashid attends 'Summit on the Global Agenda' 2011-10-10 14:57:16
WAM Abu Dhabi, Oct. 10th, 2011 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai on Monday attended the opening session of the "Summit on the Global Agenda" which commenced this morning at the Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

Also present were H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, Mohammed Omar Abdullah, Undersecretary of the Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi, the Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in addition to a number of ministers and senior officials in the state.

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Mohammed bin Rashid issues law on Dubai Real Estate Corporation

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WAM Dubai, June 26th, 2011 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE in his capacity as the Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai has issued Law No. (11) of 2011 amending Law No. (14) of 2007 establishing Dubai Real Estate Corporation.

As per Article (3) of the law, a public corporation owned by the government will be established operating its work on a commercial basis under the name " Dubai Real Estate Corporation" and enjoys a legal personality, financial and administrative autonomy and legal capacity to undertake all actions that ensure the achievement of its purposes. It may also contract with third parties and sue and be sued in that capacity and to delegate any other person for this purpose.

The Corporation aims to own and manage the real properties registered in the name of the government or any of its departments, including the ownership, reconstruction, investment and the use and exploitation of land and commercial and industrial real estate, located in the emirate. It will also provide building services and implementation, marketing and management of buildings and real estate and commercial properties in addition to the development, purchase, sale, lease and management of real estate properties registered in the name of the corporation.

Article (19) of the law stipulates that the corporation retain any revenues from the sale or privatization of its assets or any of its companies or activities. The corporation will not be subjected to the provisions of Law No. (35) of 2009 Concerning the Management of the Public Funds of the Government of Dubai. This decree is effective from the date of issuance and shall be published in the Official Gazette.

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