MAJOR NEWS EVENTS

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• Publication Date: July 26, 1982
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MAJOR NEWS EVENTS
KING FAHD DEMANDS FIRMER ACTION BY
MAJOR POWERS
King Fahd has called on the United States to exert
more effort to stop the massacre being carried out in
Lebanon by the Zionist forces.
King Fahd said the Lebanese situation demanded
firmer action by the major powers to "contain the cata-
strophe.
"Israel is seeking to liquidate the Palestinian cause
and silence the voice of Palestine, but it will not attain
its goal because the Palestinians have a just cause and
the whole world is fully aware of it," the Saudi Monarch
added.
He said "we are preoccupied with recovering stability
and normal life in Lebanon and guaranteeing Palestin-
ian rights.
"An effective Arab move demands unity because the
Arab nation is passing through a very dangerous phase
and we should all forget our personal differences and
shoulder our responsibility towards the catastrophe,"
King Fahd added.
SAUDI NEWSPAPER URGES ARAB COUNTRIES TO
FOLLOW KINGDOM'S POLICY
A Saudi newspaper urged the Arab countries to
follow the Kingdom's policy in pursuing an honorable
settlement both for Lebanon and the Palestine Com-
mando Movement.
Okaz, published in Jeddah, said in an editorial that
the major Arab countries, headed by Saudi Arabia, had
no time to spare for meetings consecrating Arab
divisions or resulting in the usual statements. The paper
was referring to calls for an Arab summit to discuss
Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
Okaz went on, "if the Arabs really want to achieve a
just and honorable settlement" they should seek
Lebanese national reconciliation, enabling the legiti-
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mate authorities to recover full sovereignty in the
country.
They should also join in "extracting international
recognition, especially by Western Europe, of the PLO
as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian
people," it said.
It added that other steps included "backing efforts
undertaken by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the
superpowers."
The paper also urged full support for the Palestinians
and the Lebanese people in West Beirut and to bring
an end to the Iran-Iraq war "which benefits only the
enemies of the Arab nation, notably the Zionists."
Another call to support the Saudi role came from
Lebanon's permanent U.N. delegate, Ghasson Tueini,
in an interview published by the some paper.
Mr. Tueini was quoted as saying the Arab countries
should "back the effective Saudi role if they want to
face the dangers surrounding them."
The Lebanese ambassador said Saudi moves illus-
trated the Arabs' "aspiration for a comprehensive
settlement for the problem."
IDB CONCLUDES 75th SESSION
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) concluded its
75th session by approving loans for four projects in
member states.
The session, which was chaired by the bank's presi-
dent Dr. Ahmed Mohammed All also discussed issues
related to the IDB activities.
The bank approved a loan of $872,000 to finance a
project for pipes industry in Indonesia and another loan
of $1.11 million for Cameroon to aid a technical survey
on forestry in the country. It also granted $1.8 million to
Upper Volta as a technical aid and another loan of
$700,000 for Sri Lanka to finance a scholarship program
at an Islamic university in the country.
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NAILA AL-SOWAYEL, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
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A contract valued at $2.35 million (SR 8 million) has
been awarded to a national company to build a dam
at Quraina village, northeast of Riyadh.
The dam, 70 meters long and 8 meters high, will
have a storing capacity of 25,000 cubic meters.
It will accumulate rain water from a 20 square kms
area and be completed within 12 months.
The contract, signed by Agriculture and Water Re-
sources Minister Dr. Abdul-Rahman AI-Sheikh, also pro-
vides for building a power generating station.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have signed an agreement
to settle long-standing issues related to Saudi property
on the Kuwaiti side of the Neutral Zone between the
two countries.
The accord known as the "Taff Agreement" was sign
signed by the Kuwaiti Cabinet Secretary-General
Abdul Aziz AI-Oteibi.
The two countries had signed three similar agree-
ments during the last 16 years dealing with the King-
dom's property on the Kuwaiti side of the zone.
SOLAR NAVIGATIONAL AID TO BE INSTALLED AT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Two solar-powered navigational aid systems will
soon be installed at King Abdul Aziz International Air-
port by the Saudi Solar Corporation.
Arab News, published in Jeddah, quoted the com-
pany's marketing manager as saying that the com-
pany plans to import the basic material from the
United States, and assemble the equipment locally,
which might cut down shipping costs considerably.
"Our main efforts are to find out possible ways to
supply solar equipment to the Kingdom in an inexpen-
sive way. It could be successfully employed for naviga-
tional aids, communication systems, water pumping,
lighting for remote areas, water heating for hospitals,
hotels and student hostels, and air conditioning and
refrigeration in remote areas.
The Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO) pro-
duced 342,289 metric tons of urea in 1981, a statistical
bulletin said.
SAFCO's efforts to improve production has helped in-
crease its profits to $58.8 million (SR 220 million) during
the year, the bulletin added.
The bulletin said the company was now using 40
million cubic feet of natural gas daily as a raw material
for urea production and has participated in many simi-
lar petrochemical projects.
SAFCO complex includes an ammonia plant with
daily production of 600 tons of liquified ammonia, a
urea plant with daily output of 1,000 tons and a sul-
phuric acid plant producing 3200 tons per day.
OFFICIAL VISITS
KING FAHD HAS RECEIVED CHAD'S COMMERCE AND
ECONOMY MINISTER ALI SALEM AND THE CHADIAN
PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY KARIM AHMED. The audience
was attended by the Second Deputy Premier and
Defense and Aviation Minister Prince Sultan and Public
Works and Housing Minister Prince Miteb.
KING FAHD HAS RECEIVED TANZANIAN VICE-PRESI-
DENT ABOUD JUMBE who offered his country '.s condol-
ences on the death of King Khalid. The audience was
attended by the Second Deputy Premier and Defense
and Aviation Minister Prince Sultan.
KING FAHD RECEIVED SHEIKH SAHEEN BIN HAMAD AL-
THANI, brother of the Qatari ruler.
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FOUR NEW SHIPS ADDED TO
SAUDI NATIONAL SHIPPING
COMPANY'S FLEET
Four new vessels will join the Saudi National Shipping
Company's fleet shortly, Saudi Communications Minis-
ter Hussein Mansouri said.
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corpora-
tion (BBC), Mr. Mansouri said the four ships which cost
$24 million would ferry about 30 percent of the King-
dom's 28 million tons of imports.
He described the Kingdom's accomplishments in the
shipping sector as "big and an attempt to end the
monopoly of foreign states in this domain."
The Communications Minister said Saudi Arabia had
decided to increase its shipping fleet and enhance co-
operation with Islamic and Arab states to "achieve the
Kingdom's desired goal in this field." The Kingdom was
making full use of studies conducted by International
Maritime Organizations and benefiting from its agree-
ments with Arab and Islamic states.
Mr. Mansouri said the Kingdom has provided funds to
help establish 70 national shipping companies. Com-
menting on the Kingdom's contribution to Arab and
Islamic cooperation in the shipping sector, he said "the
Kingdom holds 19 percent of shares in the United Arab
Shipping Company, set up with a capital of 500 million
Kuwaiti Dinars. Moreover, the Kingdom owns ships of
the company's total fleet of 60 vessels," he added.
The Communications Minister said the Kingdom had
agreed to participate with a number of Arab states in
setting up an Arab oil shipping company with a capital
of $500 million and a freight capacity of 2.5 million
tons. Mr. Mansouri said the formation of Association of
Islamic Shipping Companies was the outcome of the
Kingdom's efforts.
The third Islamic summit conference held in Taif last
year had endorsed the setting up of the association.
He added that the association would be based in
Jeddah.
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OIL REPORT
APICORP'S CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES HIGHER
PROFITS IN 1981
Arab News quoted the chairman of the Arab Petro-
leum Investment Corporation (APICORP) board of
directors Jamal Hasan Jawa as saying that APICORP
has a 51 percent increase in annual net profit in 1981
over 1980. He declared that $17.6 million (SR 60
million) will be divided among shareholders.
In light of current changes in consumption of oil and
their impact on the production policies and conse-
quently the revenues of oil exporters, Mr. Jawa said "it
would be prudent for Arab countries to develop their
own petrochemical industries."
At the some time, they should improve the technolo-
gies of such industries to raise their performance to the
highest possible level, he added.
Mr. Jawa called for coordination of marketing policies
at regional and international levels so that down-
stream production "gradually replaces the exports of
crude oil and natural gas in a manner that will increase
the value added to the oil and gas produced.
"This goal will be achieved by constructive coopera-
tion in launching joint ventures within the Arab world or
between its countries and those of the third world," he
added.
Mr. Jawa said APICORP had plans to maintain a prior-
ity of identifying and implementing national, regional
and joint Arab ventures to "optimize the integration of
Arab economies."
During 1980-81 APICORP increased its fully paid-up
A British-Saudi joint venture company has received a
letter of intent from the Saudi Ministry of Health for
basic design and construction of a $62.4 million (SR
212.6 million) hospital in the old city of Jubail, a Saudi
weekly reported.
The Jeddah-based Saudi Business said the contract, if
finalized as expected, would be the British-Saudi Joint
Venture Laing Wimpey Alireza (LWA) Company's third
major hospital project in Saudi Arabia. Contracts for
100-bed hospitals at Al-Bukhairiyah and Al-Midhnab
were won by LWA last year.
According to initial studies, the Jubail medical com-
plex will feature a 150-bed general hospital on 20,000
square meters with two floors. On the ground floor will
be located the emergency and x-ray rooms, a blood
bank and several clinics. Facilities on the first floor will
include intensive maternity ward and a garden patio.
Next to the hospital itself, preliminary designs specify
capital from about $350 million to $400 million. Total
revenue in 1981 amounted to $57.8 million (SR $196.6
million) against $39.2 million (SR 133.3 million) in
1980, an increase of 48 percent.
The company's net profit for 1981 was $48 million (SR
163.6 million) compared with $31.9 million (SR 108.5
million) in 1980, an increase of 51 percent.
NEW OIL PROCESSING AGREEMENTS
The Jeddah oil refinery has signed two processing
agreements with foreign companies for a total of
130,000 barrels per day (BPD) of refined products,
Arab News, published in Jeddah, reported. The first
contract was awarded to Petrola of Greece, which is to
process 92,000 BPD at its refinery in Alafsis, Greece, for
a period of ten months.
Under the second award, Soros of Italy will process
38,000 BPD at a refinery in Sarrosh, Italy.
A senior refinery official said the processing agree-
ments were designed to supplement the output of the
Jeddah refinery, which is able to meet only about a
third of the western region's demand.
"But the coming on stream of the Yanbu domestic
refinery early next year has already cut imports of
refined products," he added.
The contracts signed in Riyadh were for shorter
periods and involved lower quantities than previous
processing agreements, the paper said.
Earlier this year, Exxon Europe, Soros and Petrolo
were supplying a total of 150,000 BPD to the Jeddah
refinery under contracts that expired.
four auxiliary buildings that will house a garage, laun-
dry room, a workshop, storage space and sewage
treatment plant. Hospital staff will be accommodated
in 14 separate housing units of varying sizes.
A two-story recreation center including swimming
pool, a tennis court, library and restaurant will comple-
ment the complex's residential attractions.
Detailed designs for the complex are now being
carried out by the British firm John Laing Designing and
Associates.
A Saudi-Finnish Venture, Georeda, given the task of
mapping the Red Sea and South Channel at Yanbu,
has set up one of the most sophisticated sea chart
printing centers in the Middle East at a cost of $8.8
million (SR 30 million), a Saudi weekly magazine re-
ported.
The Georeda's Managing Director Sheikh All Murad
Redo told the magazine "this is the first sea chart
center owned by a private company in the world."
The charts, giving full features of the Red Sea coast-
line, will be printed in both Arabic and English. They will
provide a navigational guide giving correct information
to shippers about the nature of the sea coast.
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FINANCE ... IDD Concludes 75th Session
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A press statement issued by the bank said that, since
the beginning of this year, the bank had financed 16
foreign trade deals amounting to $243.4 million and
38 projects costing $199.3 million.
The statement said the bank at its previous meeting
in Turkey lost month had approved loans totalling
$48.98 million to finance development projects in
some Islamic countries.
The loans included $2 million for Tunisia to import
sulphur from Saudi Arabia, $20 million for Syria to
finance its crude oil imports, $6 million for the Maldives
to purchase six fishing boats and $8.5 million for a
Qatari company to finance the purchase of an animal
container.
IDD LENDS $11.5 MILLION TO MOROCCAN DANK
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) granted a loan
of $11.5 million to a Moroccan bank to finance small
and medium industries in Morocco.
The loan agreement was signed by IDB President Dr.
Ahmed Mohammed Ali and Moroccan National Bonk
for Economic Development General Manager Abdul
Kadir Bin Suleiman.
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SAUDI TEACHERS ASSIGNED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sixty-nine Saudi teachers will be sent to Arab, Islamic
and friendly countries, according to Education Minister
Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Khuweiter.
Twenty-eight teachers will go to Oman, fifteen to the
United Arab Emirattes, seven to Algeria, four each to
Bahrain and Malaysia, three to Nigeria, two each to
Mauritania and the Comoro Islands and one each to
the Philippines, France, Venezuela and the Maldive
Islands.
The new group brings to 505 the total number of
Saudi teachers sent abroad.
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NEW HEALTH CENTER AT
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
A $100 million (SR 340 million) contract was signed
by Jeddah's King Abdulaziz University with Daniel Inter-
national Saudi Arabia Lts. for management and super-
vision of the university's health services center project.
The Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette quoted University
President Dr. Abdul Naseef as saying the center would
occupy 1.25 million square meters and include an 800-
bed hospital.
The center is expected to cost over $1.8 billion (SR 6
billion) with an enrollment of about 3,500 students in
the medical school.
An official in the Campus Development Office said
plans for the hospital were in the advanced stage of
design and that the bidding process for the center
would begin by early 1983. Bidding for the hospital
will begin a year after that and the whole center is
expected to be finished in six years, he added.
Earlier, it was announced that design and engineer-
ing services for the center had been contracted to
Henningson, Durham and Richardson of Alexandria,
Virginia.
The Campus Development Office says there have
been substantial changes in the master-plan, taking
into account the Kingdom's rule to universities not to
refuse admission to any prospective student.
He said the new student hostels and faculty complex
had been recently completed and that bids had been
invited for their service facilities.
For his part, Dr. Noseef said the master-plan envis-
aged enrollment of 50,000 students and should be
completed in about seven years.
The new campus will be built north of the university
on an area of 5 billion square meters and is expected
to cost $5.6 billion (SR 19 billion).
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