PM delivers first subsidies to floods-affected houses owners

HADRAMOUT, May 18 (Saba) - Prime Minister Ali Mujawar inaugurated here on Monday the
first payments delivery of the subsidies to the owners of devastated houses in Tarim
city due to the rainstorm hit the eastern governorates of Hadramout and Mahrah in
October 2008.

During the celebration held in Sayoun of Hadramout governorate on the occasion of
the 19th anniversary of the Unification Day, the Premier emphasized the national and
humanitarian values of Yemen's unification, which restore to Yemeni people their
consideration and struggle history.

"'The country today enjoys the unity's welfare and the comprehensive development in
different fields of life", said Mujawar, noting the developmental projects carried
out in the districts of Hadramout governorate since the Unification Day.

Mujawar called for tackling consciously the narrow sub-cultures and the hatred
culture, which try to harm the Yemeni people's unity, pointing to the security and
stability condition created by the unification inside the society.

He indicated the conscious and national role of Hadramout's people in defending the
revolution, republic and notification, affirming the political leadership's keen
interest in the governorate and expanding the developmental projects to cover all
districts.

Implementation ratio in al-Wadiah outlet reached 75 percent and the outlet's
operating mechanism will focus on the unified management according the government's
policies regarding changing the land outlets to land ports, the Premier said.

Mujawar also highlighted in his speech to the underway preparations to celebrate the
city of Tarim, which has been chosen by Islamic Education Scientific and Cultural
Organization (ISESCO), to be the capital of Islamic culture for 2010.

BA/AF